I’m a little depressed. I figured out what was making things so sluggish on my computer lately by looking at RAM/CPU usage and major changes in my workflow. It all started when I switched to Safari. I don’t know if it was the combination of extensions I use or just the browser design itself, but I suspect a little of both. It felt very snappy in the beginning so maybe the extensions are poorly written or maybe it doesn’t handle cached data so well. I don’t know.
To make matters worse, it turns out Google Chrome is faster, leaner, and more intuitive than Safari. I was so glad to finally get rid of Firefox for Safari. Not that I think Firefox is a bad browser, but Webkit is superior to Mozilla as far as I can tell. But Chrome just doesn’t look “right” to me…guess I’m gonna have to get used to it. Oh, and I just didn’t want to give Google control of one more thing in my life. Crap.