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Is your firefox using Webrender? Vanilla firefox is slower than chrome but WebRender is noticeably faster than chrome. Chrome on a 4K monitor slows down to a c

Is your firefox using Webrender? Vanilla firefox is slower than chrome but WebRender is noticeably faster than chrome. Chrome on a 4K monitor slows down to a crawl, but WebRender handles it like a champ. It can be easily enabled with a flag.

tomrod 7y ago
If any firefox devs are reading this - Can you please make this a default? - Can you please fix text rendering on mobile? Sites like reddit render at desktop resolution on mobile screen, and there is no clear text sizing that works. With Chrome I just set my size option and move on with life.
- Ayesh 7y ago
  I could be wrong, but AFAIK, webrender is the default on latest versions.
  - opencl 7y ago
    It is enabled by default for a small subset of system configurations (Windows desktop machines with AMD or NVIDIA GPU).
    - tasty_freeze 7y ago
      The matrix is more complicated. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/WebRender_Where https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/WebRender_Where In some configurations you have to set a config flag to enable it.
      - ahartmetz 7y ago
        Hey, I think this site's audience is technical enough that it's okay to just give them the name of the option: about:config -> gfx.webrender.all -> true Go to about:support and search for WebRender to check if it worked. Works great for me with Kubuntu 19.10 / Mesa / AMD. It didn't work when I tried it a couple of months ago.
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    - mminer237 7y ago
      And only if you don't have a battery.
- zamalek 7y ago
  It's basically in testing, they might break on too many machines were it made default
- floatingatoll 7y ago
  I have webrender testing enabled and three days ago I opened Firefox Nightly and the UI was completely wrecked due some unexpected WebRender bug that was fixed after updating. So I’m glad they’re testing it on expert users first :) EDIT: Nope, I’m not one of the default-on “safe” configurations.
- alistproducer2 7y ago
  Can we just say it? Reddit's redesigne has made it measurably less performant and harder to us. Nothing happens when u press a link for about half a second. They clearly switched to some kind of spa but I don't understand why.
  - afterburner 7y ago
    It's why I usually use the old i.reddit.com I mean if their crappy mobile site encourages you to switch to their annoying app, I guess they consider it mission accomplished?
- kvark 7y ago
  We are working on making it default on more platforms, see https://arewewebrenderyet.com/ https://arewewebrenderyet.com/
  - yoasif_ 7y ago
    This doesn't work as HTTPS. http://arewewebrenderyet.com/ http://arewewebrenderyet.com/
The_rationalist 7y ago
Benchmarks on e.g phoronix doesn't show webrender as being as fast as chrome, not even close.

tomrod 7y ago

If any firefox devs are reading this - Can you please make this a default? - Can you please fix text rendering on mobile? Sites like reddit render at desktop resolution on mobile screen, and there is no clear text sizing that works. With Chrome I just set my size option and move on with life.

Ayesh 7y ago
I could be wrong, but AFAIK, webrender is the default on latest versions.
- opencl 7y ago
  It is enabled by default for a small subset of system configurations (Windows desktop machines with AMD or NVIDIA GPU).
  - tasty_freeze 7y ago
    The matrix is more complicated. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/WebRender_Where https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/WebRender_Where In some configurations you have to set a config flag to enable it.
    - ahartmetz 7y ago
      Hey, I think this site's audience is technical enough that it's okay to just give them the name of the option: about:config -> gfx.webrender.all -> true Go to about:support and search for WebRender to check if it worked. Works great for me with Kubuntu 19.10 / Mesa / AMD. It didn't work when I tried it a couple of months ago.
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  - mminer237 7y ago
    And only if you don't have a battery.
zamalek 7y ago
It's basically in testing, they might break on too many machines were it made default
floatingatoll 7y ago
I have webrender testing enabled and three days ago I opened Firefox Nightly and the UI was completely wrecked due some unexpected WebRender bug that was fixed after updating. So I’m glad they’re testing it on expert users first :) EDIT: Nope, I’m not one of the default-on “safe” configurations.
alistproducer2 7y ago
Can we just say it? Reddit's redesigne has made it measurably less performant and harder to us. Nothing happens when u press a link for about half a second. They clearly switched to some kind of spa but I don't understand why.
- afterburner 7y ago
  It's why I usually use the old i.reddit.com I mean if their crappy mobile site encourages you to switch to their annoying app, I guess they consider it mission accomplished?
kvark 7y ago
We are working on making it default on more platforms, see https://arewewebrenderyet.com/ https://arewewebrenderyet.com/
- yoasif_ 7y ago
  This doesn't work as HTTPS. http://arewewebrenderyet.com/ http://arewewebrenderyet.com/

The_rationalist 7y ago

Benchmarks on e.g phoronix doesn't show webrender as being as fast as chrome, not even close.