Mozilla Firefox
Firefox has been playing catch-up ever since Google Chrome captured the desktop and mobile markets with its blend of functionality and speed. Now, Mozilla is aiming to leapfrog its competitor with Firefox Quantum, an update to the bones of Firefox that makes it far faster and more privacy-focused, helping to deliver a leaner, swifter-loading web browsing experience.
One of the first things you might notice when you fire up Firefox Quantum is the new logo. It’s livelier than it used to be, a bit more colorful, and a lot more modern, like the browser itself.
Firefox Quantum looks and feels like a modern browser. It’s sleeker and cleaner, with crisp lines and a minimalist aesthetic. It even puts Chrome’s brand of minimalism to shame — by comparison, Chrome looks a bit dated. It can feel it at times too. Mozilla boasts faster page load times than Chrome by a noticeable margin.
If you take advantage of its new anti-tracker technology, Mozilla claims it can cut Chrome’s page load times in half.
While we didn’t always notice such a dramatic effect in our time using the latest version of Firefox Quantum, it does feel snappy, and pages that are packed with (blocked) trackers will certainly finish loading far faster than if you let everything load. Modern web browsing is plagued by this tracker tax, and it’s something a number or organizations are actively working to fix. Sometimes that means missing out on certain ads or website features, but you can always whitelist those.
