j0.lol
my php website :D https://j0.lol
1<p>
2 Every damn year I do this. I see new beta, I install beta, beta sucks, I
3 cry. Why do I keep doing it?
4</p>
5
6<?php speech_start(SpeechCharacter::Deer, SpeechEmotion::Worried); ?>
7<p>It looks pretty, though...</p>
8<?php speech_end(); ?>
9
10<p>
11 Yeah... So basically <em>everything</em> here is worse. I don't really care
12 to have "discourse" about the new design, but it sure seems to make even
13 basic things like Finder run slow somehow.
14</p>
15
16<figure>
17 <img
18 class="applerounded blackbg"
19 width="1840"
20 height="872"
21 src="https://vps.j0.lol/website-assets/newfinder.png"
22 />
23 <figcaption>
24 It has some really rough edges too... What even is this? I think the
25 glowing "tab bar" is the most offensive thing here.
26 </figcaption>
27</figure>
28
29<p>
30 One issue is Safari is <em>really</em> slow. Embarrassingly slow. I've long
31 been an advocate for not using Chromium, since Google is the devil or
32 whatever. But the new Safari update makes using WebKit damn near unusable.
33 It can take like, upwards of 30 seconds to open a new tab sometimes. Maybe
34 my 8GB M1 Macbook Pro is showing its (rather young) age, but I don't think
35 it's just me.
36</p>
37
38<p>
39 So I decided to make a tentative deal with the devil. I'm currently using...
40 Thorium.
41</p>
42
43<?php speech_start(SpeechCharacter::You, null); ?>
44<p>wtf is thorium??</p>
45<?php speech_end(); ?>
46
47<p>
48 <a href="https://thorium.rocks/">Some chrome fork</a> that a friend
49 recommended to me. It claims to be
50 <em>'The fastest browser on Earth.'</em> Whatever. I just want a no-nonsense
51 browser that won't freeze for damn seconds while I work. For that purpose,
52 it has been very good.
53</p>
54
55<p>
56 Why not Firefox? Mainly because it's the only macOS browser that doesn't
57 have
58 <em>by default</em>
59 WebGPU support somehow, and that's like what 80% of what I'm interested in
60 right now.
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62
63<p>
64 The new Spotlight is pretty good, though. I've been having fun making
65 shortcuts for it. It has the potential to replace Raycast fully (but
66 Spotlight has been quite buggy with shortcuts as of now.)
67</p>
68
69<?php speech_start(SpeechCharacter::Deer, SpeechEmotion::Neutral); ?>
70<p>
71 As of writing, I have not installed macOS 26 Beta 2. Could fix everything!
72 Who knows. Might update this post if anything interesting happens on this
73 front. That's all I wanted to blog about, though. See ya!
74</p>
75<?php speech_end(); ?>