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.

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.

pffft

[ocularDeathRay]

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

Re:pffft

[ocularDeathRay]

http://www.asciipr0n.com/pr0n/morepr0n.html

I don't even see the code anymore

[slyborg]

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

Re:Big Brother...

[Kurusuki]

For one, the government usually doesn't ask for permission first. Not to mention that the information used to determine your geolocation is also derived from something already passed to the web host, your IP, assuming you're not using the WiFi option. Generally speaking web pages can achieve a similar result already with a little effort. As it stands this new feature isn't making new information available to the public, it's just making old information a bit more friendly.

I don't care...

[cyberjock1980]

I don't care how fast it loads webpages. What I want to see is a browser that isn't riddled with bugs and easy ways for badware to end up infecting my machine. I'll gladly surf on the slowest browser in the world if it really is proven to be the most secure. So what if I save a few seconds surfing web pages. That is nothing compared to the hours spent trying to get rid of a virus/trojan/keylogger/etc.

Re:Weird

[SecondaryOak]

They changed the default behavior, but you change it back from about:config (type about:config in your url bar):
set browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab to false.

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?