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Firefox has come a long way from its bloated days.
Firefox now has just the right combination of features.
Firefox is free with all features enabled.
My relationship with Firefox has been as up and down as it has been long. Over the years, I've stopped using it for reasons such as bloat, a lack of features, and even problems I've had with Mozilla as an organization.
However, during the past year, Firefox has slowly started to morph into the exact browser I want and need.
Confused? I know I've been. But over the past week, things have become much clearer. While testing Firefox's Smart Window feature, I found myself wanting to use the browser more and more. Why the sudden change? Honestly, the change wasn't exactly sudden; in fact, it was the slowest of burns, and it involved several features that coalesced over the past year, as well as features currently available only in the pre-alpha "Nightly" build (but will eventually roll out to the regular release).
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