Comments on: Screaming fast browser? http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:59:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: hostyle http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114428 hostyle Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:04:34 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114428 Slickspeed ... still javascript based though so much of a muchness i would say. What I mentioned is rather hard to automate - more of a "I'd like to see" than "I expect you to do" thing. I think the point still stands (after reading the second test): javascript speed != page render speed. Render speed is much more important than javascript speed, as long as the javascript on a page is running after load. So while an interesting set of results it wouldn't make me change browser :) Slickspeed … still javascript based though so much of a muchness i would say. What I mentioned is rather hard to automate - more of a “I’d like to see” than “I expect you to do” thing.

I think the point still stands (after reading the second test): javascript speed != page render speed. Render speed is much more important than javascript speed, as long as the javascript on a page is running after load. So while an interesting set of results it wouldn’t make me change browser :)

]]> By: Robert http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114420 Robert Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:27:22 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114420 Have you tried the Opera 9.5 beta. they use a new Java script engine. I'm not sure what it is but i know its a great improvement on previous versions. which was always much faster than firefox and IE. Maybe you should give that a run also and see how it pans out. Have you tried the Opera 9.5 beta.
they use a new Java script engine.
I’m not sure what it is but i know its a great improvement on
previous versions. which was always much faster than firefox and
IE.
Maybe you should give that a run also and see how it pans out.

]]> By: mj http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114387 mj Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:18:06 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114387 Okay...so both devices were Core 2 Duo recent machines running at the same GHz and with the same amount of RAM. Okay…so both devices were Core 2 Duo recent machines running at the same GHz and with the same amount of RAM.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114386 Tom Raftery Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:05:11 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114386 @mj Good question. The OS X tests were done on a MacBook Pro with 2.16GHz Intel core duo chip, 2gb ram running 10.5.1 The Vista tests were done on a Sony Vaio SZ3 Intel Core 2 CPU T7400 @ 2.16GHz 2.17GHz and 2Gb ram running Vista Ultimate. @mj Good question. The OS X tests were done on a MacBook Pro with 2.16GHz Intel core duo chip, 2gb ram running 10.5.1

The Vista tests were done on a Sony Vaio SZ3 Intel Core 2 CPU T7400 @ 2.16GHz 2.17GHz and 2Gb ram running Vista Ultimate.

]]> By: mj » Blog Archive » WebKit: Tom Raftery tests it right http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114384 mj » Blog Archive » WebKit: Tom Raftery tests it right Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:50:41 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114384 [...] links, though I’m loathe to just list them. One such like is on the always interesting Tom Raftery’s Social Media (which, for the life of me I always spell as “Rafferty” but that’s my own [...] [...] links, though I’m loathe to just list them. One such like is on the always interesting Tom Raftery’s Social Media (which, for the life of me I always spell as “Rafferty” but that’s my own [...]

]]> By: mj http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114383 mj Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:46:50 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114383 What hardware were you using? What hardware were you using?

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114346 Tom Raftery Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:51:42 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114346 @Hostyle, would <a href="http://webkit.org/perf/slickspeed/">Slickspeed</a> be a more acceptable test? @Hostyle, would Slickspeed be a more acceptable test?

]]> By: Paul Campbell http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114343 Paul Campbell Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:28:19 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114343 A nice benchmark, Tom. I had a play with the Webkit nightly build and was impressed with rendering times no end. A nice benchmark, Tom. I had a play with the Webkit nightly build and was impressed with rendering times no end.

]]> By: hostyle http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114342 hostyle Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:11:52 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114342 I'd actually prefer to see the speed comparison on pages without javascript (meaning the test you use can't be used), and without content loading from remote sites. Are the tests just showing that one javascript engine is worse than another or that the page renderer is faster. A lot of the delays (on blogs in particular but elsewhere too) I find are due to various javascript doo-hickies and even moreso from loading external content. Disable / block those features and a lot of sluggish blogs suddenly speed up :) YMMV of course :) I’d actually prefer to see the speed comparison on pages without javascript (meaning the test you use can’t be used), and without content loading from remote sites. Are the tests just showing that one javascript engine is worse than another or that the page renderer is faster.

A lot of the delays (on blogs in particular but elsewhere too) I find are due to various javascript doo-hickies and even moreso from loading external content. Disable / block those features and a lot of sluggish blogs suddenly speed up :) YMMV of course :)

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114341 Tom Raftery Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:59:31 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114341 Good point Joe, I will download Firefox 3.0b2 to the Vista box and update this post later today. Thanks for the suggestion. Good point Joe, I will download Firefox 3.0b2 to the Vista box and update this post later today.

Thanks for the suggestion.

]]> By: Joe Lennon http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114340 Joe Lennon Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:54:15 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/screaming-fast-browser/#comment-114340 I'd be interested to see how Firefox 3 compares to the new Safari on Windows. It's good to see Mozilla and Apple are working on increasing the performance of their browsers rather than bloating them with unnecessary new features. I’d be interested to see how Firefox 3 compares to the new Safari on Windows. It’s good to see Mozilla and Apple are working on increasing the performance of their browsers rather than bloating them with unnecessary new features.

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