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Browser Speed Comparisons

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the on-your-marks-get-set-render! dept.

kfrench writes "Internet browser speed tests for 'cold starts', 'warm starts', rendering CSS, rendering tables, script execution, displaying multiple images and 'history'. 'Opera seems to be the fastest browser for Windows. Firefox is not faster than Internet Explorer, except for scripting, but for standards support, security and features, it is a better choice.'"

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  1. windows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You know it's been almost a year since the Windows source code was leaked - and has it caused all manner of terrible vulnerabilities to be discovered in the software? No, at least no more than usual. This proves it's just as (in fact, probably more) secure than Linux et al.

    Another win for the closed source development model! Internet Explorer rocks!

  2. Closed Source Wins Again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I think another thing this demonstrates is that closed source browsers (Safari on OS X and IE on Windows) are still head and shoulders above their open source counterparts. The hype behind Open Source just never seems to let up, so it gets a lot of press but when it comes right down to where the rubber meets the road, closed source software is pretty much always better.

  3. Re:This is really interesting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ACtually, it is because Microsoft hires geniuses to code their software, whereas Firefox is just a bunch of kids messing around in C++.

    Strange but true.

  4. Re:Firefox patches by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    See this post for further details.

  5. Re:Yes, Firefox has always been slow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I use w2k at work and if I minimize FF for a while, clicking the tab to bring it back up can take over 20 seconds, then at least another 20 seconds before all the buttons and toolbars start working properly.

  6. Re:Firefox patches by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    They're too concerned with marketing it (which is limited to "hey, we're not IE")... that can only work for so long... want a secure browser? use netcat

  7. Re:Also by winkydink · · Score: 0, Troll

    Avant does tabs just fine.

    --

    "I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey

  8. Re:Question... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    followed by Firefox because it reimplements all its own widgets in XUL

    Uh...the real Mozilla beat Firefox at every test except cold start (which it doesn't really have to do because of its IE-style preloading). Also, Firefox is gay.

  9. Re:Also by inteller · · Score: 0, Troll

    only dumbshits that don;t know the keyboard shortcuts use tabs. also, I don't lose my whole fucking setup when the browser crashes with all my tabs.

  10. Re:SOUTH INDIANS SUCK!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    North Indians are stupid monkeys who need to get a job!

  11. Re:Question... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dear Lying Homo,
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    A beating is never 100%, unless delivered to the bone jarring crecendoes of Eddy Van, and of course the (now Paramedic) vocal stylings of the one true Van Halen Lead, David Lee Roth.
    His legendary bad-assedness is truly set in stone, based simply on the fact that he has never been spoken of without the middle name being mentioned. That's serial killer-type reverence. Your run-of-the-mill Sammy Hagar (who cannot, somehow, drive 55) does not, and will never, fill the beating shoes of the DLR. Please play the "Hot for Teacher" 7" and proceed to commit seppuku. I am stuck here listening to Diver Down. I can't move cos of the hard-on.
    Hugs and Kisses