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> It's probably why its becoming so slow and flaky. I see both version of this statement all the time: "Chrome is so slow. I switched to firefox![1]" "Firefox
by dmm 11y ago
> It's probably why its becoming so slow and flaky.
I see both version of this statement all the time:
"Chrome is so slow. I switched to firefox![1]"
"Firefox is so slow. I switched to chrome!"
What's going on? Do browsers get full of history/cookies/profiles/plugins and slow down.
Is it just the act of switching that speeds things up?
[1] http://gizmodo.com/fuck-it-im-going-back-to-firefox-1685425815 http://gizmodo.com/fuck-it-im-going-back-to-firefox-16854258...
- pcwalton 11y ago> I see both version of this statement all the time: "Chrome is so slow. I switched to firefox![1]" "Firefox is so slow. I switched to chrome!" I think it's simply that anecdotes are extremely unreliable when it comes to something as large and complex as a browser that's so sensitive to the specific content you browse. Firefox is slow from time to time for some people; Chrome is slow from time to time for some people.
- anexprogrammer 11y agoWell I'm sure profiles are a part of it. It got bad enough that I completely removed all profile and plugin data, and clean reinstalled. Firefox remains the worst performing browser I have on this system by very large measure. Five amazon tabs are enough to basically grind it to a halt. Chrome, IE, Opera and Palemoon (a fork of an older firefox) don't do that. So I've reached a point where I can't do much more to make it usable without a debugger. I've no doubt others are fine, or find Chrome the slow one. If everyone had the issues I currently have it'd be the single highest priority bugfix in the project. I'd maybe migrate to palemoon but I don't trust it on a security front.