Christophe B. Jul 28, 2023
If you're still using Chrome for performance reasons:
- Firefox is now faster than Chrome out-of-the-box
- Firefox uses less memory than Chrome
- Contrary to Chrome, Firefox does not restrict Ad blockers, which will make your browsing experience much faster (and safer).
Show threadWaterluvianJul 28, 2023

@bladecoder I find this to still be, sadly, very untrue for high performance Canvas use cases.

Specifically when doing a lot of raster work with the 2D context.

I know I’m not bringing the reciepts here. I’ll see if I can put together a public facing example.

Show threadChristophe B. Jul 28, 2023
@waterluvian I'm sure there are still corner cases where performance could be improved.
What's important is that it's fast enough for most end users to move away from Chrome without regrets.
Show threadWaterluvian
@bladecoder I somewhat agree. But from a UX point of view, it just takes a couple cases of “this website is weirdly janky” for the common user to discount Firefox.
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Show threadChristophe B. Jul 28, 2023
@waterluvian Unfortunately more and more web developers optimize for Chrome and Safari and don't test their work in Firefox anymore, making it easier for people to dismiss Firefox when something doesn't work. Mentalities must change.
Let's keep Firefox alive and make it the cool choice again!
Show threadWaterluvianJul 28, 2023
@bladecoder At work I’ve managed to get everyone over to Firefox by treating it as the primary target for all internal tooling my team develops, making it a requirement for all company laptops. Bit by bit we’ll liberate everyone!