Firefox 3 – Looking Good!!
I recently checked out the Beta 3 version of Firefox 3. While much of the improvements are behind the scenes, I wasn’t overly excited about Firefox 3 until today when I read this blog on the upcoming javascript performance. Bottomline, WOW!!
Here is the summary test data of Sunspider Javascript Benchmark (note 10x better than IE7 and 4x better than current Firefox)
1. Firefox 3 Nightly (PGO Optimized): 7263.8ms
2. Firefox 3 Nightly (02/25/2008 build): 8219.4ms
3. Opera 9.5.9807 Beta: 10824.0ms
4. Firefox 3 Beta 3: 16080.6ms
5. Safari 3.0.4 Beta: 18012.6ms
6. Firefox 2.0.0.12: 29376.4ms
7. Internet Explorer 7: 72375.0ms
So, standby for Beta 4 if you’re interested in checking this out for yourself.
Posted: February 28th, 2008 under General.
Tags: beta, firefox, internet, javascript