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With laptops having taken over computing aside from a small sliver of professionals and enthusiasts and browsers being one of the most consistently used categor
by jwells89 3y ago
With laptops having taken over computing aside from a small sliver of professionals and enthusiasts and browsers being one of the most consistently used categories of software, one would think that energy efficiency would be a bigger priority for browser devs… I mean who likes their laptop’s fans screaming and finite battery cycles being torn through?
It’s rarely ever mentioned though and not something that significant gains are regularly made in, which is a bit strange to me. Browsers across the board have crossed the threshold of diminishing returns when it comes to speed, I’d personally rather they shift focus towards battery friendliness.
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoA lot of laptops don’t even have fans, and as a Firefox user who has owned ultrabooks for the last several years, I can’t say that this choice of browser has had any noticeable detrimental impact; I still get the many hours of battery life that ultrabooks are known for. I suspect that the devs, faced with limited resources and the need to prioritize, would consider this a matter for the hardware and OS to deal with.