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- Rajaie, on 05/20/2008, -22/+233It always been #1, and this is just another reason
- warrior007, on 05/20/2008, -11/+197"Mozilla VP of engineering Mike Schroepfer claims that Firefox 3 is 9.3x faster than Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 2.7x faster than Firefox 2 in terms of JavaScript performance. In terms of Gmail message load time, he claims Firefox 3 is 6.8x faster than IE7 and 3.8x faster than Firefox 2. And he says Firefox 3 beats Apple's Safari, which is also faster than Firefox 2."
looking great firefox3 - nepttako, on 05/20/2008, -6/+158I sincerely want a faster Firefox...
- parkamark, on 05/20/2008, -4/+100I just upgraded from 2 to 3 RC1 today and can confirm the speed increase is very noticeable - a vast vast improvement. I recommend everyone upgrade to 3 once you get a chance, you will NOT be disappointed. *
* except many of the add-ons don't work with 3 yet, but I'm sure they will be updated in due course. If this bothers you, don't upgrade just yet. - coheedcollapse, on 05/20/2008, -10/+66I wonder if Opera freaks are still going to be yelling about how superior it is if Firefox beats it in speed tests.
I can say right now, as a user of both Opera and Firefox, that Firefox 3.0 RC1 feels faster (although it's always felt faster to me, so I could be completely wrong). - Neticule, on 05/20/2008, -3/+52Can I use firefox 3 and keep my firefox 2 installed? I would love to try it out before I actually switch.
- MAGZine, on 05/20/2008, -7/+41Yes.
- Onyxblaze, on 05/20/2008, -0/+33(Can cause problems)
- MacSuxWindozSux, on 05/20/2008, -3/+35I like how suddenly when they have a new version out, they admit the older version was slower than Safari.
Using FF3 RC1, yeah it's a lot faster than FF2. Best browser. - uptown, on 05/20/2008, -13/+44Probably all true, however it's still slower than Opera in JavaScript performance. While I realize this doesn't mean much for most users since Opera's market share is so small ... Opera still sets the bar for what I hope all browsers eventually achieve in terms of speed.
- Onyxblaze, on 05/20/2008, -2/+32Do you even know what a pun is?
- infectthefrets, on 05/20/2008, -12/+40Although The latest release (RC1) is awesome, it still has a bunch of bugs to be fixed. It's great to hear that it's becoming the fastest browser, but it's not out quite yet.
- coheedcollapse, on 05/20/2008, -4/+30Eh, I wouldn't digg you down for your browser choice, I just hated the elite stance that a lot of the more talkative Opera users would take when it comes to Firefox. They act like the only reason anyone uses the browser is because they're uneducated and trendy.
- skyshock1, on 05/20/2008, -2/+26Always? Really?
I'm pretty sure Mosaic was #1 back in '93.
A little history lesson for you youngsters.... http://www.xtimeline.com/timeline/Web-browser-hist ... - Tyr7BE, on 05/20/2008, -0/+24It's even good on Apple. FF2 was more or less unusable on my iBook G4. FF3 is my default browser.
- NotOptium, on 05/20/2008, -3/+26As someone who's reading this story in Firefox 3 rc1 (on a piece of ***** computer) I can honestly say:
Yes. Sweet Jesus it is fast. - vault, on 05/20/2008, -6/+29Safari eats RAM like there's no tomorrow. I like the look and feel of Safari better but FF3 conserves RAM so much better and there really isn't a very noticeable difference in speed between the two.
- ctrlfreak13, on 05/20/2008, -0/+22I've been using FF3 since it came out in beta and the first thing I noticed was more speed and significantly less memory consumption, and it's only gotten better through the betas and now the RC.
- iofthestorm, on 05/20/2008, -0/+22Important Note! Before you do this, make sure to set up two profiles for Firefox 2 and 3, and have the shortcuts for the non-default one set to use a specific profile instead of the default one. Otherwise, your profile could get borked if both Firefox 2 and 3 use it because Firefox 3 upgrades/changes the profile structure which could mess it up if you run 2 after running 3. I would suggeest using PortableFirefox instead as this will not mess with your profile folders: http://portableapps.com/news/2008-05-19_-_firefox_ ...
- WallnutBoy, on 05/20/2008, -1/+22You could always digg him, undigg him, and then digg him again? =P
new comment system ftw? - iofthestorm, on 05/20/2008, -0/+20Don't spam a stupid site, just go directly to mozilla.com to download it.
- spammishking, on 05/20/2008, -0/+18Actually, I think Pro Comm Plus (a DOS based program) was faster than Mosaic. It popped up the characters as fast as my 14.4 could download them. I could even download pictures in less than 1 hour.
- HigherLogic, on 05/20/2008, -4/+20By the way, someone posted a speed test in the comments (nikon38). Yeah, it's on track, but still a lap behind.
[mootools.net]
Opera
Dojo 1.0.2----------------52ms
JQuery 1.2.3------------140ms
MooTools 1.2beta2------92ms
Prototype 1.6.0.2-------176ms
Firefox
Dojo 1.0.2---------------138ms
JQuery 1.2.3-------------226ms
MooTools 1.2beta2------195ms
Prototype 1.6.0.2--------359ms
[nontroppo.org]
Basic Render
Opera-------------------3562ms
Firefox----------------18075ms
[nontroppo.org]
Opera-------------------422ms
Firefox------------------626ms
opera build 9981
firefox 3Rc1 - przemeklach, on 05/20/2008, -2/+18This is good news. Hopefully this will put even more pressure on M$ to make IE8 better/faster. This is evidence that competition gives good products. Hope it continues.
