Firefox 3.5 Benchmarked, Close To Original Chrome

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."

Comments

Web browsers, bah!

[the_humeister]

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

Re:Web browsers, bah!

[Tumbleweed]

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!

Re:Web browsers, bah!

[doomy]

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

Re:Web browsers, bah!

[kahless62003]

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

Re:Web browsers, bah!

[object88]

Your clients are a bunch of Neanderthals too, eh?

Another thread, another flamewar

[dasuser]

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.

Re:Another thread, another flamewar

[Sunshinerat]

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

Will it be fast enough to view slashdot?

[Joce640k]

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.

pffft

[ocularDeathRay]

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

Re:pffft

[morgan_greywolf]

Sadly, lynx fails Acid3 for some reason.

I don't even see the code anymore

[slyborg]

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

Re:Weird

[mr_lizard13]

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?