I just tried the firefox 15 beta 2 and wow i am blown away with the smoothness of it, It doesnt look as nice as safari or chrome but its perfectly acceptable and no sign of lag whatsoever not even on facebook/verge or any heavy site. give it a go guys.
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firefox 15 beta absolutely buttery smooth browsing
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just a metaphor which is being used quite regularly here
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Thanks for the tip, just tried it its even better then 15, I was really disappointed with all these lag issues. so happy to finally get them sorted
anyone know if it supports hidpi mode on mountain lion? i just installed it and it's blurry as hell!
So you don't get any jerky scrolling like you do in Chrome? That was one of the only reasons I've always stayed with Safari. Doesn't lag.
That's so odd. I'm using Chrome (Dev) because I find the lag in Safari unusable. Yes, I'm on ML and I am using a base rMPB and the lag I get on certain websites (ie. Facebook) while using Chrome is unreal. I'm finding chrome a lot less choppy and just a better browser overall.
After trying this out, this is my new default browser. Facebook is actually quick. Much quicker than both chrome and safari 6.
much better then either chrome or safari, absolutely no lag or stutter
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use firefox 17 nightly, it supports hidpi
Firefox 17a1 rocks and it's now my default browser the scrolling @ 1920x1200 is much smoother than safari and chrome on my rMBP.
Looks like there is a 'small' trade off for the silky smooth scrolling is that the fonts look very blurry on my retina macbook pro and the second you disable acceleration you get crystal clear fonts but crappy choppy scrolling.
Once they can combine them so you get both firefox will go back to being my default browser.
Once they can combine them so you get both firefox will go back to being my default browser.
After installing all the ad-ons and extensions that would give me the same efficiency as using chrome or safari, I find that it is pretty laggy and stutters more than either browsers. Just my findings, however, so of course you guys may have very different results. Well, back to safari 6.
If I had to choose between "buttery smooth" (which I honestly haven't seen a lot on here) or "antennagate," I'd take butter any day of the week.