Re:Firefox Quantum Lands in Beta, Developer Edition
by coldtea on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @05:20PM
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>We live in a portable world after all..
Do we? I'd say most people with laptops use them either at home or at work, both places were they can plug in.
The majority is not "Starbucks laptop users" or road warriors.
Re:Firefox Quantum Lands in Beta, Developer Edition
by willtim on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @03:04AM
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I mostly use mine on the train during the commute. I'm one of many. At home and work I use desktops.
Mozilla will also want to target their engine at tablets and phones at some point. This is presumably why Samsung committed funding to Servo (IIRC).
Re:Firefox Quantum Lands in Beta, Developer Edition
by tapoxi on Thursday September 28, 2017 @10:02AM
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A few releases ago Chrome (57?) finally fixed the battery problem and its been fine for me since.
Personally I can't use Safari, as I want my bookmarks/history synced between devices and don't use an iPhone.
Re:Firefox Quantum Lands in Beta, Developer Edition
by crispinb on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @06:50PM
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I switch to Safari when on battery. But the cost is pretty high - it's the only browser I have on my mac that I find actively unreliable, and the feeble range of available extensions makes it seem crippled compared to Firefox or Chrome
What I don't understand: why is it that other browsers don't put battery life before all else? We live in a portable world after all..