Zen Browser | Privacy focused, open-source, Firefox Fork
Just stumbled upon this project, seems rather new as my DNS blocked its domain by default for being too new hehe.. Anyone had a chance to try it yet? Its got some hefty promises, like having equally strong privacy features as Librewolf. I'll be giving it ago at least, almost sounds a bit too good to be true...
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I'll take anything to get off of Firefox. I'll give this browser a week long trial run.
You fanboys can go to hell. Defend this if you can: https://imgur.com/a/1Tr4ttb
Try Floorp.
Also, maybe don't compare clean chrome install to FF with a half dozen extensions installed. Extensions like Greasemonkey run literally any script you tell them to. An errant line of code and there goes your memory.
Try again, apples to apples dude.
I think it's a fair comparison. You're just moving the field goals, is all.
"Moving the goal posts" I fail to see how I'm changing the conditions. I'm explaining a clear and obvious issue in that image which is why it's not a good comparison.
Okay, extensions require container processes, for each one. Each new extension add to the RAM usage. For both Firefox and Chrome.
So already the comparison is flawed because Firefox now requires more base memory to load those extensions out the gate.
But now, Firefox is clearly showing Tampermonkey in the toolbar, a userscript extension. Let's just say I run a script that fetches competing price info from temu.com when you browse a site like amazon. Not uncommon.
Let's say I set that to loop, so it'll work on infinite scroll pages too.
Okay, now if you leave your browser alone for an hour and it's refreshing these scripts, guess what happens to the memory?
Every test of current builds of FF vs Chrome has found extremely negligible performance differences when both are stock installs.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/mozilla-firefox-chrome-review-comparison-2020/
This is from 4 years ago,. Again, stock browser without a busted extension causing a memory leak, the browser runs solid.
https://cloudzy.com/blog/which-browsers-use-the-least-memory/#Firefox_vs_Chrome_RAM_Usage_Comparison
Run a real world test and you'll see what I mean. Their RAM consumption is pretty much on par, and varies between update cycles but not wildly.
https://youtu.be/YQcslo9OqtE?si=FvI-Hk7vk46H5U67
From 3 months ago, with graphs. Firefox and Chrome have had near identical performance for years.