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March 11th, 2008

Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked

Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 7:41 am

Categories: On the test bench, Software, Thoughts

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Beta, Memory Usage, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

And it’s out!  Mozilla release Beta 4 of Firefox 3.0.

Firefox logoThis latest beta refresh includes includes over 900 additional improvements related to the previous Beta 3 release. At this stage most of the improvements concentrate on areas such as security, plugging memory leaks, improving performance and tidying up the UI.

Be sure to check out the Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 gallery!

Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked

Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked

Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked

Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked

Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked

Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked

Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked

Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 Benchmarked –>

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Actually it's a tie!
Last wednesday both Opera and Safari Webkit achieved Acid3 100/100...so even your tests are now outdated..at this current rate of development, in six months this whole discussion topic will also be outdated...... (Read the rest)
Posted by: eMJayy Posted on: 03/31/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
IE8b1 Acid 3 Score  TigerhawkVok | 03/11/08
No ...  Adrian Kingsley-HughesZDNet Moderator | 03/11/08
What about webkit 3.1?  davidcorley@... | 03/11/08
Except  Spiritusindomit@... | 03/12/08
Except ?  aussieblnd@... | 03/12/08
ACID3 Results  foonospam | 03/11/08
You must be seeing an old version ...  Adrian Kingsley-HughesZDNet Moderator | 03/11/08
Good test  dfolk | 03/11/08
Well ...  Adrian Kingsley-HughesZDNet Moderator | 03/11/08
Thanks for feedback  dfolk | 03/12/08
Not really  Spiritusindomit@... | 03/12/08
Just!  aussieblnd@... | 03/12/08
Your results are already outdated. www.olpcusers.com  momendo | 03/11/08
Actually it's a tie!  eMJayy | 03/31/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked  asadotzler | 03/11/08
Exactly ...  Adrian Kingsley-HughesZDNet Moderator | 03/11/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked  What_the | 03/11/08
Great Benchmarks What about RoboForm  CoolbeansG | 03/11/08
Siber Systems will probably make a compatible version when  SO.CAL Guy | 03/12/08
roboform for Fx 3 b4.  rtk | 03/12/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked  WebUrs | 03/12/08
benchmarking results that may provide wrong info  WebUrs | 03/16/08
Better be  Spiritusindomit@... | 03/12/08
What about a few bug fixes?  cdgoldin | 03/12/08
May be will not work fine with hebrew ..  magallanes | 03/12/08
And?  aussieblnd@... | 03/12/08
Firefox 2.5????? NT  ThereThere | 03/12/08
Your hang problem has nothing to do with the browser  eMJayy | 03/31/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked  bev2photos@... | 03/12/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked  bev2photos@... | 03/12/08
RE: Well done Adrian!  wwwsupport | 03/12/08
Mozilla Firefox 3 Beta 4  benyahuda | 03/12/08
Totally unscientific impressions  erikmidtskogen | 03/12/08
flash locks up on all browsers not just FF flash is crap  SO.CAL Guy | 03/12/08
Flashblocker  jeffrey.denenberg@... | 03/12/08
Silverlight  nix_hed | 03/12/08
It's not flash that's crap it's your system!  GOTBO | 03/13/08
my system is just fine ty i'm not the only one that think flash is crap  SO.CAL Guy | 03/13/08
GET flashblock for Firefox  janitorman | 03/18/08
cant ftp with firefox browser  pcguy777 | 03/12/08
FTP  pj_mouse | 03/13/08
FTP or not FTP  Reged | 03/18/08
Add-Ins  razook@... | 03/20/08
FF 3.0 beta 4 is a lovely browser,  mhenriday | 03/12/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked  mhmcl99@... | 03/12/08
Linux version comparison?  daboochmeister | 03/12/08
Or Mac?  svella | 03/12/08
The results are valid  green alien | 03/13/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked  bikerpappy@... | 03/12/08
good benchmarks!  james.faction | 03/12/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked  paul.ciozda@... | 03/13/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked  ysc2@... | 03/16/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked  WebUrs | 03/16/08
Perhaps Adrian could run these benchmarks again,  mhenriday | 03/18/08

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