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Alternative Mobile Browsers Tested For Speed, Usability, JavaScript Rendering

Posted by timothy on from the but-can-it-run-slashdot dept.

CNETNate writes "Do Opera Mobile, Skyfire, or Mozilla's Fennec have the power to take down the BlackBerry browser, IE on Windows Mobile, or Safari on the iPhone? This lengthy test aimed to find out. Speed, Acid3 compliance, JavaScript rendering capabilities, and general subjective usability were all tested and reviewed. So were Opera Mini and the default Symbian browser, but these two were unable to complete some of the tests and benchmarks."

3 of 103 comments (clear)

  1. WebKit on Palm Pre? by XanC · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What about the Pre's browser? It'd be interesting to see how it differed from Safari.

  2. Great slashvertisement by A+Friendly+Troll · · Score: 4, Interesting

    CNETNate writes about a test on CNET's site which isn't a test at all. They have tried several browsers, described them in two to three paragraphs each, and measured JavaScript execution speed with the help of a nameless benchmark. Not even a mention of which sites were used for testing.

    Great job!

  3. It's kind of funny... by AnotherShep · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How many of these browsers that they say get 100/100 actually pass the test? Safari on my iPhone gets to 100, but has a white X in a purple box with a red stripe in the top right corner.