Can some folks chime in on FF battery usage on macOS? For a couple of reasons I’ve spent the last couple years in Safari-land, but FF is always a click away if it’s starting to improve in that area. I just was having issues a couple years ago with FF being an energy hog, and thus switched.
(Though the autofill of SMS security codes in Safari is such a nice quality of life improvement! I’m betting it’s a private API, but man I want other browsers to implement it too.)
I've been very happy with FF power usage on macOS. It's still a web browser and with all of the nonsense that comes with the "modern" web, it's still a relatively heavy application, but a tab suspending extension will go a long way toward fixing that, as will an ad blocker. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta... is what converted me from Chrome to Firefox. Coupled with a couple bits of config (https://github.com/cweagans/dotfiles/tree/master/Library/App...), it's a really nice experience.
I've been using it for around a year now and honestly I haven't noticed any big difference with Safari in my MBA M1. Would definitely recommend to give it another try!
I'm not a big-time Mac user- only using it for work. So, I'm usually plugged in to a power source. I also don't use Chrome or Safari, so my answer is almost completely useless to you. :P
But, those times when I am "free range", and I pull up the Activity Monitor thing, Docker and my IDE(s) are almost always using more energy than Firefox for me, unless I have a tab open that's doing something stupid.
That being said, it's always in the top 3, beating out the mail client and Teams chat. I don't know if that's better or worse than Chrome or Safari, but I wouldn't be surprised that either of those are superior than Firefox in technical metrics.
I'm seeing incredible battery life in firefox on my M1 macbook air. Although maybe I just don't have high expectations after my linux based lenovo before this.
(Though the autofill of SMS security codes in Safari is such a nice quality of life improvement! I’m betting it’s a private API, but man I want other browsers to implement it too.)