Firefox's JIT is getting significantly faster

Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 12:21 AM UTC

wenc wrote: post #181

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #97

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I've literally seen people commenting that they don't use firefox because chrome seems faster. (...and also, how on earth did you get it to use that much memory? I'm sitting over 500 tabs, albeit mostly unloaded, and 6 extensions, on a system with only 6GB installed)

Just curious (not being snarky): what is the advantage of kepeing 500 tabs open? How does it work? I rarely have more than 10 open, and I've been using tabs ever since tabs on browsers were invented. (I was using browsers before tabs existed) I feel I might have missed some trend here.

Post by zaphirplane » Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 12:43 AM UTC

ulimn wrote: post #167

billiam wrote: post #155

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Whew, that is the sentiment of a true plutocrat and elitist. You're weak unless you're rich and pay to rent in the good part of town. Sure, it's desirable to look serious to commercial partners and investors, but mostly it's an Internet branding tax. Most of your customers will Google your site.

> Most of your customers will Google your site. And that's why seeing ".com" is important. You just proved his point, duh.

Post by wenc » Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 1:13 AM UTC

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #192

wenc wrote: post #181

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Just curious (not being snarky): what is the advantage of kepeing 500 tabs open? How does it work? I rarely have more than 10 open, and I've been using tabs ever since tabs on browsers were invented. (I was using browsers before tabs existed) I feel I might have missed some trend here.

Since you ask an honest question, I will give an honest answer: > How does it work? Poorly. I do this because I open tabs for a project and then move on to the next thing before I finish, and serializing into a bookmark folder is more work than I'm willing to invest in the moment. I'm trying to get better at keeping work in real tickets but it's still more work than just leaving the tabs out for future-me to come bac…

Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 1:30 AM UTC

wenc wrote: post #196

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #192

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Since you ask an honest question, I will give an honest answer: > How does it work? Poorly. I do this because I open tabs for a project and then move on to the next thing before I finish, and serializing into a bookmark folder is more work than I'm willing to invest in the moment. I'm trying to get better at keeping work in real tickets but it's still more work than just leaving the tabs out for future-me to come bac…

Ah I see the thinking behind it now. Wouldn’t you lose those tabs if you happen to logout or if the system restarts? I usually have bookmark folders because I’m always afraid I might fat-finger-close a tab or something.

Post by Barrin92 » Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 1:38 AM UTC

krick wrote: post #191

antibland wrote: post #106

It's sad how these valuable optimizations are unknown to the average person. When I hear "the browser" discussed in almost any parlance, the implication is Chrome. It's rare to even hear someone say "Chrome," as it's the defacto choice for the non-mobile web. Convenience breeds ignorance.

I'm not sure I see it. Do you perhaps use Chrome yourself and hence the implication? Because it seems everyone just says "browser" regardless of if it's Safari, Edge, Firefox or something else (but it's a fact that Chrome is currently most popular by far). Why would somebody even draw the distinction between what is mostly interchangeable products, unless they have specific technical discussion about that product? It…