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Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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post #85

Chromium: + support Handoff macOS -> iOS + text fragment support! [1] + nice plugins and (Brave Browser) nice built-in Ad Blocker + good performance, but - memory & cpu heavy (this counts as 2 minus) - pinned tab can still be closed with `⌘+W` Firefox: + feels smoother and more battery friendly than Chromium based browsers + built-in Picture in Picture - no macOS menu bar function for "Pin Tab", thus making a lot of…

Regarding Firefox, I'm unsure what you mean by "no macOS menu bar function for Pin Tab", is this something different from right clicking on a tab and selecting Pin Tab? And handoff took its sweet time but it has been supported for a while now between iOS and Firefox on Mac.

> And handoff took its sweet time but it has been supported for a while now between iOS and Firefox on Mac.

Only from iOS to macOS, not the other way around - at least not with Safari on iOS (I don't use Firefox on iOS).

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a diehard Firefox user, it has never been competitive with safari when it comes to performance. JavaScriptCore and WebKit are kind of ridiculously fast. If only they were put in a browser that was at all usable.

Firefox doesn't stutter on infinite scroll sites like Twitter. Safari noticeably does, even in Big Sur. So I am torn between the two.

Can confirm: https://reddit.com/r/Safari/comments/jubu6m/anyone_noticing_...
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