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minus-squarekolfen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down18·1 year agoWould love to use Firefox if it wasn’t so slow Hope more developers give special support to the gecko engine
minus-squareuncouthterran@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoI’m not sure how recently you’ve used it but I actually find chrome to be much more resource hungry. Maybe it’s worth a try again if you haven’t?
minus-squareMercuryUprising@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoEspecially when its blocking all the ad bloat that chrome runs on… What in the fuck are these people smoking?
minus-squarekouichi@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agolol Firefox + adblock beat Chrome any day.
minus-squareshotgun_crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoHave you seen the recent benchmarks where Firefox surpassed Chrome? Sure, they may not reflect actual use cases, but it shows that there isn’t much of a speed difference.
minus-squaremimichuu_@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoFirefox isn’t slow, you just want an excuse.
Would love to use Firefox if it wasn’t so slow
Hope more developers give special support to the gecko engine
I’m not sure how recently you’ve used it but I actually find chrome to be much more resource hungry. Maybe it’s worth a try again if you haven’t?
Firefox really isn’t slow.
Especially when its blocking all the ad bloat that chrome runs on… What in the fuck are these people smoking?
lol Firefox + adblock beat Chrome any day.
Have you seen the recent benchmarks where Firefox surpassed Chrome? Sure, they may not reflect actual use cases, but it shows that there isn’t much of a speed difference.
Firefox isn’t slow, you just want an excuse.