vga@sopuli.xyz to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoForkServer in Firefox 141: No More Restarts and Better Performance on Linuxostechnix.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down13cross-posted to: linux@programming.devlinux@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkForkServer in Firefox 141: No More Restarts and Better Performance on Linuxostechnix.comvga@sopuli.xyz to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: linux@programming.devlinux@sopuli.xyz
minus-squaredata1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 day agoThe no restart is kind of awesome. WebGPU progress is also great, even if not on Linux yet.
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-214 hours agowebgpu makes me apprehensive. more precise fingerprinting and worse exploits could potentially be a thing.
minus-squareChewy@discuss.tchncs.decakelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·13 hours agoThe problem is that if Firefox does not support features like WebGPU, people will switch to Chrome once they notice web sites don’t work correctly.
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoyeah that’s part of the issue of letting google unilaterally control the most popular browser by far.
The no restart is kind of awesome. WebGPU progress is also great, even if not on Linux yet.
webgpu makes me apprehensive. more precise fingerprinting and worse exploits could potentially be a thing.
The problem is that if Firefox does not support features like WebGPU, people will switch to Chrome once they notice web sites don’t work correctly.
yeah that’s part of the issue of letting google unilaterally control the most popular browser by far.