Browser Speed Comparisons

[vcv]

I remember reading an article about this in the past, but there are so many browsers and stuff that i can't remember it all.

Basically the article was about the different ways that browsers render pages. It was written by one of the guys who worked on Safari, and it talked about how a browser can appear to load a page faster, even though it isn't, by doing something like loading the text before the images, or something like that.

I remember that Firetruck does its loading differently from Safari, but i don't remember how they compare to Opera. But either way, maybe that difference is the reason that some people think Firefox is faster than Opera even though it technically isn't? :shrug:

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Yes..you are partially right. Opera USED to wait until it got all the table code to render, which was faster. Now it renders it as it gets it, which allows you to see it sooner, but sometimes appears to render slower. This was in response to users requests I believe.

[mircleman]

shakes head thier mommys bought em a puter now they think they know.

[mircleman]

this is what i mean and why these tests dont mean ***** it depends on the person etc it needs to be controlled structure. period or else you will get the result that you want.

http://mach5.freeshell.org/bst/index.html

[JiveMasterT]

and in the long scheme of things, none of this matters. browser choice is different for everyone. thats what us smart folk like to call "preference". see, unless some browser can magically speed up my commercial cable line, then i feel no need to change from my favorite browser (maxthon) to something like firefox or opera.

[lav-chan]

I like how someone who can't spell a five-letter word is insulting others' intelligence. :thumbsup:

[JiveMasterT]

I like how someone who can't spell a five-letter word is insulting others' intelligence. :thumbsup:

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huh? quote it?

[lav-chan]

shakes head thier mommys bought em a puter now they think they know.

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QFP

[AcdShdw]

id rather use netscape 2.5... rather than use opera

[Catharsis]

Firefox is not faster than Internet Explorer

Obviously, the person who wrote this does not know about the "about:config" settings in Firefox.

[semifamous]

I don't care if its faster. I don't want to install adware on my computer. That's about it. The ads on the sites are enough for me.

And don't try to tell me its not adware before you look up the definition of the word. I'm not accusing it of being spyware or containing spyware, but software that gets its revenue from emebedded ads is called adware, and I don't want any of that.

[threetonesun]

What are we talking about here, 1/100th of a second differences? I don't see the importance.

Although, Lynx has them all beat.

[mircleman]

QFP

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guess you never saw hackers the mispellings were intentional, it was quoted as a term for newbies on a computer who think they know something. im sorry guess i should of pointed that out. :) :yes:

[mircleman]

all my point was is you can get whatever result you want, if you like other browsers fine but in same token dont call people who defend thier browser as passiontly as you fanboys. reason firefox is so fast is because unlike other browsers it keeep the browser in cache till you need it again thats why it has a load time for me anyway of 1.23 seconds. opera took me 11 and i.e. took me 17. but again its all prefrence.

[vcv]

What are we talking about here, 1/100th of a second differences? I don't see the importance.

Although, Lynx has them all beat.

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No, try reading the site.

guess you never saw hackers the mispellings were intentional, it was quoted as a term for  newbies on a computer who think they know something. im sorry guess i should of pointed that out. :) :yes:

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Actually, the guy knows a lot about the web/html and browsers. Look at his site, a LOT of good information. Don't insult him because you don't like the results he got.

all my point was is you can get whatever result you want, if you like other browsers fine but in same token dont call people who defend thier browser as passiontly as you fanboys. reason firefox is so fast is because unlike other browsers it keeep  the browser in cache till you need it again thats why it has a load time for me anyway of 1.23 seconds. opera took me 11 and i.e. took me 17. but again its all prefrence.

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Opera doesn't use cache? :blink:

[lav-chan]

guess you never saw hackers the mispellings were intentional, it was quoted as a term for  newbies on a computer who think they know something. im sorry guess i should of pointed that out. :) :yes:

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You're... still... not... doing it right. ...

[amoeba]

lav, mircle will probably never be found "doing it right." It would appear English is not his forte.

[Doli]

It doesn't make sense because you didn't read what he wrote. Translated into proper English it reads: "Those tests are wrong, by golly! I have tried Opera, Maxthon, Firefox and Internet Explorer and Firefox was the fastest!"

And to these tests...

Interesting. Hrm. *ponder

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opps my mistake

[mircleman]

sorry spelling was never my strong point but i get thru ok

[mircleman]

almost forgot alll the longhorn and linux folks might find this intresting longhorn beat is coming soon

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1680811,00.asp

[mircleman]

almost forgot alll the longhorn and linux folks might find this intresting longhorn beta is coming soon

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1680811,00.asp

[Elliott]

On OS X, Opera falls a bit slower than Safari 1.3 Developer Preview, and much slower Safari 2. Also, Opera takes a much longer time to load and has a slower interface. I'll stick with Safari. ;)

[Tungsten T]

I don't like Opera for some reason

I love my Firefox SSE, its VERY fast and if it was any faster i wouldent notice because its like a game in the difference of 200 and 300 FPS

[Chode]

this is what i mean and why these tests dont mean  *****  it depends on the person etc  it needs to be controlled structure. period or else you will get the result that you want.

http://mach5.freeshell.org/bst/index.html

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I said an article that wasn't biased in fanboyism. Straight from the quoted url:

Any credentials this individual had went right out the window with one foul use of Photoshop :rolleyes:

Edited February 14, 2005 by Redmak

[mircleman]

see thats why i usually dont get in these debates you can show someone something and no matter what they will come up with why its no good or fake or something I could show 3 dozen quotes and examples. this debate is over for me

[giga Veteran]

Based on my experiences, Firefox 1.0 w/tweaks in my user.js file loads pages faster than Opera 7.5/8. Other way around with a firefox with no tweaks.