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0 pointsdrunner5y ago0 comments

Well, that's part of the issue. On macOS, all browsers are just skins over Safari. Google obviously has more resources to make this work better but I agree, overall I always found Chrome better than Firefox on macOS.

You can't really compare that to a native linux/windows experience.

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pdimitar5y ago· 1 in thread

Wait what?! I thought this only applied to iOS / iPadOS.

You're telling me Firefox under macOS is using Safari's engine? If so, wow. Extremely disappointing.

anthonyvd5y ago

No, the parent is incorrect. This is only true on iOS/iPadOS.

rpy5y ago

You’re thinking of iOS. On macOS third party browsers can and do implement their own browser engines. Firefox is not running on WebKit.

svieira5y ago

On macOS all browsers are distinct engines, just like on Windows and Linux (yes, and on Open/Free BSD, Haiku, etc. I see you). It's on iOS that all browsers must be skins over Safari.

Idiot2115y ago

That certainly doesn't seem quite right, have you got any sources for this?

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