Chrome on Linux is ~1.47 times faster than Firefox on the Jetstream 3 benchmark as recently reported by Phoronix[0]. That's how we want you to spend the money Mozilla, keeping up with your well-funded rival Google, and making it so we don't end up with a browser monoculture. These sorts of distractions just piss me off, and are not part of your core mission.

[0]: https://www.phoronix.com/review/firefox-chrome-2026

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exceptione 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

I remember that Firefox is orders of magnitude more performant in css processing, especially for complex documents with many elements. Can't comment on the javascipt interpeter, so I assume firefox is losing points somewhere else outside the screen painting engine.

	▲	yencabulator a day ago \| parent [-]
		Because of the Servo people that got laid off! https://github.com/servo/stylo

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p-e-w 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Firefox has many weaknesses, but I never once thought “man, that thing is slow”. It isn’t, and chasing benchmark numbers is a waste of effort. A better security model or deeper customizability would be far more valuable.

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Zardoz84 2 days ago | parent [-]

The fact it's that for a normal usage, Firefox with uBlock Origin it's faster that Chrome without ad blocking. On Android this is especially noticeable.

	▲	Barbing 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I wonder how much slower Firefox would have to be to invalidate the mental health gain not imagining every single keystroke going directly to Sundar.

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ramon156 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ladybird soon™

	▲	panzi 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Not nearly soon enough. But yes, there is hope. Far away hope, but still.

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eipi10_hn 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Why is this related to Firefox?

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JCTheDenthog 2 days ago | parent [-]

Because Mozilla is wasting money on something other than their core product, once again.

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eipi10_hn 2 days ago | parent [-]

Thunderbird is under MZLA Technologies Corporation, their money and resources are unrelated to Mozilla Corporation, who pays money for their Firefox.

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spudlyo 2 days ago | parent [-]

I’m not sure if it’s fair to describe a "wholly owned subsidiary" as unrelated.

> Thunderbolt is funded through a dedicated investment from Mozilla and is being developed by a separate team focused on enterprise AI products, distinct from Thunderbird’s donation-supported consumer product work.

Emphasis mine.

	▲	eipi10_hn 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, it's unrelated. Each one has its own resources and roadmaps. They are totally not dependent on each other. Thunderbird and its roadmaps/projects are not affected by Firefox' earnings at all. One's development doesn't affect the others.

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clumsysmurf 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And regarding (memory) performance, chromium has the "memory saver" settings for unloading tabs. I don't understand why mozilla thinks its acceptable to require users unload tabs manually. Who even does that?

	▲	Erenay09 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I use the about:memory tab whenever I need to clear some memory. However, it can't unload tabs.

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whalesalad 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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