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April 3rd, 2008

Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 faster on Mac OS X than Safari 3.1

Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 5:21 am

Categories: Apple, Software

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Apple Mac OS X, Beta, Firefox 3.0, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems

Previous benchmark tests that I’d carried out on my Mac mini had shown that Safari 3.1 was the fastest browser for the Mac OS X. Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 changes that.

Using the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark test my testing shows that Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 holds a 7% lead over Safari 3.1. 

Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 faster on Mac OS X than Safari 3.1

Firefox 3.0 is shaping up to be a fine browser.

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RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 faster on Mac OS X than Safari 3.1
Here's probably the most comprehensive one you're gonna find, by me of course.

http://www.carcinogenic-studios.com/sunspider-javascript-benchmark.html

- James C.... (Read the rest)
Posted by: sparcdr Posted on: 06/18/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
What about Camino?  kronj | 04/03/08
camino  burgerboy9n | 04/03/08
Just how can MS let a bunch of punks beat them so badly? MS has the best  DonnieBoy | 04/03/08
Speed is less important than security  NonZealot | 04/03/08
You should read your own links better.  philpenn | 04/03/08
Hmm, hasn't changed on my copy  NonZealot | 04/03/08
captain troll.  lostarchitect | 04/04/08
Can't dispute anything I said!!  NonZealot | 04/05/08
this is me ignoring the troll (sort of) [n/m]  lostarchitect | 04/06/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 faster on Mac OS X than Safari 3.1  jragosta | 04/03/08
Good point, Safari renders faster than Firefox  NonZealot | 04/03/08
Huh?  jragosta | 04/03/08
Not very well hidden  frgough | 04/04/08
you know that's not true  lostarchitect | 04/04/08
What he thinks is quite irrelevant  NonZealot | 04/05/08
did you read the tech note?  lostarchitect | 04/06/08
Can't dispute anything I said!!  NonZealot | 04/06/08
there's no point.  lostarchitect | 04/06/08
But Java IS what I run all day  Aesculapian | 04/03/08
Even for Java  jragosta | 04/04/08
And while people are checking, jragosta,  mhenriday | 04/04/08
Em u do know java and javascript are two very different things?  akkarin2.0 | 04/04/08
Of course it is...  ejhonda | 04/03/08
Trick?  jragosta | 04/03/08
Oh dear, you are SO wrong!  NonZealot | 04/03/08
Oops, sorry about the URLs  NonZealot | 04/03/08
Difference  jragosta | 04/03/08
Linux is illegal?  laura.b | 04/04/08
Perhaps..  jragosta | 04/04/08
Re: Never implied - BS  laura.b | 04/04/08
Extra assistance  laura.b | 04/04/08
Wait a minute  laura.b | 04/04/08
Since when?  jragosta | 04/04/08
All the time  laura.b | 04/04/08
But VERY buggy on PPC Mac!  sdfasdfasdf4444 | 04/03/08
Buggy too on Intel Mac! sad  nicolas@... | 04/07/08
i have no issues at all. (n/m)  lostarchitect | 04/07/08
Opera 9.5 is probably even faster  mrregistered | 04/04/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 faster on Mac OS X than Safari 3.1  mjeppsen | 04/08/08
You say that now but...  eMJayy | 04/08/08
You should be comparing firefox beta to webkit nightly builds.  BrokeOne | 04/08/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 faster on Mac OS X than Safari 3.1  JosiahPlatt | 04/08/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 faster on Mac OS X than Safari 3.1  MrFussyFont | 04/08/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 faster on Mac OS X than Safari 3.1  mikewbell | 04/08/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 faster on Mac OS X than Safari 3.1  metfoo | 04/08/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 faster on Mac OS X than Safari 3.1  llwbtdt@... | 04/11/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 faster on Mac OS X than Safari 3.1  sparcdr | 06/18/08

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