Browser tests.

gillywibble · 8 Jul 2007 at 18:19

Did a few tests with different browsers to see which is the fastest.

Opening window within browser (in seconds):-

Firefox

1.28
1.15
1.15
1.16

IE7

3.21
2.53
2.44
2.31

Opera

1.92
0.90
0.90
0.90
0.90

Safari

1.28
0.85
0.81
0.85

Loading Java based application:-

Firefox

19.21
18.90

IE7

24.25
19.03

Opera

21.28
18.49

Safari

1.05.92
1.03.99

Not sure why Safari struggled with Java. On normal surfing it is very quick. I need to run more tests to get a better picture.

meghatronic · 8 Jul 2007 at 18:22

I don't know what page you were loading, but I find IE7 to actually be the fastest on my system and safari to be the slowest.

marc2003 · 8 Jul 2007 at 18:29

the biggest limiting factors are always going to be your connection and the server on the other end. whether one browser is x.x milliseconds faster than another rendering a given page is pretty much useless..... well unless you only ever visit that one page you used to benchmark.

tolien · 8 Jul 2007 at 20:52

Looks like there's some precaching going on too - notice that for every browser, the time drops after the first load.

What version of Firefox were you trying and what extensions were running? Empty profile?
Same applies to Opera and IE as well - you'd be surprised how much difference clearing the cache and such can make.

gillywibble · 8 Jul 2007 at 20:55

tolien said:
Looks like there's some precaching going on too - notice that for every browser, the time drops after the first load.

Yes, I noticed that too.

There are no add ons. I'll clear cache and test again.

Energize · 8 Jul 2007 at 21:33

I find opera to be the fastest and ie to be slow.

Greenlizard0 · 8 Jul 2007 at 22:03

Energize said:
I find opera to be the fastest and ie to be slow.

That's why I'm using Opera right now, such a slick thing on my system