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Google Chrome Tops Browser Speed Tests

Posted by kdawson on from the there-fixed-that-for-ya dept.

ThinSkin writes "So many Web browsers, so little time. The folks at ExtremeTech have assembled the ultimate browser test to determine which Web browser is king. From speed tests to rendering tests, different browsers traded off wins, but Google Chrome came out on top."

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  1. Not a suprise to anyone who has tried Chrome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But speed isn't everything. The moment Chrome lets me use the 17 extensions I have to firefox and is still the fastest, I applaud. Currently I couldn't even consider having to lose all the extensions that help web development and surfing...

    This thing should be clear to everyone by now.

    Use Chrome if you want speed, Firefox if you want extensions, IE if you just want to annoy the hell out of all us Firefox fanboys, Opera if you want a ready package of speed and features, etc...

  2. Interesting, but nothing really new by Bearhouse · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Summary: IE is crap, Safari has some issues, Opera most compatible with Acid 3, Firefox is OK and Chrome is fast but not finished.

    So, a stripped-down browser is fast. Wow.

    In the real world, I'll be sticking with Firefox, with Ad blockers, Greasemnkey etc.

    1. Re:Interesting, but nothing really new by Bearhouse · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You are a leech on the rest of society

      Because I use ad-blockers? How about people who use TIVO? I have no problem paying for stuff, and contribute to free projects, donate to Wikipedia etc. Just because I sometimes want a less-intrusive browsing experience does not make me a leech. And who gives a shit about karma anyway?

    2. Re:Interesting, but nothing really new by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      In order to receive an ad, I have to actually request the ad (part of how HTTP works). Sure, my browser's default behavior is to request all images/flash/etc, but I can easily instruct it not to.

    3. Re:Interesting, but nothing really new by Atti+K. · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Using ad-blocker is simply stealing. And yes I do call it stealing because you are incurring a cost on the content provider without compensating them. Its no different from stealing at a store with poor security.

      So, is using links/lynx/w3m stealing too? Is turning off images in Firefox and not installing flash stealing too?

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  3. I'll give up a few milliseconds. by Beelzebud · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'll give up a few milliseconds for Firefox's features...

  4. Why IE7 and not IE8? by Numen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Chrome is the current browser beta from Google, and IE8 is the current browser beta from MS... so why compare Chrome in the same group as IE7?

  5. How come the only beta browser tested was Chrome? by rklrkl · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's quite dubious that the only beta browser tested was Chrome, especially when most of the others have publicly available beta versions available for testing. Yes, I understand that the *only* release of Chrome is a beta, but then either Chrome should be disqualified from testing since it's not a final release or other browsers' beta releases should be allowed into the test (why not include both a final and beta release of those in that case, so we can see if there are improvements in the beta?).

    I'd also like to see tests on non-Windows platforms as well, although Chrome scores as badly as IE here - it's *only* available on Windows at the moment and there's been a vague promise of ports to Mac and Linux, but these seem to be predictably dragging on and on.