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I can't remember the last time I thought about how "fast" a browser is except for edge cases like complex WebGL stuff. I don't think focusing on speed will plu
by have_faith 9y ago
I can't remember the last time I thought about how "fast" a browser is except for edge cases like complex WebGL stuff.
I don't think focusing on speed will plug the gap of users leaving for other browsers except for the minority of us on HN. I can't remember the last time a non-technical person I know complained about browser speed beyond a website itself being slow.
- andrew3726 9y agoWell, for me at least, I always recognize if a button click/UI interaction doesn't force a visible and immediate UI response. That's one of the main reasons why I switched a couple of years to Chromium and now back to Firefox. It really responds fast. I totally agree that there were _very_ few instances where I noticed a rendering time difference.
- elliotec 9y agoAre you talking about the UI of the browser itself or websites you're viewing? If it's the latter, it's probably the website being slow.
- andrew3726 9y agoUI of the browser.
- a_imho 9y agoAre you using a vanilla browser or do you have a content blocker installed perhaps? There is a very noticeable difference in load times and I would definitely consider the former 'slow'. I agree though, that rendering performance is not the bottleneck of the browsing experience.