Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox-related CPU use by 75%

Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by thih9 on Monday April 10, 2023 @04:11PM (#35516840)

This is why I like terminal, rss, or other technologies where it’s hard to add this kind of fireworks to the UI.

When done right, sure, they improves the user experience by some percentage. But when done badly, the UX goes down by orders of magnitude.

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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by tiagod on Monday April 10, 2023 @05:43PM (#35517758)

If you turn off your computer power usage goes to 0% too.

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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by thih9 on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @03:56PM (#35530609)

Not for long! [1] It's an unconfirmed rumor for now; but perhaps we're heading there.

> The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will use a new ultra-low energy microprocessor allowing certain features like the new capacitive solid-state buttons to remain functional even when the handset is powered off

[1]: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/03/20/iphone-15-volume-mute-b...

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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by xk_id on Monday April 10, 2023 @06:05PM (#35517959)

absolutely. besides, graphical UIs bombard the brain with everyone's unique take on visual aesthetics, consuming limited mental resources like attention

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