I have to admit, the performance of a Chromium-based browser compared to Firefox is abysmal.

[fahim_ahmed@mastodon.social]

@transicorn @Gargron

> I didn't respond to Eugen thinking everyone would be happy with my suggestion.

Same 🫡

[coldkennels@mastodon.social]

@KalenXI @Gargron the absolute best chromium-based browser I’ve ever used was Stainless. It didn’t exist for long and it hasn’t been updated since 2011 (!), but it was still the only Chromium browser that didn’t feel like bloatware.

Vivaldi showed promise initially, but it’s now so over-laden with features that it feels more like an operating system than a browser.

I just want a bare-bones stripped back browser that blocks all ads and AI bullshit. That shouldn’t be as rare as it is.

[awws@mastodon.social]

@Gargron Out of curiosity, did you check Helium vs Chromium? I was wondering if you noticed a difference tho I am quite pleased with Firefox (let’s see if I still am if they stuff AI weirdness in it…)

[julian@activitypub.space]

@gargron@mastodon.social I realized I was not in the same league of software developer as my colleagues when I built a PC and put in 4GB of RAM while they'd go 16 and up.

This was back in the day before Electron apps, so think Notepad++ and Sublime Text, truly lightweight stuff.

You are incentivized to build fast shit when constrained by your RAM, I'll tell you that.

[mausmalone@mastodon.social]

@Gargron Now take that information and couple it with the fact that a lot of business apps are now Electron-based. The only thing worse than running out of memory because of Chromium is running out of memory because you have 3 wholly separate instances of Chromium running with no shared resources.

[julian@activitypub.space]

@mausmalone@mastodon.social time to move back to Sublime Text and mIRC 😂