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Ashura Unstopable Posts: 370
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Quote: | Oh sure, the following tests aren’t as scientific as putting all the browsers in a ring and seeing which one is left standing after the fight, but it’s close. Before we begin however, the new contender: Swiftfox. Firefox, which we all know and love, has in recent times been accused of putting on weight and slipping back the bulky days of Mozilla, the very thing its birth was supposed to be an escape from. The draw cards of Firefox’s first releases were speed and simplicity. While I personally don’t think Firefox has strayed far from this, there are those who feel otherwise — like the chaps behind Swiftfox. Swiftfox is Firefox with a few key differences — it’s compiled with optimised flags for various CPU architectures, and it drops some of the more recent bulk — such as the depedencies on the Pango libraries (used in part for international font rendering). It’s only available for Linux, but as Firefox is open source, there’s nothing stopping someone building a Swiftfox for Windows. Swiftfox has gained a rapid following for being noticeably faster, so I was curious to see if this was the case. Armed with my Ubuntu install, and specialised ‘benchmarking toolkit’ (read: bag of chips, coke, and a stopwatch), I sat down to see if Swiftfox could live up to its moniker using the AMD64 optimised binary for Ubuntu on my AMD64 4400+ system. If you want seriously hardcore Web standards benchmarking, throw your browser through the Acid2 test, which is really what it’s all about. But here, we’re looking for speed, and for this there’s nothing better than Scragz’ quick and dirty browser rendering benchmark. So, onto the results! First, a baseline under Windows: (32-bit) Internet Explorer 6: 3.76 seconds (32-bit) 1.5.0.6 Firefox: 5.03 (32-bit) 9.01 Opera: 4.89 Well there’s a nice surprise! Even the aging IE6 bundled with Windows XP is a fair bit faster at the testpage than Firefox and Opera. But lets see how things fare under 64-bit Ubuntu and if Swiftfox lives up to its name: (64-bit) 1.5.0.6 Firefox: 4.75 seconds (32-bit) 1.5.0.6 Firefox: 4.79 (32-bit) 1.5.0.6 Swiftfox: 4.67 Well, Swiftfox is indeed faster — by about 1.7%. Not really that much to write home about, but your mileage may vary. And plausibly, the 64-bit version of Firefox is flea’s sneeze faster than the 32-bit version. While we’re here, what about the two default browsers for the KDE and Gnome desktops, common to most Linux distributions: (64-bit) 3.5.2 Konqueror: 3.75 seconds (64-bit) 2.4.1.1 Epiphany: 4.69 Now there’s another surprise. Not only is the default (and often overlooked) Gnome browser Epiphany rendering almost as fast as Swiftfox, but Konqueror (KDE’s default browser) blows them all away, running head to head with IE on Windows. So there you go. You want speed, it’s Konqueror or, yes, IE. And, to be fair, while Swiftfox wasn’t exactly leaps ahead it does actually startup noticeably faster than Firefox, which is nice. http://www.apcstart.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/Screenshot-Firefox.png | im not so sure if it will be same results for every1. u can have a look for the comments under this topic http://www.apcstart.com/site/amills/2006/09/1304/whats-the-worlds-fastest-browser anyway even if opera is not fastest browser im not going to change it >.<
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Meka][Meka Unstopable Posts: 700
| i have said all along that internet explorer is the fastest and most lightweight browser available.....bar konquerer, but its more or less same.
