This week is the WebKit Contributor’s meeting — with the browser engineers who contribute to WebKit. Including from Apple, Igalia, Sony, Redhat & more.
Did you know that WebKit is not just the browser engine for Safari — but for many other browsers, apps, and platforms as well? Igalia @igalia maintains two of them: WebKitGTK @WebKitGTK and WPE @WPEWebKit
WebKit is especially great for devices that don’t have a lot of power. It’s used for digital signs, medical devices, game consoles and more!
I’ve spent 36 hours over the last 3 days to see how much more battery Chrome uses than Safari on the Mac. Is it true? Is an outdated fact? More people should do more testing, but my findings are not what I expected. https://birchtree.me/blog/everyone-says-chrome-devastates-mac-battery-life-but-does-it-i-tested-for-36-hours-to-find-out/
@matt @manu @jni @jensimmons @igalia @WebKitGTK @WPEWebKit AFAIK, Apple's Safari - unlike Firefox - avoids using dedicaded hardware accelerators unless that's deemed more energy-efficient for the platform it runs on.
#Apple #iOS #macOS #Safari #SafariBrowser #Optimization #BatteryRuntime #Battery
@matt @manu @kkarhan @jensimmons @igalia @WebKitGTK @WPEWebKit
I’d be interested to see FF results! Indeed FF could probably also catch up if they had their priorities straight. 🙃
Definitely no placebo here though — I wasn’t looking for it, I’d just gotten used to checking my battery levels often.
Lots of factors too — I typically have 100+ tabs 😅 and rarely watch video — so eg YT WebM on Chrome vs mp4 on Safari would make no difference for me.
@jni @matt @manu @jensimmons @igalia @WebKitGTK @WPEWebKit yeah, @mozilla need to get thdir shit together or yeet Firefox to @torproject and make Tor Browser the Upstream...
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