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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

In case anyone had the same kneejerk reaction: no, this is not about privacy etc. Just performance, according to OOP.

Still, this reads like a reaction to a recent overblown debacle.

edit: no, it actually does say "hardened security" in the README, lol, but the whole project seems to boil down to some compiler flags.

[–] wondrous_strange@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly, OOP should've broadcast that fact. It is a lot easier sell than letting people think they changed the code somehow.

Not sure why they are trying to show it as a seperate project.

[–] 4oreman@lemy.lol 2 points 3 weeks ago

*not overblown

[–] Inf_V@kbin.earth 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

how does it compare to regular firefox? is there any substantial changes?

[–] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] mr_satan@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Just looking at the provided numbers it feels marginal, how is it much better?
Biggest increase is like ~12 % on one of the benchmarks. Other benchmarks don't show any significant changes

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This benchmark is against Thorium / Mercury. Which is already way faster than regular Firefox. The total aggregated speed is considerable. https://thorium.rocks/mercury_performance

[–] mr_satan@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago