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Chrome Sets Browser Speed Records on M5 MacBook Pro
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JTK Awesome
macrumors 6502a
No. Too many incompatible sites, even with "shields" down.
sahajesh
macrumors 6502
Awesome - means those silver-outfit trackers can follow me around even faster 😀
There's no rule about not using two or more browsers at once. One for some thing, another for other things.
The browser (chrome, not Chrome) layer is equally important to how well the underlying rendering engine works.
I avoid using Chrome. But sometimes on occasion I'll need to use it because Safari straight up won't function. And then I notice that Chrome does in fact feel quite a lot faster. I often hit blocks in Safari where a "submit" button literally won't click, things generally slogging down to be barely functioning. Anyone else experience this?
zarmanto
macrumors 65816
Very true. And to be fair to Google: that just gives them that much more incentive to optimize their browser code... so that it still performs at least adequately on their Chromebook platforms.
racerhomie
macrumors 6502a
More memory consumption and much more battery drain(multiple hours less on Chrome)
Steve Adams
macrumors 68000
I find safari noticeably slower than edge and brave on my iPad. Add in the fact that it's terrible at ad blocking. Using the internet without ad block is a truly horrible experience now. You are completely bombarded with garbage.
It’s not true anymore.
I do consider Safari pretty slow
Steve Adams
macrumors 68000
I have no idea how optimized Chrome is. It might be much faster and "better to use" than any other browser, and I'd still not use it. As you can read in many posts, the sentiment towards Chrome is based in something else.
QuarterSwede
macrumors G4
Wipr2 does an excellent job at ad blocking in Safari. Haven’t even thought about ads in ages.
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Radeon85
macrumors 68000
Somehow Chrome on my M5 Air is using a hell of a lot less RAM than on my Windows PC with all the same addons. It's a much nicer browser than Safari, and battery life is also absolutely fine with Chrome on the MacBook.
Steve Adams
macrumors 68000
Im going on about the amount of ads while using safari. Not sure what you are going on about either. I don't have to install any extra things to block ads in brave OR Edge on my iPad. I guess I do for safari. which I wont.
petvas
macrumors 603
As a heavy Google Workspace user I use Chrome as my main browser and it works really great. Safari is not really as compatible. The only real benefit of Safari is the deep Mac integration.
QuarterSwede
macrumors G4
Oh I see. You made it sound as if Safari was incapable of blocking ads. That’s why I was confused.
BSDnostalgia
macrumors 6502a
Yes, some web developers use stuff that doesn't function well or even at all on some or all other browsers. I like to assume that it is incompetence on the part of those developers. But I fear that it is deliberate.
JosephAW
macrumors 604
Usually to achieve speed you have to cut corners and skip certain security thresholds. It’s expected that software that is more secure than others may be a little slower but will pay dividends in the long run. 🤔
JosephAW
macrumors 604
For most people the problem isn’t the browser but their Internet connection. 🚀
With all those speed improvements from browsers since years ... at the end of my life I will have saved 10mn.
Go buy a f...ing covfefe at Starbucks and look at those 10mn leaving you while you wait in line just to be called "Jizztolast" when you said your name was "Nicholas" 😡
Go buy a f...ing covfefe at Starbucks and look at those 10mn leaving you while you wait in line just to be called "Jizztolast" when you said your name was "Nicholas" 😡
tweaknmod
macrumors 6502a
I almost did a while ago, but I didn’t have time to finish the thought.
“This is kinda sl—“ done.
I don't use Chrome at all. Safari for me, with Edge as a backup for when Safari won't work on a site, but happy to hear about this nonetheless. Lots of people use Chrome, so having it available & continuously developed on the Mac, including pushing other browsers to get better, is a win in my book.