- Tyr7BE, on 05/20/2008, -0/+14The location bar alone is reason enough to try it out. I don't even use bookmarks anymore. I just start typing out a vague semblance of what's on the page I'm looking for.
- mike648, on 05/20/2008, -3/+16I wish I could actually use Opera to write this message. The browser is very fast but speed is useless if certain sites don't work properly.
- MadOgre, on 05/20/2008, -3/+16I agree. It not only seems faster, but more stable thank to fixed memory leaks. I think I can say this now... this is the best browser I've ever used.
- coheedcollapse, on 05/20/2008, -3/+16I agree. Use what works. IE 7 is a vast improvement on Internet Explorers in the past. If you were using IE 6 I might poke fun at you a bit, but the newer version really holds its own.
- Cglass, on 05/20/2008, -0/+13"And he says Firefox 3 beats Apple's Safari, which is also faster than Firefox 2."
Clearly it ignores safari. - init100, on 05/20/2008, -1/+14Some extensions actually don't work in Firefox 3, even if you turn off compatibility checking. The compatibility check is there for a reason.
- Tyr7BE, on 05/20/2008, -4/+17And how do they fare against nightly builds of Firefox head? Let's compare apples to apples.
- whataboutdave, on 05/20/2008, -3/+15I've been using FF3 through the late betas and it flies on the legacy hardware I had lying around.
Prepare to be amazed. - Twenty, on 05/20/2008, -4/+16I wish I could digg you up twice, sir.
- grimward, on 05/20/2008, -0/+11Yes, it's funny to note that they didn't include opera in their speed comparisons. Now me.. I'm a die hard fan of FF since ages ago, but even I have to concede and admit that opera is way faster... but it doesn't offer the same flexibility as FF does, so therefore.. FF wins for me.
- Neticule, on 05/20/2008, -0/+11Wonderful, thanks guys :) Off to install!
- str1fe, on 05/20/2008, -5/+16Or just set extensions.checkCompatability to false.
- canthraxp, on 05/20/2008, -2/+13Now I'll have to install the FF3RC just to know what about:robots does. (Not that is a bad thing, but I was holding for the official one on the ubuntu repository)
- ThEDeMoNKiNg, on 05/20/2008, -2/+13Huh, chat in Facebook works for me.. maybe your friends don't want to talk to you?
- asskey, on 05/20/2008, -2/+13Trust me, the nightly WebKit builds are gods among a bunch of blind demented mouse turds when it comes to speed. Too bad they don't have the extensibility of Firefox or we'd have the perfect browser already.
- str1fe, on 05/20/2008, -5/+15Yes, just install it to a different folder.
e.g. if FF2 is installed to Program FilesFirefox you can install FF3 to, say, Program FilesFirefox 3 RC 1 - arcooke, on 05/20/2008, -10/+20How could they possibly leave out Opera? I'm a firefox fan, but Opera is well-known to be the fastest browser on the market.. and here comes Lifehacker saying Firefox 3 RC1 is the fastest on the market and never even bother to mention Opera. As far as I'm concerned (and I usually like Lifehacker), that article is garbage. I want to see a thorough test.. with at least the top five included.. betas too, seeing as how they're relying on a release candidate version for their results.
Shame on you Lifehacker. - actionscripted, on 05/20/2008, -5/+15Opera is damn fast with well-written JS, I'll give you that, but the Opera nerds need to work to make Dragonfly suck less so that developers (those responsible for pushing changes to a public that is ~70% IE and 30% FF [depending on your audience]) will start using it more regularly.
If there were something like Firebug or better in Operaland they could easily see their marketshare rise. Dragonfly is a great step, but it's still got a little ways to go. - wildmXranat, on 05/20/2008, -2/+12I've been using Firefox 3 for about a month now. The smart bookmarks, improved address bar typing prediction and anti-phishing features make it a WIN for me. I use older Firefox and IE browsers while at work as it deals with web programming and usability testing , but my home use is strictly Firefox 3.
Job well done. - thepxc, on 05/20/2008, -14/+24Actually, Opera's pretty much always been faster.
(Posted from Swiftfox 3.0pre) - raynar, on 05/20/2008, -3/+13if you're chatting on facebook, you have other problems...
- KibibyteBrain, on 05/20/2008, -0/+9@lamiaconfitor Webkit and KHTML are both open source. Firefox has more problems than just speed, namely meeting web standards and such, and overall stability and codebase management issues. Considering Webkit is a younger project and Mozilla is already trying to catch up to it this time around, I wouldn't count Webkit out just yet. Especially as it has been more popular with other FOSS projects like Android.
- Elranzer, on 05/20/2008, -0/+9I hope you mean Safari for Mac. Safari for Windows is unusable garbage.
- smackjack, on 05/20/2008, -1/+10you can have both installed. you just can't run both at the exact same time
- fadetoone, on 05/20/2008, -1/+10I'm still getting a couple crashes a day with the RC1 like I was getting with the beta. It's probably a problem with an extension I use, but you'd think they could make the browser a little more fault tolerant with respect to the extensions you run. Crash the extension, not the whole browser.
- warrior007, on 05/20/2008, -0/+9Don't spam . Digg guys don't click adds
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