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The typical answer I get when I say this is "but Firefox is too slow". I don't experience the issue, but that's pretty much always what I get told. No idea.

jackson1442 4y ago
Firefox generally runs worse on Google properties like Youtube and Google Meet. I had to switch to Chrome because the performance was so poor and my last job used Meet as our conference tool.
- Zardoz84 4y ago
  Indeed, Google owned sites run worse on Firefox. But not too worse. I watch YouTube channels everyday on Firefox without issues.
- maccard 4y ago
  While my experience is not the same (i use gmail, meet and youtube daily on Firefox with no issues), there's an easy solution to that - use Chrome for meet when you need to and use Firefox for all of your other browsing?
  - jackson1442 4y ago
    You describe it as an easy solution, but the easier solution is to just use one browser. Only one history record (which I use) and one set of plugins to maintain. I've switched back to Firefox now that I no longer work somewhere that uses Google products. I think New Meet performs a lot better in FF now, but Old Meet (with the gray action bar) had awful performance when I used it. The performance wasn't great in Chrome either, but it wasn't show-stoppingly slow like it was in FF.
  - piaste 4y ago
    +1 I do that on mobile, I have a heavily locked-down Fennec F-Droid for random browsing but it's awful to use Google websites from it, so I keep Bromite around only for checking my old GMail / GDrive accounts (I've moved to other providers but they're useful backups). Doesn't make much sense to bother blocking Google Analytics and friends when I'm already using a Google website. On desktop I don't have that problem, Librewolf works fine with Google websites for me, and I have a container set up for them. At work we're on the MS stack so instead of Chrome I keep Edge as my other browser for Azure, Office, and Teams. I have to say, the vertical tab implementation from Edge is one of the best I've seen. Vivaldi's are fancier but they're not nearly as smooth, and Firefox's Tree-Style Tabs extension can't even compare.
thayne 4y ago
It used to be true. But now firefox and chrome are pretty comparable. Although YMMV depending on the specific site. And sometimes it isn't because a chrome is inherently faster, but because a site has been heavily optimized targeting chrome, because chrome has more market share.
- mort96 4y ago
  It's still true. They probably render websites and run JS at comparable speeds, but everything in the UI is snappier with Chrome. It just feels like every interaction with Firefox has 50ms more delay than Chrome.
faeriechangling 4y ago
It won't be anymore once effective adblocking is kneecapped.

jackson1442 4y ago

Firefox generally runs worse on Google properties like Youtube and Google Meet. I had to switch to Chrome because the performance was so poor and my last job used Meet as our conference tool.

Zardoz84 4y ago
Indeed, Google owned sites run worse on Firefox. But not too worse. I watch YouTube channels everyday on Firefox without issues.
maccard 4y ago
While my experience is not the same (i use gmail, meet and youtube daily on Firefox with no issues), there's an easy solution to that - use Chrome for meet when you need to and use Firefox for all of your other browsing?
- jackson1442 4y ago
  You describe it as an easy solution, but the easier solution is to just use one browser. Only one history record (which I use) and one set of plugins to maintain. I've switched back to Firefox now that I no longer work somewhere that uses Google products. I think New Meet performs a lot better in FF now, but Old Meet (with the gray action bar) had awful performance when I used it. The performance wasn't great in Chrome either, but it wasn't show-stoppingly slow like it was in FF.
- piaste 4y ago
  +1 I do that on mobile, I have a heavily locked-down Fennec F-Droid for random browsing but it's awful to use Google websites from it, so I keep Bromite around only for checking my old GMail / GDrive accounts (I've moved to other providers but they're useful backups). Doesn't make much sense to bother blocking Google Analytics and friends when I'm already using a Google website. On desktop I don't have that problem, Librewolf works fine with Google websites for me, and I have a container set up for them. At work we're on the MS stack so instead of Chrome I keep Edge as my other browser for Azure, Office, and Teams. I have to say, the vertical tab implementation from Edge is one of the best I've seen. Vivaldi's are fancier but they're not nearly as smooth, and Firefox's Tree-Style Tabs extension can't even compare.

thayne 4y ago

It used to be true. But now firefox and chrome are pretty comparable. Although YMMV depending on the specific site. And sometimes it isn't because a chrome is inherently faster, but because a site has been heavily optimized targeting chrome, because chrome has more market share.

mort96 4y ago
It's still true. They probably render websites and run JS at comparable speeds, but everything in the UI is snappier with Chrome. It just feels like every interaction with Firefox has 50ms more delay than Chrome.

faeriechangling 4y ago

It won't be anymore once effective adblocking is kneecapped.