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In general I think there is no way to heavily use Google properties (in particular drive, docs and meet) without Chrome. I tried through the years, and always
by makeitdouble 5y ago
In general I think there is no way to heavily use Google properties (in particular drive, docs and meet) without Chrome.
I tried through the years, and always ended up with a main browser (Safari or now Firefox) and Chrome as a Google dedicated browser, because the experience would be miserable otherwise. At this point I stopped blaming the other browsers.
- basilgohar 5y agoWhile Google apps definitely perform less than ideally for me on Firefox, I think that falls far short of unusable. I use Google Docs, Drive, YouTube, and other Google properties in 4K on my old (5+ year old AMD Ryzen 2400G) system. I definitely don't relish using their apps, but I definitely can and don't feel hindered.
- Allypost 5y agoThe 2400G came out in February 2018 so your system is 3.5 years old at max?
- basilgohar 5y agoYou're right. I don't know how old my desktop is, I confused it for my laptop, which I remember I bought in 2016.
- makeitdouble 5y agoI always use somewhat recent laptops, but with middle range specs (e.g. the current 13” M1), so the effect is more visible than on your system I think. I can/could use any of the properties in a pinch, but something would give after a while. The worst offender for me was Meet, a few hours of here and there meetings would trigger weird interface scaling effects, or it just wouldn’t join any new meeting with the screen staying stale. On firefox Bluejeans or Zoom wouldn’t do it, just Meet.