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Which Browsers are the Fastest?

Posted by geeknews at 3:08 PM on February 11, 2005

A guy in the UK has published results of tests he ran on Mac, Windows, and Linux, with as many browsers as he could load on each system. He tested them for cold starting, warm starting, CSS Rendering speed, table rendering speed, script speed, multiple image display time, and history. He then split them into the three OS divisions and made some detailed charts on the results. Yes, the results will surprise you, and no, they may not be lab quality tests, but he does lay out the exact manner in which they were performed. It’s a good read indeed. Check it out here. 

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  1. From Left on the web at 9:23 am on February 12, 2005

    Browser speed

    Interesting. A quite extensive browser speed test for browsers in Linux, Mac and Windows. Very good to see the different browsers put next to eachother. It’s not an official test, it’s not a scientific test, but a test by someone who wanted to test the…

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