Google Apps slower on Safari?

[MooSRI850]

Hello everyone,

I prefer to use Safari, but I am an administrator at a K-12 school that makes heavy use of Google Apps for Education, like Google Docs and Slides.

Is it my imagination, or do these apps run really slow on Safari? Like I said, I want to use Safari, but I noticed that they load instantly in Google Chrome. Is this intentional? In other words, does Google purposely do this so that I will switch to Chrome?

Thanks.

 

[Ember1205]

My guess is that Chrome has specific integrations that allow the apps to load and operate differently than they do in other browsers. Google will move to specific APIs and protocols among their ecosystem and allow "older" methods to work but with less optimization.

 

[Raz0rEdge]

Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine has been benchmarked to be one of the fastest amongst the browsers. Since all Google apps employ JavaScript, the speed of the engine directly indicates how well the apps behave.

 

[MooSRI850]

Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine has been benchmarked to be one of the fastest amongst the browsers. Since all Google apps employ JavaScript, the speed of the engine directly indicates how well the apps behave.

Thank you. I am trying really hard to take advantage of Apple apps, but I'm finding a lot of problems with Safari. The long load times for Google apps is big for me for reasons that I already mentioned. I also found that Safari does not work well with Blackboard (online school platform...I'm taking online courses). I want to use Notes, but I can't get it on my Android phone, which I use to take quick notes when a parent, student or teacher asks for something. So, I use Todoist. I guess I'd like to be an "Apple purist," but I'm having difficulty doing that. Plus, I don't know if that's the best way to be the most productive.

 

[ferrarr]

Unfortunately, too many other users do not need to be Apple purists, and if you need to work and exchange ideas, documents, and anything else you will need to change the way you work to be more productive. Apple, Google Microsoft, etc.. They all want you to use their products so they can make money from your usage. Whether you buy a product or service from them or them selling the information you provide to other parties, it is the same to them. I would say, adjust what you use and how you use them to be as productive and effective as you want.

 

[MooSRI850]

Unfortunately, too many other users do not need to be Apple purists, and if you need to work and exchange ideas, documents, and anything else you will need to change the way you work to be more productive. Apple, Google Microsoft, etc.. They all want you to use their products so they can make money from your usage. Whether you buy a product or service from them or them selling the information you provide to other parties, it is the same to them. I would say, adjust what you use and how you use them to be as productive and effective as you want.

I will use Apple programs as much as I can, but I realize that I will have to adjust when necessary because so many of my colleagues use Google and Microsoft products. It's strange: at our Education Tech (Ed Tech) meetings, I noticed that everyone has a Macbook but they use Chrome because of the Google Apps for Education. I asked them for reasons we couldn't all just use iCloud since we all MacBooks and they looked at me like I was an alien.

 

[Raz0rEdge]

I've been a Chrome user for a very long time, however, I've always tried the latest versions of Firefox and Safari and find that Chrome just works well for me. Also, there are some websites that just don't work well with one browser or other but seem to usually work well with Chrome.

There is no reason you have to stick to using the apps that came with OS X, if the app works for you use it, otherwise there are numerous programs that have dedicated programmers creating a better solution.

 

[MooSRI850]

I've been a Chrome user for a very long time, however, I've always tried the latest versions of Firefox and Safari and find that Chrome just works well for me. Also, there are some websites that just don't work well with one browser or other but seem to usually work well with Chrome.

There is no reason you have to stick to using the apps that came with OS X, if the app works for you use it, otherwise there are numerous programs that have dedicated programmers creating a better solution.

Do you mind if I ask you a question? I think this would go in a tech forum, but it's specific to the reason why I originally posted about this:

I noticed that Chrome uses about three times as much memory as Safari. I have 8 GB of memory and my memory pressure usually hovers around 6 GB when I use Chrome (around 4.5 to 5 GB if I use Safari). Will this harm my computer over the long run? I have a Early 2015 model, but I just bought it recently brand new. I need to make this computer last for a while as I have two young children and can't afford another one.

If the memory and energy use is not a problem for the longevity of the machine, then I'll use Chrome. But, if I can preserve my computer by using Safari, I'll stick with Safari.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Raz0rEdge]

The use (over or under) of memory doesn't somehow shorten or extend it's life. Since the memory here (RAM) is not a mechanical thing like your HDD for example. I have 16GB of and Chrome, Atom and XCode take up the most amount of memory on my machine over time and that's no biggie. I keep my machine running all the time and only reset once in a 3 or 4 months..

So you should be completely fine with using Chrome.

 

[MooSRI850]

Thanks RazorEdge.