• Sina@beehaw.org
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    9 months ago

    This is not even close to the worst thing they have ever done, but stuff like this is a waste of resources. People mostly want official vertical tabs and more than anything engine performance improvements. (and the ability to pretend to be Chrome in Youtube)

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      9 months ago

      engine performance improvements

      Absolutely. Firefox is so slow compared to Chrome. Switching tabs, scrolling, video calls, … sure. Sure, Chrome/Chromium is a memory hog, but come on Mozilla, just invest in Servo already and stop adding useless features.

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        9 months ago

        Firefox desktop performance is on par with Chromium. Also Servo is now a project under the Linux Foundation, and likely Mozilla Corp doesn’t have enough employees to contribute to external projects.

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          Firefox desktop performance is on par with Chromium.

          Mate, I don’t know what kind of beast or toaster you have as a machine, but my experience tells me otherwise.

          Also Servo is now a project under the Linux Foundation, and likely Mozilla Corp doesn’t have enough employees to contribute to external projects.

          Yes, Mozilla fired the entire Servo team and gave their previous CEO a raise during the pandemic. They can still pivot and focus on Firefox instead of whatever other stuff they have been doing.

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            9 months ago

            Same. Install Firefox on a ChromeBook, which are almost all universally low powered, then watch it chug.

            I don’t care how long the former CEO has been involved with the foundation, she has not been good for Mozilla.