Better performance on WebKit based browsers, specifically Safari

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I use Safari as my main browser on macOS and I also use Epiphany/GNOME Web as my primary browser on Linux.

But, I need to use Penpot on Firefox as the performance is much better on Firefox. On Safari, the document starts to lag and becomes unusable as soon as it becomes a little complex.

Can we expect performance improvements on Webkit based browsers?

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We are already working on performance improvements for all browsers engines, but webkit engine as-is for operations that penpot does is a bit slower, and has more memory restrictions. We will try to do our best on it but we can’t guarantee the performance parity with blink/firefox. And it always depends if your browser has or not hardware acceleration (that in fact depends on the browser, operating system, etc…)

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Thank you for the reply. It makes sense now. I think I’ll just have to use Penpot on Firefox, which is not a big deal at all.

Thanks for making this great app :+1:

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Where can we learn about on going developments?