Re: 'Faster'?
Yes, I agree. Here in the U.S., you spend more time waiting for the DNS lookup and initial HTTPS connection (between 2 to 5 seconds on 200mbps cable) than you do in the differences between the rendering engines of all the major browsers. It's a dog whistle for all it's worth here, but of course YMMV worldwide.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
