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Re: Browser speed test: IE, 59.7; FF3.03, 11.3; Chrome, 3.6; FF 3.1 Beta, 2.6

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____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Wednesday 15 October 2008 18:49 : \____

> <Quote>
> ...there's a new Web speed-demon, Firefox 3.1 beta 1.  [Slowed down by
> debug code...Turning on TraceMonkey...]
> 
> Speaking of speed, let's get down to the numbers. I installed Firefox
> 3 Beta 1 on an older Gateway 503GR. This PC uses a 3GHz Pentium IV
> CPU, 2GB of RAM, an ATI Radeon 250 graphics card, and a 300GB SATA
> (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) hard drive. On this, I was
> running XP SP3. I also ran Firefox 3 Beta 1 on my main openSUSE 11 PC,
> but since Chrome still doesn't run natively on Linux, I tested both
> browsers on the XP computer.
> 
> I then put both browsers, and some others, to the SunSpider JavaScript
> benchmark test. The results? Last place went to IE 7 with 59,694.3
> milliseconds; Firefox 3.03 came in third with 11,249.1 milliseconds;
> Chrome came in second with a zippy 3,621.8 milliseconds, and Firefox
> 3.1 Beta 1 easily took first prize with 2,596.4 milliseconds.
> 
> [This is just beta, Chrome has faults, too...]
> 
> I see both next-generation browsers as extremely promising works in
> progress. Best of all, since both are open source, they'll be sharing
> speed tricks as they continue to develop.
> 
> Neither is ready for Joe Laptop-packer yet, but if you want to get a
> taste of what really fast Web-browsing is like, you should try both of
> them. And, just think: both of them are only going to get faster, a
> lot faster, before they go final.
> </Quote>
> 
>
http://blogs.computerworld.com/web_browser_dragster_races_firefox_3_1_beta_vs_chrome_beta
> 
> As Daniel Dilger says, No wonder Microsoft hates open source

They lump in finalised components that are developed separately by other
groups. It's like an insular research groups trying to compete against 10 that
collaborate with one another, sharing code and papers.

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