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patrickaljord · 2011-03-22 22:18:45+00:00

It's much faster on Chrome than Firefox here (ubuntu).

fulafel | karma 12262 | avg karma 1.65 · | 2015-12-09 12:19:19+00:00

On Ubuntu it's fast in Chrome and slow in Firefox.

proto-n | karma 660 | avg karma 3.53 · | 2020-12-14 13:59:59

Wow, it's faster in firefox than it used to be in chrome... while in chrome it's almost isntanteneous

baddox | karma 23383 | avg karma 2.25 · | 2009-06-10 22:59:40+00:00

It works much faster in Chrome than Firefox.

jsm386 | karma 4568 | avg karma 8.41 · | 2009-11-25 19:39:03+00:00

quick pointer - it runs a lot faster in Chrome than it does in Firefox

dark-star | karma 1643 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2023-11-27 03:20:41

Firefox is still slower than Chrome (and uses more memory). For me at least.

charlieflowers | karma 2198 | avg karma 2.46 · | 2011-09-30 01:42:43+00:00

Chrome without a doubt feels faster than Firefox to me. I think Firefox's performance has degraded over the past 6 months or so. I can't prove it (just anecdotal based on my experience), but it got so bad that I switched back to Chrome (and have been loving it).

ubercow13 | karma 3843 | avg karma 2.38 · | 2015-03-07 20:11:21

This loads about 10 times faster in Chrome than Firefox for me

kody | karma 443 | avg karma 2.8 · | 2017-08-29 18:24:45+00:00

I also find that it's much faster in Firefox.

ziftface | karma 679 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2018-12-06 22:14:00

I'm on macOS and Firefox is at least as fast as Chrome. Granted, I'm on nightly with WebRender turned on, but that will be in regular Firefox soon enough.

dt2m | karma 600 | avg karma 6.82 · | 2023-07-18 07:27:44

Anecdotally, Firefox has always been faster than Chrome on MacOS for me. Great to see it’s only getting even better.

gbog | karma 3461 | avg karma 1.88 · | 2016-10-20 10:24:44+00:00

Did you try Firefox recently? I switched back to FF three months ago and it is actually often faster than Chrome (on Linux at least)

RealStickman_ | karma 1116 | avg karma 2.03 · | 2021-04-10 10:40:15+00:00

In benchmarks Chrome is usually slightly faster on average than Firefox. Really not something you would notice with normal use.

ubercow13 | karma 3843 | avg karma 2.38 · | 2014-02-14 13:43:31+00:00

In what way is firefox still slower than chrome? Just, IME that hasn't been the case for ages now

breakingcups | karma 4652 | avg karma 4.12 · | 2019-12-30 09:19:34+00:00

That's odd, for me Firefox on Windows is slightly faster than Chrome. Do you have any extensions installed?

asadotzler | karma 2796 | avg karma 2.17 · | 2011-05-17 02:59:33

Twice as fast in Firefox as in Chrome.

fbpdev | karma 3 | avg karma 0.6 · | 2022-12-28 05:54:40

it may be slow on firefox or firefox based browsers, but should work much faster on chrome/chromium based browsers.

onionisafruit | karma 2542 | avg karma 3.57 · | 2022-03-08 08:46:03

Chrome feels a little faster to me, but I stick with Firefox because it doesn’t give me the same creepy big brother feeling as chrome and I can spare a few milliseconds per page load.

Come to think of it, I primarily use chrome to double check UI changes on a page served from my local computer. That’s probably the main reason it feels faster.

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Mikeb85 | karma 11376 | avg karma 2.31 · | 2019-06-23 20:16:02+00:00

Firefox is fast, not noticeably faster though as Chrome seems to be a bit more aggressive with caching, and Chrome has better UI. I also prefer Chrome's autocomplete and search bar. Firefox is good, maybe even technically better these days, but Chrome is still more pleasant to use.

otabdeveloper4 | karma 2720 | avg karma 1.13 · | 2023-08-20 09:45:51

Firefox has been faster than Chrome for many years now.