Poll of the Day > Why does Chrome run so poorly compared to Firefox?

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Taily_Po
07/01/19 9:24:15 PM
#1:


When I'm switching between windows, the load times on Chrome *always* seem a lot worse. And it's seemingly the case on both laptops and, iirc, on my phone as well.
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RedPixel
07/01/19 9:50:24 PM
#3:


Its probably all the data Google is taking from you slowing down the transfer rate.

Opens task manager...

Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
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Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
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Red_Frog
07/01/19 11:53:48 PM
#4:


Because Google lost their minds around 15 years ago. It started with google.com getting bloated and slow, then it spread to their entire company.
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Lokarin
07/02/19 12:09:28 AM
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What's weird is that ANYTHING runs poorly compared to Firefox...
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WarGreymon77
07/02/19 12:40:40 AM
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And just think. So many browsers are converting to Chrome-based. Opera did it. Microsoft Edge is doing it. Even Firefox is on its way. Man... fuck Google.
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jramirez23
07/02/19 12:55:54 AM
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Huh, Ive never noticed this slowdown.
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Sahuagin
07/02/19 2:14:09 AM
#8:


Taily_Po posted...
When I'm switching between windows, the load times

you need more RAM. Chrome uses a lot of memory, but is otherwise fast. if you switch to another window and it takes a long time to load, it's because the memory for it has been pushed to virtual memory (IE: your hard drive) to make room for everything else.

at home I used to have 8GB, and would run out constantly. at work have 16GB and run out only very rarely. recently upgraded home to 24GB from 8 (and for peanuts), and wow is it ever better; I'd have to go out of my way to use it all up at once. everything runs fast all the time, no matter what I have open, even tons of internet and a memory hogging game at the same time.
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ThatHappySack
07/02/19 11:26:01 AM
#9:


Because it's poorly optimized garbage.
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kind9
07/02/19 11:41:01 AM
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RedPixel posted...
Its probably all the data Google is taking from you slowing down the transfer rate.

Opens task manager...

Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe

I remember this when I tried the beta of Chrome years ago and I was like, nah fuck that, this is weird. I'm sure they have a good reason to have a separate process for every open tab though.
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WarGreymon77
07/02/19 12:39:44 PM
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Sahuagin posted...
recently upgraded home to 24GB from 8 (and for peanuts)

Peanuts? RAM is expensive though...

kind9 posted...
RedPixel posted...
Its probably all the data Google is taking from you slowing down the transfer rate.

Opens task manager...

Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe
Chrome.exe

I remember this when I tried the beta of Chrome years ago and I was like, nah fuck that, this is weird. I'm sure they have a good reason to have a separate process for every open tab though.

I believe the reason is to allow the CPU to use a different thread for each process. Still uses a ton of RAM though.
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wwinterj25
07/02/19 12:41:54 PM
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Chrome seems to be better for me on my PC at least. Firefox used to be great but then started being a pain in my arse with lack of support for add-ons I was using.
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WarGreymon77
07/02/19 12:58:16 PM
#13:


The whole push in the computer industry to simultaneously

1. Remove features and make things harder to use
and
2. Force updates

really pisses me off.
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kind9
07/02/19 1:06:47 PM
#14:


WarGreymon77 posted...
I believe the reason is to allow the CPU to use a different thread for each process. Still uses a ton of RAM though.

That can't be it because processes can spawn any number of threads, and it's a lot faster than creating new processes.
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Sahuagin
07/02/19 2:08:16 PM
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WarGreymon77 posted...
Peanuts? RAM is expensive though...

like $85 for 16GB? that's insanely cheap to me... I once upgraded a computer from 4k RAM to 16k RAM for about $50, so...

WarGreymon77 posted...
I believe the reason is to allow the CPU to use a different thread for each process. Still uses a ton of RAM though.

it's so that if one of the tabs crashes, it doesn't crash the whole browser, just that tab
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