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There are 2 reasons why I'm using chromium (with ublock origin lite) over Firefox: 1. Chromium is significantly faster (maybe 5 to 10x faster on certain tasks
by dvh 4mo ago
There are 2 reasons why I'm using chromium (with ublock origin lite) over Firefox:
1. Chromium is significantly faster (maybe 5 to 10x faster on certain tasks mostly around canvas but anything that requires fast ui really). Every time I use Firefox it feels like it has some kind of serious problem. If chrome was this slow I would stop working and start investigating what part of my computer is broken. This experience hasn't changed over span of 10 years, 3 OSes and several computers.
2. Neverending caching issues on Firefox. It just caches too aggressively which makes development really annoying to a point where anytime I encounter issue on Firefox my first thought is "Is this Firefox caching issue?". On chrome when I change button color and I don't see it, I know I made a mistake. If I change button color on Firefox, my first thought is, is this Firefox caching issue? When I develop web I have very quick update loop and I really can't be questioning browser. I cannot work like this. Firefox is unusable for me.
- emayljames 4mo ago[dead]
- elashri 4mo agoCtrl + shift + R would solve your second problem at all times. And I don't think your first point is quantified correctly and I am sure there is no data to back it up. But I understand the appeal of trying to quantify your personal experience.
- moebrowne 4mo agoYup, or open dev tools and enable "disable cache". This applies only while dev tools is open
- pebble 4mo agoI can back up their first point a tiny bit with regards to canvas. The primary product of our company is heavily canvas-based so I’ve always noticed that canvas on Firefox on macs is slower than on Chrome but it used to be in the 2-3x range and nowadays is more in the 1.5x range. They’ve made great improvements and I’ve never noted anything close to 5-10x slowdowns. On Windows Firefox and Chrome canvas has performed equally well at least for the past ten years. Got no data for linux tho.
- lelanthran 4mo ago> It just caches too aggressively which makes development really annoying to a point where anytime I encounter issue on Firefox my first thought is "Is this Firefox caching issue?". This is a non-issue, if the devtools is opened, checkbox for "disable cache" is is checked by default. > When I develop web I have very quick update loop and I really can't be questioning browser. I cannot work like this. Firefox is unusable for me. How can you be developing front-ends and not have the devtools open while doing your quick edit-test cycle?