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Google Frame Benchmarks 9x Faster than IE8

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the they-framed-me dept.

ChiefMonkeyGrinder writes "Early tests with Google's Chrome Frame found IE8 runs 9.6 times faster than usual. The testers ran the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark suite." The other question is what is the performance hit of using the Frame plug-in instead of running the browser natively.

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  1. The real question... by bignetbuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, Google Frame upgrades the engines...on the Titanic?

    1. Re:The real question... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      So, Google Frame upgrades the engines...on the Titanic?

      I'm the Bing of the world!

  2. No Wonder by camperdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's no wonder Microsoft is claiming that Chrome makes IE less secure. If it lets IE run eight times faster that means that there will be eight times the rate of security breaches. Oh Noes!

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    1. Re:No Wonder by SilverHatHacker · · Score: 2, Funny

      Is that why Vista is the 'most secure version of Windows ever'? The slower it runs, the slower it can get pwned?

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  3. Safety Warning. by Kirin+Fenrir · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft has issued the following PSA: 'Some users have been found to experience sides effects from a sort of 'digital whiplash' after installing the new Chrome Frame plugin for IE8. This is not a risk we would recommend our friends and families take.'

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  4. Re:FFS read the articles you post! by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 4, Funny

    Greetings and welcome to Slashdot.

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  5. Re:FFS read the articles you post! by hattig · · Score: 5, Funny

    Take me to your leader.

  6. Re:benchmarks always forget the user experience by Runaway1956 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Correct - BUT, I am trying to consider the "average user". Like my wife, for instance. I finally weaned her from Microsoft, and she's perfectly happy on Ubuntu. But, HER Ubuntu looks nothing like MY version Ubuntu. If her flash don't flash, she'll throw a fit. She's not a fashion nut, but she still wants to see what's "hot" - meaning she READS those stupid advertisements! Did I mention that on a shared connection, her flash games and adverts slow down MY connection?

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  7. Re:Nice trick by blackfrancis75 · · Score: 2, Funny

    2. Profit!!

  8. Re:Nice trick by rwa2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    3. ???