![]() The basic requirements were HTML, CSS, JavaScript, basic DHTML and images - if the browser engine was not capable of performing The idea was to find out the fastest browser(s) at performing the major tasks that browser engines are expected to perform. (some of them may perform differently if they did, but that is not what I was trying to test). Withīrowsers that also offer email or news features, I enabled these clients, but did not have any email or news items in them Using a native skin makes a browser faster, but I got virtually identical results with native and non-native skins). Tweak their network settings, but this is intended to be a test of a standard browser install - some people also suggest that With a default browser install, without tweaking any settings (I know that many browsers perform slightly better if you Each set of tests are grouped by platform, and for each platform, I use just oneĬomputer to ensure that the tests compare just the browsers, and not the hardware or software they run on. To make sure that I give unbiased results. In order to test each browser's speed response, I put them through a number of tests. I feel no need to tailor tests orĪlter results to make a browser appear better or worse than it actually is. I appreciate browsers for the sake of them being browsers. The fastestīrowsers are the fastest browsers. It does not matter what I use or you use. With the comments saying this article is biased. Only of the browsers compared with each other, but for those that work on multiple platforms, it also gives a fairlyĪccurate comparison of the different optimisations for each platform.Īnd please, those of you whose browsers did not perform as well as you had hoped, just accept it. This, I hope, gives an accurate comparison, not Into Linux, Mac and Windows (using the same or equivalent hardware for each). ![]() Unlike most people, I not only test all the browsers, I test them all on the same computer as each other - grouped This is an honest, unbiased view (or as unbiased as IĬan be). Well, I've had enough of these unfounded arguments. Netscape 4), something that was replaced with a completely new engine long before Firefox even existed. I have even heard people comparingįirefox and Opera, then realised they were referring to Opera 6 (even though historically, Opera 6 is about equivalent to ![]() That did try more than one usually say "X just felt faster than Y when I tried them" (although this may refer toįamiliarity with the individual user interface - something that I do not cover here). Longer than Y to start" or "my friend uses X and it is much slower on his computer than Y is on mine". Opera and Firefox users are quite vocal on the subject,īut none of them can actually show any research to back up their statements, ususally just saying "X takes way Its speed, as the alternatives take longer to start and load pages. Internet Explorer users often claim that they use it because of Loads pages more quickly than any other Mac web browser (although they failed to show any results for Opera, and theirĬharts fail to show results for pages that contain images). Mozilla itself is quoted as being an alternative The Mozilla site claims that Firefox 1.0 empowers you to browse faster The Opera site claims that Opera is The Fastest Browser on Earth!. Many organisations and users try to claim that their browser is the fastest. People are aware of which major browser fails on three of these, but one of them is still open for grabs. Browsers compete on many fronts security, standards support, features and speed. NYTimes, you may wish to note that this is a site where I publish research articles, tutorials, and scripts. However, it really does not need you to post it yet again - all you will do is eat my I thank you for your attention, and I am very happy that you found this article interesting or useful enough to read. Well as newspaper sites all around the world, and far more blogs than I will ever be able to read. It hasĪlready been posted on Slashdot enough times, Digg more than enough times, similar sites more times than I can count, as This article is aroundĢ years old now (although it has been kept up to date), and has been retired - posting it simply shows how long it took you to find it. Please stop posting this article on sites like Slashdot, Digg, newspapers, etc.
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