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As a Firefox user and loyalist, I must say, I found Opera to be slightly faster than Firefox.

Though...I have done no accurate tests to prove this, it's just the impression I got when using it for a short period of time.
 

Lyfer

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Originally posted by: Phil
Actually, I'm not done yet.

MORON. M-O-R-O-N.

That's like testing a car by seeing how fast the fvcking windscreen wipers work, you complete toolbag. It's about as relevant.
Do you understand Flash and how it works? Do you? How about Internet bandwidth? Hmm?

One more thing: could you please learn some English? Your post looks like you took a dump on it.

Be nice, the mans in a wheelchair.
 

cKGunslinger

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Come one now, this guy took time out of his busy schedule of "pwning n00bs" with his mouse to set up an extensive browser rendering speed test for our benefit. And also, to put those damn "aoliens" and their "viraol" in their place.
 

bdww00

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Originally posted by: Phil

I want to watch small things bleed after reading this thread :p

man dude settle down you are the one that posted 3 things in the same thread on the same page! talk about moron


hahah your proly phil@aol.com

ahahhahahah

anyway if you have a web browser benchmark program than please contribute it

if you dont stay off this thread and quit flaming

for gods sake your posts are on fire

pwnzored




Does anyone now of or heard of an extensive browser benchmarking test please send it to phil@aol.com or post it here




thanks
 

imported_Phil

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Originally posted by: bdww00
pwnzored

You have the mental capacity of roadkill. If you can't see the giant, gaping black, cavernous hole in your "test" then you are doomed to serve fast food for a sizeable portion of your years.
 

CTho9305

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You can get historical perf data for Mozilla/SeaMonkey/Firefox from http://tinderbox.mozilla.org/showbuilds.cgi?tree=SeaMonkey by clicking the "Tp" links. The test data isn't available, but it's basically real-world web pages (which is why it's not available... they're copyrighted). The build logs show URLs. Note that the test data is old (i.e. it's CNN from years ago), but you could construct a similar set of sites. Note that to test properly, you need a dedicated network between your server and client, and you need the server and client to not be the same computer. Plus, you have to run multiple times to get averaged results.
 

OdiN

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The fastest browser will be run on an Apple IIgs with Marinetti

IT PWNZ0RS j00!! OMG LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
 

Crusty

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Originally posted by: bdww00
Originally posted by: Phil

I want to watch small things bleed after reading this thread :p

man dude settle down you are the one that posted 3 things in the same thread on the same page! talk about moron


hahah your proly phil@aol.com

ahahhahahah

anyway if you have a web browser benchmark program than please contribute it

if you dont stay off this thread and quit flaming

for gods sake your posts are on fire

pwnzored




Does anyone now of or heard of an extensive browser benchmarking test please send it to phil@aol.com or post it here




thanks

I'm going to have to agree with Phil on this one.

Learn something about how web browsers and the internet work before you try to "benchmark".
 

kamper

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Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
Originally posted by: Atheus
Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Mine takes 5-8 seconds to start up after a fresh boot, 2-4 seconds on subsequent opens. IE is much faster, but of course, FF doesn't have hooks into the kernel.

IE doesn't need to load at all. Because it's part of the OS and the same code is used for the "windows explorer" file manager, 99% of the browser is already in memory when you start.
Yeah.. that's kinda what I said. :D
Maybe, if explorer.exe were the kernel ('cept it's not). :)
 

theMan

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Originally posted by: Savarak
how is that speed test a function of how the browser performs? It all depends strictly on the bandwidth available from the server to your computer at that moment you did the test... *AND* its the macromedia flash player that does it all, so as long as the browser loaded it up correctly, its 100% the same test, just in a slightly different outer shell, so to speak...

QFT

the download speed has nothing to do with the actual speed of the browser. if you run the test again, you will get completely different results
 

sswingle

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Originally posted by: bdww00
Originally posted by: Phil

I want to watch small things bleed after reading this thread :p

man dude settle down you are the one that posted 3 things in the same thread on the same page! talk about moron


hahah your proly phil@aol.com

ahahhahahah

anyway if you have a web browser benchmark program than please contribute it

if you dont stay off this thread and quit flaming

for gods sake your posts are on fire

pwnzored




Does anyone now of or heard of an extensive browser benchmarking test please send it to phil@aol.com or post it here




thanks

He has an AOL email. That explains all. How did he get on the forums though, I thought anyone AOL was blocked.
 

imported_Phil

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Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers

He has an AOL email. That explains all. How did he get on the forums though, I thought anyone AOL was blocked.

No, he's making the joke that I have an AOL email because I insulted his miniscule brain :roll:
 

bdww00

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omg double post phil getalife or else do some browser benchmark testing for yourself

 

TGS

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**Official -FireFox > IE - Confirmed**

I just downloaded a file from fileplanet, in IE I got the file in 3 minutes 20 seconds.

Then I opened Firefox and the sheer loading speed completely tore my head off. Proving to me without a doubt that Firefox is a bajillion times faster than IE.

(Just to explain, I'm really the guy who was testing next to TGS at the time. He left me a note to type this post out in the event his head was detached from his body during the firefox phase)

It's hard to dispute anecdotal testing like this. (I'll see if the security cameras captured any of the events)
 

DeathReborn

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Well let's just see how the results of a speedtest come up on IE Based, Firefox & Opera. All tests were done on a 10Mbit / 512Kbit Cable Connection from NTL connected over Ethernet (100Mbit), not USB.

http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/5281/avantbrowser2wr.jpg
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/304/firefox8yn.jpg
http://img310.imageshack.us/img310/4516/opera6su.jpg

Make your own conclusions but i'll continue using AvantBrowser for the majority of my browsing and Opera for the rest. Firefox actually stopped responding when I closed it so it gets a big thumbs down from me, lol.

All I want from a browser is it to open the pages I want, when I want. I really don't see much use in any synthetic benchmark but at least I now know i'm getting most of what I paid for from my ISP.