Why is it so expensive to develop a web browser? - eviltoast
  • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    No, but it can take more than the website demands.
    For example, browsers these days pre-load links before you click on them. If I remember correctly (and if it’s still implemented like this), Firefox by default would only do a DNS lookup and TLS handshake, to keep memory+power usage and security concerns low, whereas Chrome optimized more for being as fast as possible, and already downloaded the first webpage files.