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Building a more power-efficient browser

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Re: Building a more power-efficient browser

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Post by sorenjan »

iamleppert wrote: post #24

They can start to compare themselves against Chrome when they are at least at feature parity with HTML5, CSS3, Ecmascript6, work cross-platform (not just on Microsoft-owned platforms), and have useable developer tools. I'm not sure I know of any professional web developers that don't view IE/Edge as an afterthought still. We build our applications in Chrome/FF, using Chrome/FF, and occasionally test to make sure the…

Why would cross-platform or developer tools be of any relevance when comparing energy efficiency while browsing the web on a Windows laptop? It's possible to use one browser when doing one task, and another browser when doing another. This article suggests that using Edge while consuming content on a battery powered computer would enable you to work longer, if you can do without the things you mentioned. Most people can.

Re: Building a more power-efficient browser

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Post by sp332 »

fsiefken wrote: post #6

That's odd, a month ago I read a statement from Opera that they had the most power efficient browser. Which is the most powerefficient? http://www.windowscentral.com/opera-adds-power-saving-mode-i...

The Anniversary Update isn't out yet, so Opera's power-saving mode is probably the best you can get at the moment.

Re: Building a more power-efficient browser

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Post by zeta0134 »

cheeze wrote: post #29

Another great way to save a ton of energy and bandwidth is to block ads. Glad to see that they are finally allowing ads. Been long enough. Still a mediocre browser though IMO. iamleppert nailed it on the head.

Do you mean that they are finally allowing ad blockers, via the extension support coming this summer?

Re: Building a more power-efficient browser

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Post by LeoPanthera »

iamleppert wrote: post #24

They can start to compare themselves against Chrome when they are at least at feature parity with HTML5, CSS3, Ecmascript6, work cross-platform (not just on Microsoft-owned platforms), and have useable developer tools. I'm not sure I know of any professional web developers that don't view IE/Edge as an afterthought still. We build our applications in Chrome/FF, using Chrome/FF, and occasionally test to make sure the…

I see comments like this a lot on HN. People here think a browser is "complete" with it supports all the corner cases that developers want.

But MS, like Apple with Safari, are developing a browser that is useful for users, not necessarily for developers, at least initially.

Re: Building a more power-efficient browser

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Post by djrogers »

iamleppert wrote: post #24

They can start to compare themselves against Chrome when they are at least at feature parity with HTML5, CSS3, Ecmascript6, work cross-platform (not just on Microsoft-owned platforms), and have useable developer tools. I'm not sure I know of any professional web developers that don't view IE/Edge as an afterthought still. We build our applications in Chrome/FF, using Chrome/FF, and occasionally test to make sure the…

> They can start to compare themselves against Chrome when they are at least at feature parity with ... We build our applications in Chrome/FF, using Chrome/FF, and occasionally test to make sure the experiences don't totally suck in the others.

And by "don't totally suck" you apparently don't mean battery life? Having my wife switch from Chrome to Safari on her macbook was the best thing that ever happened to her battery [1] - it literally can make the difference between needing a power adapter or getting a full days work done.

[1] http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/10/8381447/chrome-macbook-bat...

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Re: Building a more power-efficient browser

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Post by NEDM64 »

iamleppert wrote: post #24

They can start to compare themselves against Chrome when they are at least at feature parity with HTML5, CSS3, Ecmascript6, work cross-platform (not just on Microsoft-owned platforms), and have useable developer tools. I'm not sure I know of any professional web developers that don't view IE/Edge as an afterthought still. We build our applications in Chrome/FF, using Chrome/FF, and occasionally test to make sure the…

This type of fanboy comments are getting sick here, must be the summer.

This post is not about those subjects, and for the normal user, who uses his laptop unplugged, this is much more important than a browser being available on the Mac and Windows, or developer tools, etc.

Re: Building a more power-efficient browser

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Post by nojvek »

iamleppert wrote: post #24

They can start to compare themselves against Chrome when they are at least at feature parity with HTML5, CSS3, Ecmascript6, work cross-platform (not just on Microsoft-owned platforms), and have useable developer tools. I'm not sure I know of any professional web developers that don't view IE/Edge as an afterthought still. We build our applications in Chrome/FF, using Chrome/FF, and occasionally test to make sure the…

" and have useable developer tools." - Let us know how we can improve your experience.

Re: Building a more power-efficient browser

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Post by cmdrfred »

untog wrote: post #21
derefr wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Can't" and "won't" are distinct; if Apple doesn't want to write e.g. Power Nap drivers for Windows, Microsoft could certainly do it. (I'm surprised they haven't; Windows has the incentive to work well everywhere much more than Macs have an incentive to run everything equally well.)

Could they? Do they have access to the Apple firmware documentation?

What would they stand to gain? This is what .001% of it's users?
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