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When I'm on my Mac, I usually use Safari. But it's just too slow.
Every time I switch back to Waterfox (or Firefox), I notice a HUGE difference. Everything feels snappier: tabs open instantly, and the Mastodon web interface runs immediately, without slowdowns.
I'd really love to use Safari on my Mac, but its performance gets on my nerves pretty quickly.
So, back to Waterfox!
@RecoveredExpert generally speaking, it's more sluggish. If there's some javascript, it's slow to load.
Mastodon itself is terrible on Safari. Extremely slow and sluggish. And if a page has some heavy javascript, it becomes slow and will eventually reload it.
Maybe it's a problem related to my Mac. But I currently haven't other recent Macs to try (except my wife's M4 Air. I could probably try there, too.)
@stefano Same experience. However, Safari seems to be the only browser to render HDR content correctly that I stream from my Jellyfin server.
@stefano Have you tested littleFedi's web client on Safari?
@stefano I stopped using Safari years ago. Not having ublock origin was the main argument for me. I'm using an arkenfoxed Firefox since then. Works fine for me.
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I think it's Webkit. Orion is Webkit too and it is starting to feel just as sluggish.,
@rqm probably. I was using the Bitwarden extension and it was slowing down things. Removing it things improved, but not so much.
The benchmarks show it's faster than Waterfox but...no, it isn't, for me.
@stefano Also Safari DevTools are so buggy, it's incredible.
@stefano Safari is slow for you but Firefox is fast? That’s opposite to my experience, both in the past when Safari was released as well as today b/c I do some Testing w/ it.
Can you elaborate what’s fast/slow in each? Seems weird to me.