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I think this might be more about perception than anything else. I've used Firefox since 2006, and Chrome always seemed heavier, laggier and uglier. Maybe it's

I think this might be more about perception than anything else. I've used Firefox since 2006, and Chrome always seemed heavier, laggier and uglier. Maybe it's the snappy iOS-like animation when you scroll to the bottom of the page that makes it seem snappier?

jan_g 6y ago
It's not imaginary - for years Firefox drained battery on macbooks really fast. Then there is this pesky issue of randomly freezing whole laptop for a minute or so, usually associated with file uploads or locking screen [1], [2], [3], ... Fixed in one version, then appears again in the next version. I still used Firefox a lot for various reasons (and still do), but I'm not blind to how it performed. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1595998 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1595998 [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1415923 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1415923 [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1489785 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1489785