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The More Popular the Browser, the Slower It Is

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the software-always-gets-slower dept.

demishade writes "Peacekeeper, the browser benchmark from the makers of 3DMark, comes out of beta and shows an interesting (though perhaps not surprising) tidbit — the more popular a browser, the worse its performance. While it should not be surprising to anyone that IE slugs at the last place, the gap between Firefox and Chrome, is. Once IE's market share goes the way of the Dodo will web developers start cursing Firefox? How long until Google comes out with a JavaScript intensive application that will practically require Chrome to function?"

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  1. Re:Mosaic by Chabo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Links > Lynx

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  2. CRH... by BrokenHalo · · Score: 1, Offtopic


    Hey, I forsee a time when HTML will be regarded as a "legacy" markup, only to be accessed by a special extension.

    We're almost at that stage now. It often seems to me that the only real reason for all that dynamic and so-called "Web 2.0" content is to deliver more bandwidth-intensive advertising. Maybe it's time to take a step back and have a Campaign For Real HTML.

  3. Re:First by Da+Cheez · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey, look at that. A first poster who I didn't actually want TO KILL ON SIGHT. You, sir, have earned a pardon (and a stern glare) for your deliberate misuse of being the first poster because your slightly humorous reference to nature documentaries almost (but not quite) brought a smile to my face. AC, I applaud you (though quietly, and with great hesitance)...

  4. Oblig. XKCD by Max+Littlemore · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://xkcd.com/$(RANDOM % 500)/

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