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by drunner 1834 days ago
Well, that's part of the issue. On macOS, all browsers are just skins over Safari. Google obviously has more resources to make this work better but I agree, overall I always found Chrome better than Firefox on macOS.

You can't really compare that to a native linux/windows experience.
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rpy 1834 days ago
You’re thinking of iOS. On macOS third party browsers can and do implement their own browser engines. Firefox is not running on WebKit.
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svieira 1834 days ago
On macOS all browsers are distinct engines, just like on Windows and Linux (yes, and on Open/Free BSD, Haiku, etc. I see you). It's on iOS that all browsers must be skins over Safari.
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Idiot211 1834 days ago
That certainly doesn't seem quite right, have you got any sources for this?
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pdimitar 1834 days ago
Wait what?! I thought this only applied to iOS / iPadOS.

You're telling me Firefox under macOS is using Safari's engine? If so, wow. Extremely disappointing.

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anthonyvd 1834 days ago
No, the parent is incorrect. This is only true on iOS/iPadOS.
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