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Re: Preferred Browsers and why

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On 2016-09-29, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2016-09-29 00:33, Lewis wrote:
>> In message <4q2dncrjE-2zzHHKnZ2dnUU7-IGdnZ2d@giganews.com>
>>   Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>> On 2016-09-28 00:16, Otto Pylot wrote:
>>>> Firefox has just about run its course for me after this last update.
>>>> I've been using Mozilla since the early days of Netscape but it's time
>>>> to move on to a grown up browser. I've migrated everything over to
>>>> Safari but I'm open to suggestions and why.
>>
>>> I prefer Chrome.
>>
>> Chrome is a pig and uses far more memory and CPU than any of the other
>> browsers. Running Chrome on my wife's MacBook drops the battery life by
>> up to 50%.
>
> I'm on machines that are plugged in almost always, so that's not that 
> much of an issue.  I agree that Chrome does dig at the CPU pretty hard 
> for no tangible reason quite often.
>
> That said, the UI of Chrome suits me far better than that of Safari. 
> Why Safari doesn't allow icons in lieu of titles for the bookbar is a 
> mystery.

Meh. That's definitely not enough of a reason for me to switch to some
other web browser that has worse performance and uses more system
resources. It is good to have choices, though.

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Preferred Browsers and why Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2016-09-27 21:16 -0700
  Re: Preferred Browsers and why Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-28 05:07 +0000
    Re: Preferred Browsers and why JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-09-28 02:38 -0400
      Re: Preferred Browsers and why Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-28 14:40 +0000
        Re: Preferred Browsers and why isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2016-09-28 09:19 -0700
          Re: Preferred Browsers and why android <here@there.was> - 2016-09-28 19:03 +0200
        Re: Preferred Browsers and why befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2016-09-29 09:11 +0200
          Re: Preferred Browsers and why android <here@there.was> - 2016-09-29 09:23 +0200
  Re: Preferred Browsers and why stk.usenet@haller-berlin.de (Stefan Haller) - 2016-09-28 12:46 +0200
  Re: Preferred Browsers and why Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-28 16:53 +0000
  Re: Preferred Browsers and why Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-28 19:24 -0400
    Re: Preferred Browsers and why Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-29 04:33 +0000
      Re: Preferred Browsers and why android <here@there.was> - 2016-09-29 08:45 +0200
        Re: Preferred Browsers and why Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-29 11:26 +0000
      Re: Preferred Browsers and why Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-29 13:18 -0400
        Re: Preferred Browsers and why Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-29 17:28 +0000
          Re: Preferred Browsers and why Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-30 16:09 -0400
            Re: Preferred Browsers and why Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-30 20:11 +0000
              Re: Preferred Browsers and why Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-30 16:31 -0400
      Re: Preferred Browsers and why ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2016-09-29 19:31 +0200
        Re: Preferred Browsers and why nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-29 13:56 -0400
        Re: Preferred Browsers and why Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-30 04:52 +0000
        Re: Preferred Browsers and why befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2016-09-30 09:01 +0200
        Re: Preferred Browsers and why Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-30 16:10 -0400
  Re: Preferred Browsers and why John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2016-09-28 22:41 -0400
    Re: Preferred Browsers and why ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2016-09-29 19:14 +0200
  Re: Preferred Browsers and why Mallocy <null@example.net> - 2016-09-30 07:22 +0000

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