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This might be a bit niche, and not specifically JS, but drawing anything in a HTML <canvas> element which involves a CanvaAPI ShadowBlur[1] is guaranteed to make Firefox weep.

The issue was mentioned on Bugzilla (at least) 11 years ago[2], performance remains abysmal.

[1] - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CanvasRende...

[2] - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=763120




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