1. It might not be the best across all metrics today, but it definitely was a few years ago.

2. While it's true that other browsers like Firefox have been catching up to Chrome in speed, it's still true that Chrome help lead the way and if not for it, the web would've likely been far slower today.

3. There has been an explosion in other browsers in the past few years, but admittedly they're all chromium-based, so even that wouldn't have been possible without Chrome

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nwienert 2 days ago | parent [-]

Safari has been better for going on 5 years now, funny thing is it was worse for long enough that it seems everyone, even to this day, refuses to believe it.

Faster in basically every dimension. Supporting way more than FF in terms of specs. Way more efficient on battery. Better feeling scroll, better UI.

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lnenad 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Any source for that?

https://www.browserating.com/ doesn't put it in top5 on any non-ios platform?

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nwienert a day ago | parent [-]

Chrome caught up in the last year or so, but also speedometer is also fairly arbitrary. Open/close, tab open/close, tab switch, scroll, initial load, resizing all still far better. Actual app performance depends on the app but for a few years Safari was clearly better.

	▲	lnenad 21 hours ago \| parent [-]
		So your source is your personal opinion. Got it.

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holografix 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Agreed. Only thing lacking is the multi Google account/profile support

	▲	quitit 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Profile came to Safari in iOS 17. https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/iphone/iphd27a9ff22/17... Similarly with Safari 17 on macOS.