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Eagerly awaiting a Firefox release that improves power consumption on Mac to a point where it is at least close to competitive with Safari. That, plus the rumor

Eagerly awaiting a Firefox release that improves power consumption on Mac to a point where it is at least close to competitive with Safari. That, plus the rumors that iOS will soon allow 3rd party default browsers and I'm all in Firefox for sure.

unethical_ban 7y ago
I'm on a 2019 Macbook Pro and my battery lasts for hours. Then again, I haven't run Safari for an extended period of time.
- apetresc 7y ago
  Well of course it lasts "for hours", what would the alternative be? A brand new laptop dying in minutes?
  - unethical_ban 7y ago
    My 2019 Lenovo E485 with Ryzen 7 was lasting about 90 minutes on Ubuntu due to a microcode bug that was recently fixed.
AbuAssar 7y ago
restricting all browsers to use safari is the single killer feature that made me stick with ios. If I blacklisted a website in control center it is respected in all browsers even in private mode.
- Karunamon 7y ago
  Requiring all third party browsers to honor those settings is something I could see Apple doing.
- hencoappel 7y ago
  > restricting all browsers to use safari is the single killer feature "killer" is right, "feature" is not. It's very anti-competitive and for those who don't want to use Safari it means iOS is just not an option. > If I blacklisted a website in control center it is respected in all browsers even in private mode. This is useful if you're using multiple browsers, but why bother if they're all Safari?
- m45t3r 7y ago
  Apple could simply, you know, provide an API so browsers could query this option and do something useful instead of being anti competitive.
DavideNL 7y ago
There have been improvements, so perhaps you should try it again... > "Highlighted by developer Henrik Skupin, users of Firefox Nightly on macOS will see a "huge decrease of its power usage by a factor of about 3x" when loading webpages. The change, which revolves around using CoreAnimation for rendering, cuts down on the amount of power required for the process." https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/09/03/firefox-macos-test-build-is-far-better-for-your-battery-life https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/09/03/firefox-macos-tes...

unethical_ban 7y ago

I'm on a 2019 Macbook Pro and my battery lasts for hours. Then again, I haven't run Safari for an extended period of time.

apetresc 7y ago
Well of course it lasts "for hours", what would the alternative be? A brand new laptop dying in minutes?
- unethical_ban 7y ago
  My 2019 Lenovo E485 with Ryzen 7 was lasting about 90 minutes on Ubuntu due to a microcode bug that was recently fixed.

AbuAssar 7y ago

restricting all browsers to use safari is the single killer feature that made me stick with ios. If I blacklisted a website in control center it is respected in all browsers even in private mode.

Karunamon 7y ago
Requiring all third party browsers to honor those settings is something I could see Apple doing.
hencoappel 7y ago
> restricting all browsers to use safari is the single killer feature "killer" is right, "feature" is not. It's very anti-competitive and for those who don't want to use Safari it means iOS is just not an option. > If I blacklisted a website in control center it is respected in all browsers even in private mode. This is useful if you're using multiple browsers, but why bother if they're all Safari?
m45t3r 7y ago
Apple could simply, you know, provide an API so browsers could query this option and do something useful instead of being anti competitive.

DavideNL 7y ago

There have been improvements, so perhaps you should try it again... > "Highlighted by developer Henrik Skupin, users of Firefox Nightly on macOS will see a "huge decrease of its power usage by a factor of about 3x" when loading webpages. The change, which revolves around using CoreAnimation for rendering, cuts down on the amount of power required for the process." https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/09/03/firefox-macos-test-build-is-far-better-for-your-battery-life https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/09/03/firefox-macos-tes...