So... multiple people in here have alluded to having "too many" tabs open on Chrome.
I call bullshit on that. Chrome (and it's derivatives) have the super dumb idea of shrinking the size of the tab depending on how many tabs you have open. Meaning either you guys are running 8k resolutions on your machines or you are multiplying the actual number by like 10.
I use my Opera (the Chrome version) for TDWTF and have ~99 other tabs open. I can barely register the seperate tabs which forces me to clean up every once in a while.
Opera (and I think Chrome, too) also refuses to use lazyloading since like 3 versions ago which is super annoying.
I swtiched mainly because of this topic. I cannot say I see noticable differences in speed and the new design is acceptable after a bit of fiddeling. I dunno who thought it was a good idea to put the pocket-icon into the url-field but at least you can drag it out.
Dev tools still take ~4 seconds to open on a website like youtube....
The tab sizes Firefox uses in general is a bit smaller than usual. Allowing me 5 additional tabs in my bar (without shriking into obscurity like in chrome).
All in all, I didn't notice the change much. Besides -as mentioned before - fiddeling with the look for 4 seconds as is custom on every new FF installation.
Side note: I started using Opera as a second browser when I overloaded my firefox with too many sites open at once... now Opera and Firefox both have ~100 tabs... Oh well, if one starts lagging, I usually just switch to the other temporarily.
Filed Under: I am not a loyal browser defender
Addendum: I really like the feature Firefox added like 2 versions ago, where opening a video in a new tab will not autoplay it until you click the tab. It allows me to open all the youtube videos I wanna watch in one go!