Does speed matter to you anymore when you pick a web browser?
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For me it's not even the Web-Page loading-time, if thats works fast enough, than thats enough.
I think i care more about about smooth scrolling and speedy switching between tabs when the page has already loaded.
Though I also don't try to artificially slow down my Browser (addBlockPlus an such).
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I strongly disagree about speed not being important. I tested page loading to a certain point. Difference between faster and slower browser was over 30secs, not milsecs. If I were testing loading whole thing, i bet difference would go over a minute. In long term usage, I'd lose hours.
I also must mention online games. Speed is more than important there, specially if You snipe attacks in games like Travian.
If You use browser only for Facebook, Wikipedia, Google and reading news, then it isn't important. -
There's also the "perceived speed" which means rendering as soon as downloading begins. This way you can often instantly see if the page is worth it and, if it is, begin reading immediately. This is what Opera used to get right until version 11 or so. Much of Opera's attraction lied in customisation of keyboard shortcuts and mouse gestures which made it a blaze to use. These factors can add a lot to web usage speed so that full download speed becomes secondary.
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Yes if slowness is in minutes and No if it is just few milli-seconds or seconds.
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Yes when I am in the countryside in the Philippines, no when I am at home in Norway.
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There's also the "perceived speed" which means rendering as soon as downloading begins. This way you can often instantly see if the page is worth it and, if it is, begin reading immediately. This is what Opera used to get right until version 11 or so.
That setting still works in 12.17.
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Yes if slowness is in minutes and No if it is just few milli-seconds or seconds.
There is no rendering speed delay of minutes between browsers.
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