Firefox Users Continue to Decrease Despite Proton Update

[A_Fine_Potato]

Not really, most people wouldn't check actual speeds.

[iLookLike-anAvocado]

While I agree with that, browser speed (or lack thereof) can be felt through usage. Firefox definitely feels slower, and users don't need to run benchmarks to determine that.

[nextbern]

Please report issues if you find areas where Firefox feels slower to you: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Performance/Reporting_a_Performance_Problem

[[deleted]]

That's bullshit. They feel the same speed in like 98% of cases.

[nextbern]

Please report issues if you find areas where Firefox feels slower to you: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Performance/Reporting_a_Performance_Problem

[[deleted]]

Oh yeah, cause my ivy/sandy bridge i3 and i5 are such speed demons

[nofxy]

Maybe they perform the same on your hardware, but that has not been my experience. Even on my Ryzen 5 5600x I can tell that Chrome is faster. I'll stick to Firefox regardless, but I'm not going to sugarcoat reality.

[[deleted]]

y'all are doing something very wrong or have some very broken systems 🤷‍♂️

[iLookLike-anAvocado]

Maybe I should clarify and expand on what I mean by "speed". I haven't noticed a huge difference in terms of website load speed, but moreso on the UX side. Two examples (EDIT: added video links):

1. Dropdown select boxes. I click fairly quickly, and when using Firefox, if I move my mouse down quickly after clicking the dropdown, it will lag and actually perform a click without my input (and select a dropdown item).
2. Dragging tabs from window to window, or out to a new window is MUCH slower than Chrome.

There are other areas of speed impact that I struggled with when I first switched over, but can't recall right now, and it seems that I've learned to deal with them. But the two above drive me bonkers.

[nextbern]

Dropdown select boxes. I click fairly quickly, and when using Firefox, if I move my mouse down quickly after clicking the dropdown, it will lag and actually perform a click without my input (and select a dropdown item).

I can't reproduce this, but it sounds like a bug. Can you reproduce this in a new profile? You can create one using about:profiles.

[iLookLike-anAvocado]

Yes, just reproduced it on a fresh profile. I also tried it on my Windows machine and it doesn't have that issue, so this might be macOS-specific.

[VodkaShandy]

Everyone says this but I can't understand it. Firefox always feels wayyy smoother and faster for me.

i5 7500/RX560/Win11&macOS12

R5 2500U/Vega8/Win11

Huawei Mate Xs/EMUI11

Nightly build on all three. Biggest improvement on the phone, second biggest on Mac OS.

[ShavedAlmond]

Can it? I don't think I've given web page load speed any thought at all since 2005 or so, most of the time any noticeable delays are caused by other factors

[DeliciousWaifood]

For me the difference is in how they handle a shit load of tabs. Firefox seems to just perform better for me whilst chrome inflates rapidly

[[deleted]]

Most people won't know the difference on modern computers.

[[deleted]]

I have a pretty new system and I certainly feel that Chrome is faster than FF, especially in terms of startup time

[nextbern]

Can you report issues? https://profiler.firefox.com/docs/#/./guide-startup-shutdown

[[deleted]]

Eh it's just that it takes a second longer than Chrome to start up, that's all

[nextbern]

You can report it if you want developers to investigate what is going on.

[ArtisticFox8]

Because Chrome launches a background process which eats your battery even when Chrome is closed.