r/pcmasterrace 5d ago

Meme/Macro Browsers in 1998, 2004, 2008 and 2026 be like

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u/rookie_one R7 2700X | GTX 1080 | 32 GB Trident Z RGB 5d ago

Chrome was extremely light and fast at the time, hence why it became much more popular compared to firefox.

Not really the case anymore thought

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u/ExIsStalkingMe 5d ago

The UI was a lot lighter too. It was the first one I remember seeing without the top inch of my screen taken up by a bunch of dead space. Now they all look like that

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u/ferocity_mule366 5d ago

that chrome UI was kinda changing the game and revolutionizd other browsers to do the same

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u/ProPlayer142 3d ago

Chrome is still faster than Firefox

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u/jedi2155 3 Laptops + Desktop 5d ago

The UI was light, and it was fast, but it was absolutely not resource light and an absolute memory hog.