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   Firefox 57.01

   Agen G. N. Schmitz

   It's been over a year since we covered [1]Firefox in the TidBITS
   Watchlist (see "[2]Firefox 49.0," 22 September 2016), but the new
   Mozilla release of Firefox 57 (dubbed Firefox Quantum) is definitely
   worth mentioning with its speed enhancements, revamped user interface,
   and improved memory usage. Firefox Quantum's browser core has been
   overhauled with a new CSS engine that takes better advantage of
   processors with multiple cores that are optimized for low power
   consumption. The tab you're viewing now gets prioritized over all
   others to make better use of system resources, and video decoding is
   shut down when the tab playing the media is sent to the background or
   the video is not visible on the screen. The new release also brings a
   unified address and search bar, a revamped new tab page that includes
   top visited sites, and an expanded section in preferences to manage all
   website permissions. (Free, 52.5 MB, [3]release notes, 10.9+)

References

   1. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
   2. http://tidbits.com/article/16780
   3. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/57.0.1/releasenotes/

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