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IE9, FF4 Beta In Real-World Use Face-Off

Posted by timothy on from the it's-a-walk-off dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Most browser benchmarks are isolated, artificial tests that can be gamed by browser vendors optimizing those specific cases. With only those benchmarks to go on, the folks at LucidChart were skeptical that the IE9 beta would actually outperform other modern browsers in real-world applications. To separate hype from reality, they built their first browser benchmarking tool, based in LucidChart itself. This benchmark is to SunSpider what a Left4Dead 2 benchmark is to 3Dmark Vantage. Product specs don't matter, only real-world performance on a real-world application. The results were surprising. IE9 held its own pretty well (with a few caveats), and the latest Firefox 4 beta came in dead last."

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  1. Too late for a film at 11 joke... by LostCluster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Browser makers design for tests, real world data shows exact opposite results to what you expect. We've got a crew working on the story overnight and will have a full update for you on the weekend edition of Wicked Early News, we start before normal people wake up.

  2. Real test? by haystor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unless the test contains porn and all the accompanying popups, it's not a real world test.

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    1. Re:Real test? by gerardrj · · Score: 4, Funny

      Isn't a popup the point of porn?

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  3. no sir, i didn't like it. by gandhi_2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    No native Gopher support?

    From my cold, dead hands!

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  4. Re:Odd definition of "dead last." by gmuslera · · Score: 2, Funny

    IE8 counted as "braindead last"... so the next place was that one for FF4