Re:Microsoft As The Firefox Savior?
by azakai on Sunday December 04, 2011 @04:38PM
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> Accusing Chrome of becoming bloated seems harsh
The word 'bloated' can be overused, but let's ignore the choice of word the GP used. The fact is, Chrome downloads have been getting bigger and bigger (there was an article here on HN a while back with some numbers), which isn't surprising because a lot more is being included. For example,
* Flash
* PDF viewer
* Developer tools suite
* Chrome-specific technologies like NaCl
* Chrome Store support
* Proposed web standards like Web Audio API and WebSQL (which are significantly more complex and large in comparison to alternative proposed standards to them) and SPDY
Now, the significant increase in size might be justified in some people's opinion, it's debatable of course.
The word 'bloated' can be overused, but let's ignore the choice of word the GP used. The fact is, Chrome downloads have been getting bigger and bigger (there was an article here on HN a while back with some numbers), which isn't surprising because a lot more is being included. For example,
* Flash
* PDF viewer
* Developer tools suite
* Chrome-specific technologies like NaCl
* Chrome Store support
* Proposed web standards like Web Audio API and WebSQL (which are significantly more complex and large in comparison to alternative proposed standards to them) and SPDY
Now, the significant increase in size might be justified in some people's opinion, it's debatable of course.