Firefox 4
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- rizm0
Chrome.
- lukus_W0
Runs using the GPU in windows I think?
- Yeah, Direct2D. Don't think it's enabled by default yet thoughkalkal
- Oh and when you do enable it, it's a bit buggy.kalkal
- Nothing massive, just VERY minor corruption here and there. Try enabling it and drawing text selections, you'll seekalkal
- seekalkal
- I'll give it a go - thanks for the info ... it annoys me that the same isn't possible in Linuxlukus_W
- Maybe OpenCL could have been used instead of DirectX/2D ..lukus_W
- It will be, openGL on platforms other than windows. Just not quite yet though.kalkal
- If the it utilizes the GPU does that in turn mean flash player finally utilizes the GPU?nthkl
- acescence0
safari and chrome on mac are the same rendering engine as chrome on windows, show me these sites that don't render correctly.
- nthkl0
If the it utilizes the GPU does that in turn mean flash player finally utilizes the GPU? Mozilla did what Adobe wouldn't?
- http://demos.hacks.m…lukus_W
- Flash player 10.1 uses hardware acceleration.Boz
- raf0
They've been trying to repel long-time users for some time now. First the personas idiocy to make the browser look like shit and customising it more confusing (old-style skins work, but this is hidden from you now, ie. old custom skins links lead to personas skins). Now they're moving the menu to make it look like the browser with the most terrible UI: Opera.
- lukus_W0
WebGL is not ready for general use - but it will be in the near future .. this isn't a reason to ignore it.
- acescence0
they've decreased load time, it's definitely faster than 3 overall, but their javascript engine is still lagging. here's a benchmark site set up by moz's developers..
- iCanHasQBN0
i have no idea how one can tell the difference in browser speeds. isn't it pretty much how fast your internet connection is that matters? if you're surfing the net and things start to slow down, do you just assume it's your browser? or your internet connection? how can you tell which is holding you back?
in my head, your surfing speed is determined by 99.9% your internet connection, and .1% your browser.
explain it to me if you think i'm wrong.
- have you tried chrome and ff side by side? pages just render noticeably faster, js intensive stuff is quicker and smootheracescence
- lukus_W0
I wish the JS performance was better across the board -> webkit shows what's possible; it would be great to be able to develop using the same level of JS interactivity across the board.
- spraycan0
"unfortunately still much slower than chrome and safari. "
you cant say so, such statement cant be absolute.- look at the benchmarks available. page render is faster, js engine is faster, launch time is faster, memory footprint smaller. so yes, i can say so.acescence
- smaller, so yes, i can say so.acescence
- no you cant you dont take the connection speed parameters for ex, it cant be an absolute statement.spraycan
- You surly havent read about Heinstein relative theoryspraycan
- spraycanII0
NERDS
- stewdio0
@iCanHasQBN
You're partially correct. Your internet connection's speed and bandwidth have a large influence on how fast your browser feels. You click on a link, your browser has to contact that server, then retrieve all the code, images, video, etc. If your connection is slow the page load will be slow.
But there's another aspect to browser speed which is rendering time. Once you have all that information from the server downloaded locally, how fast can your browser assemble it? JavaScript rendering has become the new frontier for optimization. Particularly as the web paradigm continues to shift from a "static pages" model to an "application" model. Much of a web page's interactivity and internal decision making is done by JavaScript, right, so as a browser maker if you can make JavaScript execute faster your users will be happier.
Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome have relatively new, highly optimized JavaScript engines. Mozilla's FireFox has been left in the dust. They know it. And they're working to fix it. I think it's pretty cool that Mozilla is down, but *not out.* I'd love to see that Phoenix rise again. The competition is good for the entire browser market. Meanwhile if we could just make IE go away...
- what do you think about chrome frame (as a partial solution for IE users?)lukus_W
- ukit0
I am looking forward to WebGL support in some of these browsers soon....if you download the nightly build (Minefield) you can see it...native 3D in the browser using CANVAS.
- spraycan0
And normal users dont give a FF all this stuff is measured in 1/1000 of sec ranges....
- zaq0
http://money.cnn.com with Flash installed is broken in FF4