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Ashura Unstopable Posts: 370
| more about testing browsers u can read here Which New Browser Is Best: Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 7, or Opera 9? i ll post only few tables and results from this study coz the whole story is kinda long Browser's Features: [list:b9cc08a665] Feature Firefox 2 Beta 1 Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3 Opera 9.00 Tabbed browsing Yes Yes Yes Add-ins Yes—Extensions Yes—Add-Ons Widgets Themes Yes No Yes—Skins Built-in search with multiple engine choice Yes Yes Yes Pop-up blocker Yes Yes Yes Anti-Phishing Yes Yes No One-Click Button to add Favorites No Yes No RSS reader Yes Yes Yes Download manager Yes No Yes Can remember open tabs for next session No Yes Yes Save group of tabs as bookmark Yes Yes Yes Thumbnails for tabs No Yes—Quick Tabs Yes—Mouse over tab; also can tile tabs Macintosh/Linux version Yes/Yes No/No Yes BitTorrent client No No Yes Spell-checker for text boxes Yes No No Download pause Yes No Yes (stop and resume transfer)[/list:u:b9cc08a665] Firefox 2 Review:
Quote: | For such a major sounding version number increase—to 2.0—most users will be hard pressed to see much difference between this beta and Firefox 1.5. There's a lot more under the hood in the new version, for developers—JavaScript 1.7, client-side session and persistent storage, SVG (scalable vector graphics), SAX (Simple API for XML), and more. These developer features should translate into more features for end users in the long run. For us little guys looking at the new browser now, the biggest changes are the spell checker in text boxes, renaming of the Go menu to History, combining Extensions with Themes in one dialog, and anti-phishing tool which you can find deep in a Setting tab. Here's the list of everything that's new in Firefox 2, according to its developers: Built in Phishing Protection. Search suggestions now appear with search history in the search box for Google, Yahoo! and Answers.com Changes to tabbed browsing behavior Ability to re-open accidentally closed tabs Better support for previewing and subscribing to web feeds Inline spell checking in text boxes Search plug-in manager for removing and re-ordering search engines New microsummaries feature for bookmarks Automatic restoration of your browsing session if there is a crash New combined and improved Add-Ons manager for extensions and themes New Windows installer based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System Support for JavaScript 1.7 Support for client-side session and persistent storage Extended search plug-in format Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions Support for SVG text using svg:textPath | IE7 Review:
Quote: | Security IE has been possibly the biggest target of security attacks over the last decade, with updates to cover holes a regular occurrence. Since Bill Gates's edict demanding "trustworthy computing" in 2002, Microsoft has been making big efforts towards eliminating these security holes, and IE 7 is intended to be a model child of this initiative. Defender, now in beta 2, is the major salvo in this direction; it's anti-spyware software that both finds spyware on your system and monitors for it in real time while you browse with IE. According to Microsoft, the following security features are to be found in IE7: ActiveX Opt-in Security Status Bar Phishing Filter Cross-Domain Barriers Delete Browsing History Address Bar Protection International Domain Name Anti-spoofing URL Handling Security Fix My Settings Add-ons Disabled Mode Features Unique to Windows Vista | Opera 9 Review:
Quote: | The Norway-based Opera Software has made a bigger dent in the mobile browser market, with deals for its Opera Mini with T-Mobile and Sony Ericsson, and recently with Nintendo being chosen as the browser on the Wii. Here's the complete list of what its makers say is new in Opera 9: Content blocking BitTorrent support Widgets Search engine editor Site preferences New installer. One package—30 languages Integrated source viewer opera:config for advanced settings configuration Tab use best: Thumbnails when you hover the cursor over a tab. | Memory Test:
Quote: | Memory and disk tests were done on a Pentium D system at 3.2GHz with 2GB of RAM, running Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 installed and load speed tests on a Sony Vaio 1.5GHz Pentium M system with 512MB RAM. Before we took the measurements, we executed the command rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks. | [list:b9cc08a665]Memory Usage in MB (no pages loaded) Firefox 2 Beta 1: 42 Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3: 24 Opera 9.0: 53 IE 6.0: 17 Firefox 1.5.0.4: 17.8 Memory Usage in MB Loading Six Tabs Firefox 2 Beta 1: 73 Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3: 70 Opera 9.0: 52 IE 6.0: 155 Firefox 1.5.0.4: 56 Disk Usage Firefox 2 Beta 1: 18.8MB Opera 9.0: 20.7MB IE 6.0: 1.9MB Firefox 1.5.0.4: 18.6MB Startup Time (average time in seconds) Firefox 2 Beta 1: 12 Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3: 7.7 Opera 9.0: 5 Firefox 1.5.0.4: 12.5 [/list:u:b9cc08a665] everything else is up to u to have own fav browser even if its not the test winner or doesnt support all the junk :wink:
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NeiSep Ametuar Posts: 93
| The fastes is NeiBrowser no kidding but Firefox is the best IE just hang it self when it get heavy for it.
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Ashura Unstopable Posts: 370
| new firefox based browser flock is out now wqho want to test it here is download link duno what shud be so good on it but nothing bad to test it i see 1 click favorites save and some other search extras if its good and fast can check some1 else, i prefer my opera more @ http://www.flock.com/
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Ashura Unstopable Posts: 370
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Quote: | a Firefox fan has registered the domain IE7.com, on which he's plastered the logo for the alternative browser software. This site, unlike the spoof IE7 download site, is safe to visit. | check out www.ie7.com
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