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Browsers that work well with 2016 Macbook? FF DOES NOT

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looking4anotebo

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I have no idea what it is but Firefox is sluggish, laggy, and overall terrible on all of my macs. I have used it a lot on:

2015 Late Imac i7, 395x, 24gb Ram
2012 Mac Pro 12 core, dual 5770, 32gb Ram
2016 Macbook m3

I've had enough!!! and I am being forced to drop my favorite browser. I don't like Safari. What are some browsers that run well on the 12'' Macbook?
 
I have and it works well, I haven't fully jumped over because of the talk around and a few articles about Chrome being very power hungry on the newer 12" macbooks. One article I think said 3 hours less of battery life.
 
Used to use Chrome, but 100% Safari now, with Keychain synching across my iPad, iPhone and MacBook -- I honestly don't see how Id get by without it.

Chrome is okay on MacBook but a dog on iPhone, so I really rely on Safari with the saved passwords synched across my devices. It's also a very capable browser.
 
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fisherking said:
what's wrong with safari? (just curious). opera is pretty nice on the mac (altho also, lol... what's wrong with chrome?)
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Well, I've always thought Safari lacks behind quite a bit in extensions and add ons but maybe it's better now. I also really dislike browsers that don't have a drop down bar for frequently visited sites.
 
I've heard good things about Vivaldi so I will probably try that. I'm liking Opera a bit right now.

Thanks for all the responses.
 
I use FireFox on all my MacBooks and it works 100% fine. This includes 2-3 MacBooks and 2 iMacs. It may be your version or the extensions you have.
 
Hankster said:
I use FireFox on all my MacBooks and it works 100% fine. This includes 2-3 MacBooks and 2 iMacs. It may be your version or the extensions you have.
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No. I've used it barebones on all my macs, it's something inherent. I'd love to know how you have it stable. It runs the best on my loaded late 2015 Imac, but after a few hours it will really bog down and have to be restarted.
 
I use firefox and it is fine too. In fact, I like firefox more than safari but that is just a personal preference.
 
On Macs, I now use Safari as the primary browser, and then Chrome on some weird websites that use Flash or funky javascript.
I used to use Firefox exclusively on the PC. On the Mac, it is just a third backup browser now. Keychain on Safari really made it the first choice easily, and built-in Flash on Chrome made it an easy second choice.
 
looking4anotebo said:
I have and it works well, I haven't fully jumped over because of the talk around and a few articles about Chrome being very power hungry on the newer 12" macbooks. One article I think said 3 hours less of battery life.
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Chrome has been improved a lot and, to be frank, I didn't find Mozilla to be better battery-wise but YMMV.

Just get some ad/script blockers which, usually are battery hitters.

If you use iPhones/iPad etc, I think it is worth jumping to Safari. As a long time Chrome user, was happy to move to Safari.
 
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