What does Safari for Windows have to do with it? Both Chrome and Safari were tested on macOS.
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Chrome Now Scores Faster Than Safari in Speedometer Benchmark
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Without a windows version being available it’s pointless to test.
The same reason I also stopped using Chrome. I am happy with Safari most of the time, but my backup is Firefox and I am testing duckduckgo's new browser.
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Does browser performance really control website loading speeds that much anymore? I remember debating this stuff 10 years ago, but with today's computers and browsers, I would think that (given good internet speed) a simple website would load nearly instantaneously on all browsers. I would think the ad tracking crap is really the only thing that impacts the "speed" perception much these days.
Just updated and Chrome is beyond snappier. Instant page loads.
Betting it is still a memory whore.
Betting it is still a memory whore.
Sure if its a very basic page. A page with high res graphics, video as graphics, interactive elements, etc. not so much.
The hosting site makes a big difference too though. Is it the browser, or did the site go for the cheap Go Daddy.com hosting plan?
Chrome doesn't run at 120Hz on macOS? That's weird. I'd think they'd want to take advantage of high refresh to make the browser feel faster.
What? They’re testing Mac Safari vs Mac Chrome. Windows has nothing to do with it.
March has not been kind to Safari, with calls for fixes and features on top of this news that it is also slower
Great. So Safari is slower than Chrome on MacOS. But since you can’t use Safari on all devices it’s a meaningless victory.
Meh. I don't care about microbenchmark performance in a world where every web site is 1000 trackers and 2 megs of javascript to show a simple static page all amplified by the tracking and advertising networks of the person claiming to have the fractionally faster portal in which to have to put up with this crap.
Chromium before version 98 fully supports ProMotion. Version 98 introduced a change that broke ProMotion. This change was reverted for Chromium 101. You can check it out in the Canary channel today and it should be fixed. It will take a couple months for this to move to the stable channel, unfortunately. Since Chromium is so widely used, this affects Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi and many other browsers.
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Might be time for me to drop safari. Several years ago Apple really devoted resources to making it a great browser. Now it's being ignored.
I have 4 browsers on my machine.
Safari, Firefox, Opera and Vivaldi.
I tend to avoid any browser that is meant for mainstream users or in other words, people who shouldn’t be using internet at all because its a major safety concern considering their lack of knowledge on how the internet works.
Chrome and Edge are those two browsers at the moment. They are most prone to being compromised for the same reasons I mentioned above.
Safari, Firefox, Opera and Vivaldi.
I tend to avoid any browser that is meant for mainstream users or in other words, people who shouldn’t be using internet at all because its a major safety concern considering their lack of knowledge on how the internet works.
Chrome and Edge are those two browsers at the moment. They are most prone to being compromised for the same reasons I mentioned above.
If you're wanting to use the Speedometer benchmark yourself, here's a warning: It flashes things at you basically every second. If you suffer from epilepsy or just flashing lights in general, don't run the test. I don't have epilepsy, but it still hurt my eyes.
Just tell everybody they won’t have advertising using BRAVE BROWSER and they forget about chrome
Not in my use case. If you’re just a casual user, using either or, doesn’t really matter.
To save battery/CPU, use h264ify chrome extension and disable av1. YouTube then uses VP9 and it basically uses the same battery as Safari does on YouTube.
Safari is currently on 15.2 as December 14, 2021
There is only one browser I really can't stand to use. Safari.