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Shame, nothing about performance yet. When you run a Zoom or Google Meet call on Firefox it uses 40x the battery of Safari.

Rd6n6 5y ago
> Firefox now does catch-up paints for almost all user interactions, enabling a 10-20% improvement in response time to most user interactions. What do you mean nothing about performance?
igetspam 5y ago
Is that a literal 40x? I haven't used the web version of zoom in a long time and my Thinkpad is always plugged in but I'm genuinely curious about your data. What OS? Plugins?
- Rd6n6 5y ago
  Well, if you get 6 hours of browsing in safari on a charge, then by this math (40x difference) you would get about 9 minutes in Firefox and you would probably burn yourself from the heat given off
  - igetspam 5y ago
    Do you actually get 9m though? I always have FF open (I try hard not to install electron apps, so I have slack web open all the time). My Thinkpad running Linux with four to six different profiles open, all with active windows and multiple tabs/windows, runs for 4h or so on battery. (Estimate based on time in the car.) 9m feels like your system might have other trouble.
- dbg31415 5y ago
  MacOS on MBP. Yes, already opened bug reports on the issue. I joined the same 2-person Zoom call from all 3 browsers on my MBP just now... If you have more people call in, like 10 or more on the call... that's when Firefox really melts your computer and you the energy usage skyrocket. https://imgur.com/DmOQaSU https://imgur.com/DmOQaSU
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tssva 5y ago
Not 40x but Firefox is also a power hog on my Windows based laptop when it comes to anything regarding video playback which is why I don't use it. Vivaldi is also especially bad regarding power usage and video playback. Chrome is acceptable but Microsoft Edge is by far the most efficient when it comes to video and power usage.
- ziml77 5y ago
  Also wrecks battery life on macOS. I want to see Firefox devs focus on improving power usage. Other browser vendors love to show that they're light on impact to battery life because it's an important metric to users.
acdha 5y ago
Do you have a bug report open? This isn't true in all cases so it seems likely that there is an issue with some combination of OS version and hardware which is forcing a software fallback.

Rd6n6 5y ago

> Firefox now does catch-up paints for almost all user interactions, enabling a 10-20% improvement in response time to most user interactions. What do you mean nothing about performance?

igetspam 5y ago

Is that a literal 40x? I haven't used the web version of zoom in a long time and my Thinkpad is always plugged in but I'm genuinely curious about your data. What OS? Plugins?

Rd6n6 5y ago
Well, if you get 6 hours of browsing in safari on a charge, then by this math (40x difference) you would get about 9 minutes in Firefox and you would probably burn yourself from the heat given off
- igetspam 5y ago
  Do you actually get 9m though? I always have FF open (I try hard not to install electron apps, so I have slack web open all the time). My Thinkpad running Linux with four to six different profiles open, all with active windows and multiple tabs/windows, runs for 4h or so on battery. (Estimate based on time in the car.) 9m feels like your system might have other trouble.
dbg31415 5y ago
MacOS on MBP. Yes, already opened bug reports on the issue. I joined the same 2-person Zoom call from all 3 browsers on my MBP just now... If you have more people call in, like 10 or more on the call... that's when Firefox really melts your computer and you the energy usage skyrocket. https://imgur.com/DmOQaSU https://imgur.com/DmOQaSU

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tssva 5y ago

Not 40x but Firefox is also a power hog on my Windows based laptop when it comes to anything regarding video playback which is why I don't use it. Vivaldi is also especially bad regarding power usage and video playback. Chrome is acceptable but Microsoft Edge is by far the most efficient when it comes to video and power usage.

ziml77 5y ago
Also wrecks battery life on macOS. I want to see Firefox devs focus on improving power usage. Other browser vendors love to show that they're light on impact to battery life because it's an important metric to users.

acdha 5y ago

Do you have a bug report open? This isn't true in all cases so it seems likely that there is an issue with some combination of OS version and hardware which is forcing a software fallback.