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Firefox 3.1b3 slower than safari 4b and chrome


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Even with the release of Firefox 3.1 Beta 3, rivals Safari 4 beta and Chrome (latest stable) are quicker in javascript tests.... In one measure of 'HowToCreate's CSS rendering test' Firefox got 0.93! lower than IE7 <_<

For this test the base index for IE7 in javascript benchmark is 1.0, so if a browser gets 2.3, it is 230% quicker than IE7! get it?

Results:

1st: Safari 4 Beta: 14.39

2nd: Google Chrome: 11.62

3rd: Firefox 3.1 Beta 3: 7.85

4rth: Opera 10 Alpha: 5.38

5th: IE8 RC1: 2.19

6th: IE7: 1.0

Yes I know firefox is still in beta, but Mozilla have comfirmed that no significant changes will be made now through to the final release (only bug fixes)...oh and btw... Firefox will be changing its name from 3.1 to 3.5 in the final release...

Also, Safari 4 is beta!!!! It will get even better since they will continue to improve their 'Nitro' Javascript engine...

On the bright side, Safari 4 beta takes at least 100mb when open! maybe because of its new 'cover flow' and other features...

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Firefox 3.1b3 JavaScript outpaced by Safari 4, Google Chrome

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damn...safari pwned the competition....still that's not enough reason for people to switch to safari

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Safari has a gay interface :D

Like all Mac products the interface is glossy, but not gay, and since most of users here at nsane are crazy about glossy Ui's i don't think some of them would agree.

I for one just that says it fits right in the general Mac picture.

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safari might be fastest in this test but the impact of safari on system ram is un acceptable, i mean mostly it takes any where between 120 - 200 mb of ram. while fire fox with many ad ons included seldom cross 80 mb. safari feels very heavy and is slow regarding many things. so unless this problem is solved i dont see it making any progress. just remember what happened to vista.

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Safari has a gay interface :D

Agreed :dance:

And there are many of them about - still live & let live, butt mind your backside shades.gif

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safari might be fastest in this test but the impact of safari on system ram is un acceptable, i mean mostly it takes any where between 120 - 200 mb of ram. while fire fox with many ad ons included seldom cross 80 mb. safari feels very heavy and is slow regarding many things. so unless this problem is solved i dont see it making any progress. just remember what happened to vista.

Very true words. When I first started to look at different browsers I too tried Safari. Like some already

said, the interface is gay, ram is compromised, it just isnt a good ui. If you look, Chrome isnt too far

behind Safari in terms of speed &+ the ram isnt eaten up. The only thing Chrome needs is addons...

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if only my fav addons worked with firefox 3.1 beta 3... :D

i know again 'its a beta' but it now has code freeze on the addon code so any addons developed for beta 3 will work on final... so i hope add bookmarks, colorfultabs, speed dial, download helper, google preview, clear private data, adblock plus get updated!

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if only my fav addons worked with firefox 3.1 beta 3... :P

i know again 'its a beta' but it now has code freeze on the addon code so any addons developed for beta 3 will work on final... so i hope add bookmarks, colorfultabs, speed dial, download helper, google preview, clear private data, adblock plus get updated!

Why don't you try switching to Opera ? All the "addons" you said are allready built in Opera :dance: .

Not to mention how many things Firefox stole from Opera :D

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Not to mention how many things Firefox stole from Opera <_<

speak of it no further...else you wanna go One on One butt naked with shought on roids!

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if only my fav addons worked with firefox 3.1 beta 3... :omg:

i know again 'its a beta' but it now has code freeze on the addon code so any addons developed for beta 3 will work on final... so i hope add bookmarks, colorfultabs, speed dial, download helper, google preview, clear private data, adblock plus get updated!

Why don't you try switching to Opera ? All the "addons" you said are allready built in Opera :yes: .

Not to mention how many things Firefox stole from Opera <_<

lol opera is slower, looks worse, not open source, and some websites don't work with it, memory usage not better than firefox... i cud go on... :angry:

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lol opera is slower, looks worse, not open source, and some websites don't work with it, memory usage not better than firefox... i cud go on... :angry:

I can vouch for that <_<

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Boy o boy what a conversation this has turned into. I have

to side with KilJaden on this one. I posted this link once before

but Im not quite sure that everyone whos a firefox head visited. Go here & check it out <_<

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well lol http://www.webdevout.net/opera-myths

but these are just user opinions....and might I add that their myths?....they say this is good and this is bad because that's what their using at that moment.

imo both are good.....and no, Opera wasn't the 1st browser to support tabbed browsing

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I don't believe this test, it must be flawed.

Opera for one is faster then Firefox when it comes to page rendering. Especially the 10.0 alpha with presto 2.2 is faster then firefox.

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I don't believe this test, it must be flawed.

Opera for one is faster then Firefox when it comes to page rendering. Especially the 10.0 alpha with presto 2.2 is faster then firefox.

Ditto! (as some would say)

the way cahe is managed and pages load in real time- Opera wins out of all hands down (chrome is very simmilar performance in this area, but gay appearance !)

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Ditto! (as some would say)

the way cahe is managed and pages load in real time- Opera wins out of all hands down (chrome is very simmilar performance in this area, but gay appearance !)

A web page isn't made only on javascript , and for me at least on a fast connection i don't see any difference in rendering speed , especially with the new presto engine in 10 alpha .

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I don't believe this test, it must be flawed.

Opera for one is faster then Firefox when it comes to page rendering. Especially the 10.0 alpha with presto 2.2 is faster then firefox.

Meaning the test I posted? If so I have a few more:

Test one (gadgets reviews)

Test two (Cnet)

Test three (Evil Science)

Better yet, google it. There's plenty more :D

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