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Since nobody in the comments seems to have read TFA thoroughly: it's specifically about the mobile Chrome and Safari.
It specifically ranks chrome and chrome mobile seperately (both poorly), then talks about mobile development later in the article.
Since everyone is entitled to have an opinion. In my opinion Chrome is the best web browser available today.
I've barely used Chrome myself, I've been using Safari since before Chrome was released (IIRC). Ignoring style issues (I'm just used to Safari) it always amazes me just how much CPU Chrome seems to burn doing nothing. It's a HUGE drain on laptop battery life.
I've always held that power (features) trumps speed unless we're talking about OLTP. Machines will get faster quickly. Providing a strong platform is more important than being the fastest, today. YMMV.
> Machines will get faster quickly. Perhaps you missed the memo about Moore's Law officially dying, and the fact that speed (as opposed to transistor) wise, we haven't seen any real increase in the past 5+ years and we are not expecting anything much either... http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/02/moores... https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/2016/02/15/moores-l... http://fossbytes.com/intel-moor…
Since everyone is entitled to have an opinion. In my opinion Chrome is the best web browser available today.
I don't know about that Safari ranking. I get a super-fun rainbow wheel at least 2 or 3 times a day on Safari with only 3 or 4 tabs, and I rarely get that through chrome with upwards of 30. Before you give a score to every browser, why don't you back it up with something objective?
He specifically talks about MOBILE versions of these.
Chrome has become awfully slow in the last year for me, culminating in the last few updates where the entire UI will randomly freeze for seconds at a time and bring up the "not responding" dialog on Windows. Sadly the alternatives aren't really any better (no Edge on Win 7).
I was waiting for someone to come out and say it. 6 months ago, I couldn't imagine using another browser regularly but chrome has become so slow for me, I can't stand it. I switched to Firefox.
Oddly, I have recently found Firefox so slow - particularly on YouTube where for some reason it's unusable - that I'm considering a full-fledged switch to Chrome.
I don't know about that Safari ranking. I get a super-fun rainbow wheel at least 2 or 3 times a day on Safari with only 3 or 4 tabs, and I rarely get that through chrome with upwards of 30. Before you give a score to every browser, why don't you back it up with something objective?
He specifically talks about MOBILE versions of these.