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FireFox 3.1 Leaves IE in the Dust

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-just-want-fewer-beachballs dept.

Anonymous writes "Granted, FireFox 3.1 is just a beta and IE 8 is also in beta, but it looks like Microsoft has some ground to make up when it comes to browser performance. Given that Mozilla appears to be on a much faster cycle than Microsoft with this stuff, it's also possible that it could increase the gap even more before IE 8 is GA, no?"

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  1. features? by owlnation · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Does this version have the geotracing thing built-in? If so, I'm not touching it at all. I'm sure as fast as this may be, it would be even faster if they took out some of the "features" like awesomebar and made them into plugins that those who wished them could install.

  2. Re:Simple Really by theaveng · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Back when the U.S. and E.U. governments were suing Microsoft, and Microsoft was trying to defend why it was "impossible" to produce Windows 98 without Internet Exploder.

    >>>-- SunSpider java benchmark tests: IE: 107159.4ms, Firefox: 3894.6ms

    This is a strange way of putting it. Why not simply say, "IE: 107 seconds, Firefox: 3.9 seconds"??? I guess they thought more digits is sexier.

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  3. Re:Opera for Wii vs. Firefox for comparable PC by sexconker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Uh, yeah, you should.
    Wii's version of Opera is really lame, since the Wii can only give it what, 48 MB of RAM? (It's a completely different version of Opera, to boot.)