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Why I’m done with Chrome

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Re: Why I’m done with Chrome

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Post by eganist »

mi_lk wrote: post #131
eganist wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a Google reference. LGTM is their approval acronym for change control. "Looks/looking good to me"

Is it really a Google reference? Do you have any source for that?

Closest I've got:

> While the story behind the coinage of LGTM remains murky at best, the earliest known use and explanation of the acronym can be traced to a feature summary of Google Mondrian, a peer-review software application for programmers, posted by Niall Kennedy[3] on November 30th, 2006.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lgtm?full=1

Re: Why I’m done with Chrome

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Post by hcs »

mehrdadn wrote: post #256
hcs wrote: post #251

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Developer Edition is essentially Beta with a few changes (which means additional telemetry by default so probably not up your alley): https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/04/simplifying-firefox-releas... (edit for better link)

Yeah, I neither want beta nor telemetry...

fwiw even Nightly is quite stable these days, I can't remember when it last kept me from getting work done. And the addt'l telemetry is just a pref away.

Re: Why I’m done with Chrome

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Post by aaaaaaaaaab »

amanzi wrote: post #237

Google today is like the Microsoft of 10-15 years ago. Grossly dominant, arrogant, user-hostile, and thinking they're above the law. Microsoft got knocked off their perch and are a much better company today than they were 15 years ago. Google's turn to fall is rapidly approaching.

Implying Microsoft wouldn’t turn back into the scumbag it used to be, had they regained their market dominance.

Re: Why I’m done with Chrome

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Post by el_benhameen »

Kpourdeilami wrote: post #44
hellofunk wrote: post #22

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I wish I could use it but it has serious performance problems on macOS. I tried and it was just terrible. (thought not all Mac users have problems, quite a number do, and Mozilla has an open issue asking for debugging logs from Macs to find the reasons).

I gave up on Firefox on OS X for performance reasons and switched to Safari a while ago and it’s a decent browser. It has support for extensions that I use (ublock origin and 1Password), uses less battery than any other browser, and is fast

I love how Safari sips battery on OS X, but its performance is glacial in my experience. With Chrome I can, for example, type “was” and hit return at normal typing speed and expect the browser to have autopopulated “washingtonpost.com” from my history and take me there. With Safari on the same newer high end macbook pro, autopopulate takes up to a few seconds, so hitting return takes me to the page half of the time and searches for “was” the other half of the time. Pages seem to take longer until the first meaningful content loads, too.

Re: Why I’m done with Chrome

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Post by coldtea »

aaaaaaaaaab wrote: post #279
biztos wrote: post #211

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This may be true, but it's definitely not unique to Google. I know some well-meaning leftists who work for the leading Social Network and don't see any contradiction in that. I could imagine a high-flying company having entitled employees, I just don't see the qualitative difference between this or that company. Please enlighten me if I'm missing the point. And lest I sound arrogant myself: I once worked in Pharma an…

Ummm, leftism has a long history of invasive mass surveillance and questionable social engineering practices, so I don’t really see the contradiction here...

Well, most of the fighting against "invasive mass surveillance and questionable social engineering practices" has also been done by leftists, so there's that...

Centrist average Joes usually don't care about such things, and right wingers applaud them to help the police and such.

As for libertarians they are against them when it's by the government, but fine with them when a private company (even one the size of a small nation) does it as part of a "voluntary" employment contract.

Re: Why I’m done with Chrome

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Post by simplify »

Chazprime wrote: post #142
orbifold wrote: post #27

At least on iOS and macOS I see no reason not to use Safari, Edge on Windows is pretty good too. Power users will stop recommending Chrome to the average user after these changes and over time market share will hopefully decline.

It’s tough to use Safari if you’re a web developer; Chrome tends to be better at rendering pages and in overall performance, as well as adopting features quicker than Apple.

Performance may have been an issue years ago, but nowadays safari is just as fast and consistent at rendering. I use safari as my default now, including for web dev, and have chrome ready in the rare case I need it.

Re: Why I’m done with Chrome

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Post by craftyguy »

CydeWeys wrote: post #243
bordercases wrote: post #200

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Why download it in the first place?

A mistaken include in a build file, most likely. I've removed all sorts of dumb stuff slowing down the build that was included by accident or unnecessarily on my project at work. Never attribute to malice ...

> A mistaken include in a build file, most likely.

Yea, "whoops we accidentally downloaded a surveillance device on your system!"... If that sort of negligence can happen, what else is the browser currently doing, or capable of doing in the future, "accidentally"?

Re: Why I’m done with Chrome

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Post by simplify »

el_benhameen wrote: post #295
Kpourdeilami wrote: post #44

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I gave up on Firefox on OS X for performance reasons and switched to Safari a while ago and it’s a decent browser. It has support for extensions that I use (ublock origin and 1Password), uses less battery than any other browser, and is fast

I love how Safari sips battery on OS X, but its performance is glacial in my experience. With Chrome I can, for example, type “was” and hit return at normal typing speed and expect the browser to have autopopulated “washingtonpost.com” from my history and take me there. With Safari on the same newer high end macbook pro, autopopulate takes up to a few seconds, so hitting return takes me to the page half of the time a…

I wonder what the issue is. My experience with safari on my old macbook air is speedy with no power problems.
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