benjitek
Active Member
It boils down to preference -- choice is good ;-)
MUI IE vs Chrome Performance
- Thread starter ctitanic
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It's been in Chrome for a while now, not just the latest release. I haven't used it, but maybe I'll try tomorrow and see how it fares with battery life.
benjitek
Active Member
I've not read using one mode vs. the other has an effect on battery life -- I believe the issue is present in Chrome for Windows in general. Regardless, we'll likely see a fix soon and it'll all be history... =)
gdir
Member
Thanks citanic, that's an interesting comparison! Which Chrome version did you used? The stable 36 or 37 (released yesterday) or a newer beta or dev release?
Do you remember which video players were used on both browsers in YouTube? The Flash player or the HTML 5 player?
My SP3 will hopefully arrive tomorrow. When I have some time at the weekend it would like to make some tests with the Intel Power Gadget myself. I would be interesting to see if Chrome's power consumption will improve as the work on the clock tick issue progresses.
Do you remember which video players were used on both browsers in YouTube? The Flash player or the HTML 5 player?
My SP3 will hopefully arrive tomorrow. When I have some time at the weekend it would like to make some tests with the Intel Power Gadget myself. I would be interesting to see if Chrome's power consumption will improve as the work on the clock tick issue progresses.
gdir
Member
Btw:
- The new stable Chrome 37 should support High-DPI displays out of the box. I can't test it myself, because I'm 1.5 releases ahead with Chrome 38 from the dev channel.
- According to bug reports all Chrome releases have currently no pen support, when Chrome is running in "Metro" mode. Pen support should work in desktop mode. Touch support should work in both modes. It can't test it yet because I haven't got my SP3 yet.
- I see some progress on the power consumption issue in the bug reports, but it doesn't seem to be fixed too soon.
- The new stable Chrome 37 should support High-DPI displays out of the box. I can't test it myself, because I'm 1.5 releases ahead with Chrome 38 from the dev channel.
- According to bug reports all Chrome releases have currently no pen support, when Chrome is running in "Metro" mode. Pen support should work in desktop mode. Touch support should work in both modes. It can't test it yet because I haven't got my SP3 yet.
- I see some progress on the power consumption issue in the bug reports, but it doesn't seem to be fixed too soon.
mitchellvii
Well-Known Member
The newest Chrome still needs a regedit hack to do hd properly.
I use Chrome because it is faster and looks better than IE. If I'm in a position where I will be in a power vacuum for a long time I'll use IE.
I think Chrome uses more juice because it runs as multiple instances of small things rather than one instance. Check your Task Manager when Chrome is running. There will be 8 or 9 instances.
I use Chrome because it is faster and looks better than IE. If I'm in a position where I will be in a power vacuum for a long time I'll use IE.
I think Chrome uses more juice because it runs as multiple instances of small things rather than one instance. Check your Task Manager when Chrome is running. There will be 8 or 9 instances.
mitchellvii
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Can you link us to the non-beta Chrome 64? The webpage I have used still says Beta.
mitchellvii
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Don't know if Desktop Chrome did this before, but I just noticed that you can swipe right to go back to the previous page as MUI IE does (but without the massive lag). Sweet, I love that feature. 
