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Youtube is slow and unstable on Firefox on non-high-end computers. I seriously wonder if Google does it on purpose, making the site work best on Chrome with eno

Youtube is slow and unstable on Firefox on non-high-end computers. I seriously wonder if Google does it on purpose, making the site work best on Chrome with enough plausible deniability for it to not be obvious. Other video sites (both flash and html5 video) work perfectly fine with no lag or jitter on Firefox on low end computers for me where Youtube is unusable.

bzbarsky 11y ago
It's not necessarily on purpose, but as far as I can tell they develop for Chrome first and then make it work in other browsers as needed. The result is that they do end up depending on various Chrome quirks, including both bugs and things it supports that other browsers don't yet, and the dependencies may or may not be found during testing (which is also Chrome-biased as far as I can tell; I can assure you they test more in Chrome on Android than in Firefox on Android!).
victorhooi 11y ago
Seeing as most of Chrome is open-source and on Github, that's probably a little far-fetched.... https://github.com/chromium/chromium https://github.com/chromium/chromium It's more likely that most people within Google use Chrome (can confirm), and that if you notice your webapp is performing slowly, you could conceivably go over and speak to the Chrome developers to get them to look into it if it's a performance bug and fix it.
- jimmaswell 11y ago
  I meant the YouTube devs sabotaging it for Firefox, not the Chromium/Chrome devs doing something.
thenomad 11y ago
It's not great on high-end computers either. The PC I'm usually browsing from is high enough spec to meet Oculus VR's recommended spec for VR experiences (just about). But YouTube on FF is still pretty unusable.
- jimmaswell 11y ago
  YouTube's been fine in Firefox on my i5 6600 / r9 380, maybe you just need to start a new profile without old settings / extensions

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Youtube is slow and unstable on Firefox on non-high-end computers. I seriously wonder if Google does it on purpose, making the site work best on Chrome with eno

by jimmaswell 11y ago

bzbarsky 11y ago
It's not necessarily on purpose, but as far as I can tell they develop for Chrome first and then make it work in other browsers as needed. The result is that they do end up depending on various Chrome quirks, including both bugs and things it supports that other browsers don't yet, and the dependencies may or may not be found during testing (which is also Chrome-biased as far as I can tell; I can assure you they test more in Chrome on Android than in Firefox on Android!).
victorhooi 11y ago
Seeing as most of Chrome is open-source and on Github, that's probably a little far-fetched.... https://github.com/chromium/chromium https://github.com/chromium/chromium It's more likely that most people within Google use Chrome (can confirm), and that if you notice your webapp is performing slowly, you could conceivably go over and speak to the Chrome developers to get them to look into it if it's a performance bug and fix it.
- jimmaswell 11y ago
  I meant the YouTube devs sabotaging it for Firefox, not the Chromium/Chrome devs doing something.
thenomad 11y ago
It's not great on high-end computers either. The PC I'm usually browsing from is high enough spec to meet Oculus VR's recommended spec for VR experiences (just about). But YouTube on FF is still pretty unusable.
- jimmaswell 11y ago
  YouTube's been fine in Firefox on my i5 6600 / r9 380, maybe you just need to start a new profile without old settings / extensions