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Time for Mr Daring Fireball to release the hounds on Javascript being enabled. No, wait..

• sudont 16y ago
  It didn't freeze my computer or stutter my mouse like Flash or a runaway ietester.exe process, despite being at the same CPU usage. (50%) Also, I'd say that this allows the browser vendor opportunity to deal with runaway scripts in a better way than the nil of control Flash gives. Good reason for a multi-process architecture as well.
  • frou_dh 16y ago
    Even without Flash installed, my Safari often locks (beachballs) for a few seconds when I'm working with a bunch of tabs, particularly when closing one. Flash is weird. I don't particularly like it for usability/security reasons, yet I haven't experienced this dire OS X performance that others always talk of.
    • tvon 16y ago
      I think you may have larger problems than Safari.
      • frou_dh 16y ago
        Go on. Assuming you don't mean my mental state, it's not a gunked-up system; I'm always careful with that.
        • sudont 16y ago
          If your system's fine, it might be ram usage. Seriously, it's probably a system issue, my four year old laptop runs Safari extremely well.