CyberInferno - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Battery claim is for when Edge isn't running (Score 1) 157

by CyberInferno on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @07:00PM (#55858923) Attached to: Windows 10's Edge vs Chrome: We're Faster and Win in Battery Face-off, Says Microsoft

They definitely seem to have heavily optimized for the video playback use-case. On my slow (but cheap) Atom-based notebook video playback is noticeably smoother and uses less CPU than Firefox even though Edge is noticeably slower at actual web rendering.

Yep, streaming video on my Surface Pro 3 is literally the only thing I switch from Chrome to Edge for. Edge uses about 1/5 of the CPU that Chrome does for that one purpose. Aside from that, it sucks as an actual web browser.

Comment Memory Usage (Score 1) 323

by CyberInferno on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @05:56PM (#55550361) Attached to: Firefox Quantum Arrives With Faster Browser Engine, Major Visual Overhaul

Memory usage on this thing is TERRIBLE. 7 tabs open, and it's using 1.3 GB of RAM. I have the same 7 tabs open along with 16 more in Chrome, and it's using 1.0 GB of RAM. I never thought I'd see the day when Chrome has better memory usage than Firefox. And that's after disabling every extension on Firefox (which I didn't do on Chrome).

Comment Re:If you had selected something... (Score 2) 155

by CyberInferno on Saturday January 10, 2015 @07:39AM (#48780307) Attached to: Google Sees Biggest Search Traffic Drop Since 2009 As Yahoo Gains Ground

Either way, I've actually started using yahoo in Firefox, and barely notice the difference.

If you're using Yahoo and barely noticing a difference, you should switch it to Bing.

Bing powers Yahoo's search engine, and you get Bing Rewards points which you can redeem for real things. Bing has bought me $5 Starbucks cards at least once a month since I started using the rewards program.

Comment Re:web web web cloud cloud fat-thin (Score 1) 281

by CyberInferno on Monday October 13, 2008 @07:19PM (#25362809) Attached to: University Tries "One iPhone Per Student"

Consider this - the Nokia N95 has a more powerful browser which is fully compatible with the vast majority of flash sites thanks to it being fully supporting flash lite v3. The iPhone (last I checked) still cannot boast such compatibility. And the N95 was released before the iPhone.

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