nebulaone@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhy is it so expensive to develop a web browser?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhy is it so expensive to develop a web browser?nebulaone@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareSavvyWolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoNot only do you have to support an insane amount of standards, you need to do it fast. Firefox and Chromium are optimized so much for speed, and nobody will use your web browser if it’s slow or uses up tons of ram.
minus-squareI'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.autism.placelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago uses up tons of ram In my experience, Chrome is a RAM hog. I use FF. Are other browsers even worse with RAM use than Chrome?
minus-squareUndercoverUlrikHD@programming.devcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s the websites that requires all the memory, the browser can’t magically take less memory than what a website demands.
minus-squareAltima NEO@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoOr has no support for any addons
Not only do you have to support an insane amount of standards, you need to do it fast. Firefox and Chromium are optimized so much for speed, and nobody will use your web browser if it’s slow or uses up tons of ram.
In my experience, Chrome is a RAM hog. I use FF. Are other browsers even worse with RAM use than Chrome?
It’s the websites that requires all the memory, the browser can’t magically take less memory than what a website demands.
Or has no support for any addons
Chrome is in its way to that!