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Hand Bent Spoon · 21st March 2004, 03:24 PM

...really faster than any other browser?

I've been testing it out and to me it seems faster, but that could be the placebo effect for all I know.

Does anyone have any data to back up or refute this claim? Is this so much electronic snake-oil, or is it truly a Quicksilveresque webfront?

Zep · 21st March 2004, 04:37 PM

I couldn't say for sure if it is faster than ALL other browsers, but it isn't half bad. It's certainly fast enough for my tastes and requirements, anyway.

Really, the limitations for browser "speed" stem far more from communications issues and straight CPU grunt than the code base and exe optimisation. You can get any dog-of-a-browser to run faster than Firefox if you put it on a lightning-box of some sort with a T2 Internet connection.

Yahweh · 21st March 2004, 05:50 PM

Caution: There is no evidence to back up the following opinion below...

Of the browsers I've tried (or remember trying), I rank browser speeds in this order:
Lynx
Internet Exploror
Firefox/Firebird
Opera
Mozilla

COCT · 21st March 2004, 06:52 PM

Lynx. Ah, the memories.

Vitnir · 22nd March 2004, 12:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Yahweh

Of the browsers I've tried (or remember trying), I rank browser speeds in this order:....

First or last is fastest?

For someone bullied into using Explorer since Micro$oft outperformed Netscape, do the others work 100% with all websites?

21st March 2004, 03:24 PM	#1
Hand Bent Spoon Guest Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 378	I'm a Browser Skeptic! Is Mozilla Firefox... ...really faster than any other browser? I've been testing it out and to me it seems faster, but that could be the placebo effect for all I know. Does anyone have any data to back up or refute this claim? Is this so much electronic snake-oil, or is it truly a Quicksilveresque webfront?
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21st March 2004, 04:37 PM	#2
Zep Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 26,985	I couldn't say for sure if it is faster than ALL other browsers, but it isn't half bad. It's certainly fast enough for my tastes and requirements, anyway. Really, the limitations for browser "speed" stem far more from communications issues and straight CPU grunt than the code base and exe optimisation. You can get any dog-of-a-browser to run faster than Firefox if you put it on a lightning-box of some sort with a T2 Internet connection.
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21st March 2004, 05:50 PM	#3
Yahweh Ayay ashay ayay Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,029	Caution: There is no evidence to back up the following opinion below... Of the browsers I've tried (or remember trying), I rank browser speeds in this order: Lynx Internet Exploror Firefox/Firebird Opera Mozilla
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21st March 2004, 06:52 PM	#4
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22nd March 2004, 12:59 AM	#5
Vitnir Muse Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 669	Quote: Originally posted by Yahweh Of the browsers I've tried (or remember trying), I rank browser speeds in this order:.... First or last is fastest? For someone bullied into using Explorer since Micro$oft outperformed Netscape, do the others work 100% with all websites?