Browser Benchmarking

Did a little browser benchmarking the other day. To my surprise, the most popular browsers are the slowest. Here are the result, in reverse order:

Slowest of them all, and therefore last is as expected Internet Explorer 8.

Next up, is the biggest surprise of them all. Coming in an first to last is Mozzila Firefox.

Followed by only a 10 point difference, Opera is the 3rd fastest browser available on the market today.

Google’s browser, Chrome, although still very new, managed to come in as 2nd.

Quoted as “the faster browser available” by it’s own download site, Safari lives up to this quotation, taking the 1st place.

Here are the final results for comparison:

Benchmark notes:

Site used: http://service.futuremark.com/peacekeeper/index.action

System used: Intel Centrino Dual Core @ 2.4 GHz with  4 GB RAM.

As not all browsers support the “Complex Graphics” test of the benchmark, these results were excluded when calculating the overall performance score of the browsers.

Personal oppinion

After the benchmark I decided to give Safari a try, so I used it for a week. I must say, I couldn’t really tell the difference in page loading time, and I was missing all the Add-ons that Mozilla Firefox has, so it was not long till I found myself using it again. They just can’t beat the extension capability of Firefox, no matter how good a browser anyone else makes.

Cat tine Windows 7?

Windows 7 e bun…. e chiar foarte bun si pot sa zic ca dintre toate Windowsurile de pana acum e singurul care chiar imi place, singurul la care as zice ca nu am gasit nimic ce sa ma dezguste.

Are insa un mic defect: este produs de Microsoft, si ca si orice produs Microsoft, are buguri. Nu multe dar are.

Cel mai enervant (din cate am gasit eu pana acum) este cel care implica Taskbarul. Dupa un timp mai mare de uptime, de obicei 3 zile si ceva, chiar daca muti mouse-ul de pe taskbar, icoanele de acolo raman colorate, ca si cum ar fii active. De asemenea, dintr-un oarecare motiv, “Live Preview via Desktop Aero Interface” se dezactiveaza, fara posibilitatea reactivarii. In plus, dispar cateva programe “pin”-uite la el, si nu le mai poti pune inapoi. La mine acum lipseste Firefoxul de exemplu.

Solutia e simpla: restart. Dupa restart totul se reface la normal, totul e ca intr-un vis din nou. Acum am sistemul la 4 ore si 23 de ore, dar sincer atat de tare ma enerveaza acest lucru ca imediat dupa ce termin aici dau restart… pacat pt ca acum chiar vroiam sa vad ca duce pana chiar se blocheaza fatal.

Mentionez ca am build 7600 care se zicea ca era versiunea RTM, s-ar putea insa sa varianta oficiala ce se distribuie sa fie build ceva ceva mai nou (si daca tot major-ul e 7600, minorul sa fie mai nou, dar tot nu sunt convins ca acesta problema s-ar fi rezolvat, ca atunci ar fi venit cu un update si la mine, ma gandesc).

Security image fail

Imagine se securitate de pe un site de file hosting… sper ca nu era si fisierul “virusat” )