People keeps saying that, but I don’t think there are noticeable differences in performance between both engines. Gecko is competitive, the problem, I think, comes from the web developers not bothering to optimize or test under Gecko anymore.
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iglou@programming.dev 1 month agoIf your only criterium is the presence of AI, then of course it doesn’t matter.
But Firefox has been degrading far before AI was even hyped. Mozilla basically gave up on its development as they lost their market share. Full of bugs, poor implementation of new standards, terrible optimization… That’s why I switched to a Chromium based browser. Not because of AI.
selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
iglou@programming.dev 1 month ago
I say that as a web developer myself. Gecko has become problematic to work with. It’s not the web devs fault that Gecko is now full of odd quirks.
selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Well, that’s you. I’m not having, as I said before, any issues with Gecko, I do have many with Google and monopolies.
iglou@programming.dev 1 month ago
I’m not having, as I said before, any issues with Gecko
Good for you!
super_user_do@feddit.it 1 month ago
Not only that, Firefox and Firefox-Based browser are at least 2x times slower than any chromium based browser. Vivaldi is not as quick as plain Chrome, but at least it mitigateas the privacy concerns of normal Google Chrome