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Freeciv As Benchmark of HTML5 Canvas Javascript Performance

Posted by timothy on from the tell-your-boss-this-is-important-research dept.

Andreas(R) writes "The Freeciv.net crew has benchmarked their web client, which is a rich web application using the HTML5 canvas element. This shows how fast Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer perform using the latest HTML5 web standards."

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  1. Re:IE8 performs awesome, as usual by Radhruin · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think what info we've released publicly with IE9 is promising. New and vastly improved javascript engine, hardware accelerated rendering, lots of new standards support (and we're highly active in ECMAScript v5 and joined the SVG working group). Oh, and did I mention, we now do rounded borders?!

  2. Re:Not fast by Rogerborg · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And I believe the trend will be for consumer CPUs to aim for lower heat and power, rather than higher speed. Unfortunately, the abstraction layers just keep piling on there.

    Give it another few years, and we might not be able to emulate Commodore 64 games on the desktop any more.

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