Browser Tests: Which of the Current Generation is Best?
Posted on 29. May, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey in Features, Videos
Here is a video that pits Chrome 5, Firefox 4, Internet Explorer 9, Opera 10.5 and Safari 4 against each other. Using a good array of speed tests, including one for JavaScript, the SunSpider test and the Peacekeeper Benchmark, you might be surprised to see some of the formally fastest browsers on the market are starting to fall behind the pack.
It’s clear that Google is directing a lot of resources into the development of Chrome. Witness the fact that Chrome 6 in now in the development channel, and the browser was first introduced in 2008. It appears that major financial and development time is what is going to win the title of best browser, so it doesn’t come as a shock that IE9 is pulling itself up by its bootstraps and start moving up the rankings.
An interesting point: some seem concerned about the fact that Android and Chrome OS are being developed concurrently, and that the logic behind doing something of this nature is faulty. But the reality is that Chrome is not going anywhere. Massive resources are being used to develop this platform, and along with the fact that Google TV will use Chrome as well, I don’t see Android and Chrome merging anytime soon. Plus, perhaps with Chrome OS Google will be better able to handle the fragmentation issues that have plagued Android via its auto-update technology.
What do you think? Should Android and Chrome be merged? Or does it make sense for the two to be separate, one used for phones and one for computing?
3 Responses to “Browser Tests: Which of the Current Generation is Best?”
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Name fusion44
30. May, 2010
“This video is not available in your country.” I see free internetz everywhere
I’m from Germany.
Daniel Cawrey
30. May, 2010
Strange, I got it from YouTube..
Sorry about that!
makin257 - Browser Tests: Which of the Current Generation is Best?
30. May, 2010
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