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Re:Making Google Sans Flex by the_gipsy on Friday December 19, 2025 @05:51AM (#46324382)
Cool work on a font, but this page is proof that google is turning the web into some kind of JSON for their app, Chrome.

Extremely sluggish on non-Chrome. Starts with a black blank empty page. Fans spinning. Takes way too long to load for just some text and some videos. Clicking a link does some SPA magic that takes me to another black blank page, and takes ages to load. Clicking back doesn't work anymore. I need to reload the entire page, again blank and waiting. Once done loading, scrolling is extremely sluggish.

Yes, there are probably some interactive widgets in there, but all that and much more has been done without bogging down the browser like you're running a 3D game on WebGL.

Oh, and of course reader mode doesn't work.

Re:Making Google Sans Flex by grougnax on Friday December 19, 2025 @05:52AM (#46324390)
Just use Chrome on a MacBook Pro M4 like everyone else
Re:Making Google Sans Flex by chippiewill on Friday December 19, 2025 @07:19AM (#46325032)
Use it on an Air and there aren't even fans to be spun up
Re:Making Google Sans Flex by makeitdouble on Friday December 19, 2025 @06:26AM (#46324611)
This flashed back so many of these comments, I unconsciously reached for the downvote button. Well done sir.
Re:Making Google Sans Flex by otabdeveloper4 on Friday December 19, 2025 @09:17AM (#46326093)
No thanks, I'm good.
Re:Making Google Sans Flex by quentindanjou on Friday December 19, 2025 @10:31AM (#46326889)
It's not up to me to use Google's browser. It's up to them to make webpages that work for all.
Re:Making Google Sans Flex by FireInsight on Friday December 19, 2025 @06:35AM (#46324675)
Huh. Firefox on a mid-range android phone had no issues.
Re:Making Google Sans Flex by the_gipsy on Friday December 19, 2025 @07:10AM (#46324950)
Works much better than desktop, but clicking back doesn't restore the scroll correctly, e.g. the link I clicked was hidden behind the header on return, disorienting.
Re:Making Google Sans Flex by techwizrd on Friday December 19, 2025 @09:56AM (#46326518)
I had no issues using Firefox on a 2021 M1 Pro or my Framework 13. Reader mode does not work, however.