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Firefox 3.5 Benchmarked, Close To Original Chrome

Posted by timothy on from the ramping-up-tracking-down dept.

CNETNate writes "The tests prove it: It's the third-fastest browser in the world, and over twice as fast as Firefox 3. In terms of Javascript performance, Firefox 3.5's new rendering engine places it squarely above Opera 10's beta and Internet Explorers 7 and 8 (based on previous benchmarks), plus it's getting on for being almost as quick as the original version of Google Chrome. Also, the new location-awareness feature was testing in central London, and pinpointed yours truly to within a few hundred meters — easily enough for, say, a Starbucks Web site to tell you where your nearest Starbucks is."

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  1. Web browsers, bah! by the_humeister · · Score: 5, Funny

    I prefer to read the html code and interpret them myself...

    1. Re:Web browsers, bah! by Tumbleweed · · Score: 5, Funny

      I prefer to read the html code and interpret them myself...

      You young punks make me sick. Back in my day, we used Gopher and were grateful for the upgrade over the teletype!

      I still prefer content distributed via mimeograph, though. Get enough enough of that sweet blue text!

    2. Re:Web browsers, bah! by doomy · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm still waiting for my last pigeon or else I'd have responded faster.

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    3. Re:Web browsers, bah! by kahless62003 · · Score: 5, Funny

      We didn't receive any messages and we definitely did not shoot this plump breasted pigeon.

    4. Re:Web browsers, bah! by object88 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Your clients are a bunch of Neanderthals too, eh?

  2. Another thread, another flamewar by dasuser · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, I guess we're in for a thread about how Firefox is still the (greatest|worst) browser in existence because of its (extensions|javascript performance|standards compliance|support for HTML 5). Looks like I need to go and get some snacks and pull up a recliner.

    1. Re:Another thread, another flamewar by Sunshinerat · · Score: 5, Funny

      You forgot the complaints that FireFox is a memory hog when you have 389 tabs open.

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  3. Will it be fast enough to view slashdot? by Joce640k · · Score: 4, Funny

    The new benchmark in Javascript performance - slashdot.

    ...and I wonder if it will be powerful enough to get the line breaks right in "plain text" mode so I don't have to insert "br" tags manually.

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    1. Re:Will it be fast enough to view slashdot? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Or maybe make Anonymous Cowardon go away?

  4. pffft by ocularDeathRay · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just did my own test and lynx is faster than firefox and chrome.

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    1. Re:pffft by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sadly, lynx fails Acid3 for some reason.

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  5. Not even 1st loser... by AmigaHeretic · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's like my dad use to tell me, "If you're not 1st your last!" Shake and Bake Baby!!!

    1. Re:Not even 1st loser... by sexconker · · Score: 3, Funny

      I was high when I said that!
      What the hell does that even mean?
      You could be second, you could be third, hell you could even be fourth!

  6. This is such great science... by AmigaHeretic · · Score: 3, Funny

    .. I know 92% of time statistics are made up, but if you read the article you'll see they have a pretty graph, so I think the data is good.

  7. I don't even see the code anymore by slyborg · · Score: 5, Funny

    "All I see is 'blonde...brunette...redhead...'"

  8. Seattle by verloren · · Score: 3, Funny

    Presumably in Seattle it could tell you where your nearest 100 Starbucks are...

  9. Re:Opera by mdwh2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The only website I've come across that Opera doesn't render properly is Slashdot. By which, the correct statement is actually Slashdot "can't be rendered in anything correctly".

    (Opera doesn't crash for me, either, discounting the Flash plugin that crashes, and Adobe have yet to fix. Works fine now that I've uninstalled it.)

  10. Re:Weird by mr_lizard13 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a new feature designed to promote the benefits of tabbed browsing.

    Until you appreciate its value, you won't be able to close that tab.

    So, start appreciating tabbed browsing, OK?

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  11. Re:Big Brother... by mdwh2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mozilla today announced Firefox 3.5, which will be compulsory for all citizens to install on their machines.

    "The public support these plans," claimed the Mozilla spokesperson, "So we have passed legislation that will require Firefox to be installed on all computers, allowing us to keep track of the population, which is essential in the battle against terrorism".

    A copy of Firefox is expected to cost around £100. "Most people keep their computers for about 8 years," claimed the Government, "So it's only actually £12.50 per year."