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IE9, FF4 Beta In Real-World Use Face-Off
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."
I read the article. I thought, "Hey, I should try Chrome". I try to install. I get "unknown installer error".
Color me impressed.
I don't respond to AC's.
They forever screwed themselves because they used to charge people to use it. When there's a ton of competition, and it's free? Yeah.
Fast enough for someone who checks in once a day to look at email is easy.
Whoever looks at email with his/her browser deserves whatever they get.
Apple and Microsoft find the fucking bugs on their own using what called "Quality Assurance."
I know that term is absolutely foreign to open source software (along with "testing") but, generally, bugs in closed source software get found and fixed BEFORE you even get to the program.
Every application has bugs as old as its first release-- have you seen the age of some Windows security vulnerabilities, going back over a decade?
You're an idiot. Those were unknown bugs involving strange corner cases. Open source gets those just as well. I seem to recall a bug in BSD that could be traced back 15 years being discussed on this very site.
I'm sure Opera will be quick to file a lawsuit or whine to someone about this, mark my words.