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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. Re:Java != Javascript by deander2 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    good god, what language uses a "!==" operator?!? i want to filter it out from all future job searches. =P

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  2. Re:Simple Really by beelsebob · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I find it strange that everyone seems to flaunt Firefox's "great" javascript performance, when there are two javascript engines out there that blow it out the water -- V8 and squirrelfish.

    Here's results on my machine comparing FF3 to the WebKit (squirrelfish) nightly.

    Sunspider (faster times are better)
    FF3.0.3 - 2697.2ms
    FF3.1 - 2442.8ms
    WebKit - 702.6ms

    V8 Benchmark (more runs are better)
    FF3.0.3 - 199 runs
    FF3.1 - 241 runs
    WebKit - 2087 runs

    ACID 3
    FF3.0.3 - 71 and significant laggyness
    FF3.1 - 89 and significant laggyness
    WebKit - 100 and passes timing tests