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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. FFS read the articles you post! by hattig · · Score: 3, Informative

    The other question is what is the performance hit of using the frame plug-in instead of running the browser natively.

    FTFA: "Notably, IE8's SunSpider scores with Chrome Frame running equaled Google's Chrome browser"

  2. Re:So just for giggles... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    IIRC, 100/100 in the frame.

  3. Re:Defeats the purpose of IE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    you have to add meta tag to make chrome frame work, otherwise it uses slow ie engine

  4. Re:So just for giggles... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Side-by-side demo.

  5. Re:So just for giggles... by rliden · · Score: 3, Informative

    IE8 still fails the Acid3 test even with Google Chrome Frame installed. I was curious and tested it out. Chrome Frame doesn't take over full rendering from IE8 unless the site includes a meta tag to use the Chrome Frame. Here is a link to the Chrome Frame page [code.google.com] (chocked full of good info).

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  6. Re:Defeats the purpose of IE by ControlFreal · · Score: 3, Informative

    So now with Chrome infecting my IE, I have no way to access vital corporate apps.

    But you have: The Chrome-frame mode is activated only if one either prefixes URLs with cf: (which your corp. apps will not do), or if one includes a <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="chrome=1"> header in the HTML (or HTTP), which your corp. apps will not do either.

    Only websites specifically designed to use the Chrome frame could force IE into Chrome-frame mode.

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  7. Re:So just for giggles... by emurphy42 · · Score: 3, Informative

    But the rendering is off a bit in the upper right corner. I just tested native Chrome - 3.0.195.21, I haven't updated it in a good while - and it has the same problem.

  8. Re:What does this benchmark even mean by H0p313ss · · Score: 2, Informative

    IE is just transformed into a dumb container for somebody else's browser

    IE is already a dumb container for the MSHTML control.

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  9. Re:So just for giggles... by TJamieson · · Score: 2, Informative

    PROTIP: Prepend "cf:" to any URL in IE to load it in Chrome Frame. I tried to make an anchor but /. eats it. Here's what to slap into the address bar: "cf:http://acid3.acidtests.org".

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  10. Re:benchmarks always forget the user experience by BikeHelmet · · Score: 2, Informative

    Doesn't flash slow down everyone's connection? That's why I hate it as a video player, as opposed to quicktime. Navigating away from a youtube, vimeo, or gametrailers page with a flash player takes about 10-12 seconds. Navigating away from a quicktime video takes perhaps 0.25 seconds.