随着时间的推移，网络浏览器软件行业已经发展了很多。越来越多的浏览器不断出现在市场上，但只有少数浏览器是好的并且适合日常使用。最近的焦点已从兼容性转向速度。公司和人们正在寻找可以完成工作的更快的浏览器。最近在Windows 10中，微软(Microsoft)推出了自己的改进版网络浏览器“Edge”。现在我们看到Mozilla采取了类似的举措，其最新版本名为Firefox Quantum。
Firefox 量子特性
如果您已经切换或刚刚看到浏览器的快照，您可以轻松将其与之前的Firefox区分开来。新浏览器Firefox 57旨在提高速度。此外，最新的浏览器进行了一些外观升级，使其看起来既现代又简约。因此，简而言之，您可以享受具有最佳性能的全新设计。除了引擎盖下的改进之外，您还可以在前端看到一些新功能。Firefox 现在带有内置的屏幕截图(Firefox now comes with inbuilt screenshot)功能。新的Firefox(Firefox)中还有许多其他类似的功能。
多进程，一个浏览器
到目前为止，Firefox在一个线程上运行所有网页，这意味着如果您的任何一个标签变慢，整个过程都会受到影响。但现在在最新的升级中，Firefox为网页内容运行多个进程。与Chrome不同，它不会为每个选项卡启动一个新进程，而是仅启动固定数量的进程（默认值：4），从而提高内存效率。您可以根据硬件轻松更改首选项中的进程数。
隐私控制
Firefox一直是一个以隐私为中心的工具。新的更新版本还改善了您在互联网上获得的隐私。带有跟踪保护(Tracking Protection)的隐私浏览可保护您免受某些网站和应用程序部署的任何跟踪器的跟踪。
光子用户界面
Mozilla 喜欢将其新 UI 称为“光子”。新的 UI 快速、灵活且流畅。它为您在所有设备上提供一致的最低体验。此外，新的 UI 已针对触摸进行了优化，并且在基于触摸的输入上运行良好。它看起来很漂亮，并改善了您的整体浏览器体验。为了更方便地访问它们，已经移动了一些东西。
新 UI 提供的可定制性也令人惊叹。您只需打开菜单并点击“自定义(Customize)”，然后只需将所需的按钮和快捷方式拖放到工具栏上即可。在 UI 和其他元素的可定制性方面， Firefox(Firefox)一直领先于Chrome。
扩展
Firefox上的扩展程序的工作方式略有变化。用 Mozilla 的基于XML的(XML)语言 XUL(Language XUL)编写的传统扩展将不起作用。Firefox将仅支持基于WebExtensions API的附加组件，这是一个用于开发扩展的跨浏览器系统。因此，许多有用的插件现在被归类为旧插件，它们不适用于Firefox Quantum。
大多数活跃的开发人员已经转向 WebExtensions，但如果您在Firefox上安装了一些XUL扩展，它们将列在更新后的遗留扩展下。
Firefox Quantum 与 Google Chrome
这是你们大多数人可能正在寻找的部分。Firefox Quantum还是Google Chrome哪个(Which one)更快？就个人而言(Personally)，我一直在使用谷歌浏览器(Google Chrome)，但是在使用新的Firefox之后，真的很难做出选择。毫无疑问，新的Firefox速度更快，并且设计精美。最新的幕后创新让Firefox更乐观地利用硬件。在我看来，Chrome和Firefox现在可以正面交锋了。切换到火狐(Firefox)对我来说似乎仍然是更大的一步，但这将是值得的。
您可以像往常一样从官方网站下载最新的 Firefox。(official website)让我们知道您对此有何看法。另请查看此Firefox Quantum 浏览器调整(Firefox Quantum browser tweaks)帖子。
Firefox Quantum review: The browser that offers more speed, features, security
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Firefox Quantum features
If you’ve already switched or just seen the snapshots of the browser, you can easily differentiate it from the previous Firefox. The new browser, Firefox 57, is aimed to perform better in terms of speed. Also, the latest browser has got some cosmetic upgrades to make it look modern and minimalistic. So, in a nutshell, you can enjoy a fresh design with the best performance. Apart from under the hood improvements, you can see some new features on the front-end. Firefox now comes with inbuilt screenshot functionality. There are many other similar features in the new Firefox.
Multiple Processes, One Browser
Until now, Firefox ran all the web pages on a single thread which means if anyone of your tab slows down, the entire process is affected. But now in latest upgrade, Firefox runs multiple processes for web page content. Unlike Chrome, it does not start a new process for every tab but starts only a fixed number of processes (default: 4) making it more memory efficient. You can easily change the number of processes from preferences based on your hardware.
Privacy Control
Firefox has always been a privacy-centric tool. The new updated version also improves the privacy you get while you are on the internet. Private Browsing with Tracking Protection protects you from being getting tracked by any trackers deployed by some websites and applications.
Photon UI
Mozilla loves to call its new UI ‘Photon’. The new UI is fast, flexible and fluid. It gives you consistent minimal experience on all your devices. Also, the new UI is touch optimized and runs well on touch-based inputs. It looks beautiful and improves your overall browser experience. A few things have been moved around to make it more convenient to access them.
The customizability that the new UI offers is also amazing. You can simply open the menu and hit ‘Customize’ and then simply drag and drop the buttons and shortcuts you want on your toolbar. Firefox has always been ahead of Chrome in terms of customizability of UI and other elements.
Extensions
There has been a slight change in how the extensions on Firefox will work. Traditional extensions written in Mozilla’s XML Based Language XUL will not work. Firefox will only support add-ons based on the WebExtensions API, a cross-browser system for developing extensions. As a result of this, many useful addons have now been classified as legacy addons and they do not work on Firefox Quantum.
Most of the active developers have already shifted to WebExtensions, but if you had some XUL extensions installed on your Firefox, they will be listed under legacy extensions post update.
Firefox Quantum vs Google Chrome
This is the section most of you might be looking for. Which one is faster, Firefox Quantum or Google Chrome? Personally, I’ve been using Google Chrome all this time, but after using the new Firefox, it is really getting hard to make a choice. Undoubtedly new Firefox is faster and comes with a beautiful design. The latest innovations under the hood let Firefox utilizes the hardware more optimistically. In my opinion, Chrome and Firefox are now capable of fighting head to head. Switching to Firefox may still seem a bigger step to me, but it is going to be worth it.
You can get download the latest Firefox from the official website as usual. Let us know what you think about it. Also take a look at this Firefox Quantum browser tweaks post.
