IE9 Races for Fastest Browsers in the World Spot with Chrome, Firefox,

[JMH]

IE9 Races for Fastest Browsers in the World Spot with Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Safari.

Performance-wise, the release of Platform Preview 3 Build 1.9.7.8.74.6000 has brought Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) closer than ever to the latest versions of Chrome, Opera, Safari and Firefox. It’s clear that with the next generation of Internet Explorer, Microsoft has a real shot at grabbing the world’s fastest browser spot, in the detriment of rival browsers developed by Google, Mozilla, Opera or Apple. But such glory will undoubtedly be short lived, by any standards, as neither Internet Explorer 9, nor any other browser will be capable of achieving a speed advantage sufficiently comfortable to allow it to maintain the lead for a longer period of time.

Then again, this aspect matters little to all interested parties, from browser vendors, to users, web and add-on developers, etc. Google, Mozilla, Opera, Safari and even Microsoft have used various opportunities to applaud the performance of their respective browsers over that of rivals, enjoying different levels of credibility. It is after all an ongoing race, much like the overall evolution of browsers.

The Redmond company has the toughest job of all rivals in bringing to the public conclusions of its own measuring contests in which IE comes on top of its competitors. The software giant’s comparison of browser speed done for IE8, using real-world scenarios, put IE9’s predecessor on top of Chrome 1.0 and Firefox 3.5 in early 2009. But I remember a range of user feedback that expressed skepticism of Microsoft’s findings.

Source.
IE9 Races for Fastest Browsers in the World Spot with Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Safari - Counting milliseconds - Softpedia

 

[mhasanbulli]

First of all, thank you very much for the news JMH

Secondly, I am a huge fan of Microsoft. It is very obvious that Redmond Company has a lot of plans for 2009-2010 which started with Windows 7. I am quite interested in IE 9 but I do not think I will be switching to it as, for instance, IE does not support add-ons. Well, it may support some alternatives but it is not like in Firefox. Even Chrome is not that advanced. I love the speed of Chrome. But, is it really that important how fast a browser starts up? In my opinion, I would prefer a browser which does everything the way I want. Of course, this is what I think

 

[housry23]

First of all, thank you very much for the news JMH

Secondly, I am a huge fan of Microsoft. It is very obvious that Redmond Company has a lot of plans for 2009-2010 which started with Windows 7. I am quite interested in IE 9 but I do not think I will be switching to it as, for instance, IE does not support add-ons. Well, it may support some alternatives but it is not like in Firefox. Even Chrome is not that advanced. I love the speed of Chrome. But, is it really that important how fast a browser starts up? In my opinion, I would prefer a browser which does everything the way I want. Of course, this is what I think

Chrome does now have extensions and they are expanding daily. You can get many of the same addons for Firefox as extensions for Chrome. Firefox is a great browser and I used it for a long time and still do from time to time, but in my opinion Chrome has surpassed Firefox. I am hopeful that Firefox 4 will take the crown back, but it is a wait and see type thing.

Each and everyone is entitled to their own opinion and i respect yours. I am no way bashing. I am just giving my opinion on the matter.

 

[Dave76]

Interesting article, thanks JMH.

Looks like IE9 will be in the race, about time.

I hope there is a revolving "Fastest Browser" competition from now on.

It gives us something to talk about

 

[mayur]

i think...mozilla and ie9 rocks....for win7

 

[smarteyeball]

I am hopeful that Firefox 4 will take the crown back, but it is a wait and see type thing.

Unfortunately, I doubt FF 4 will be re-taking any crowns. Neither will IE9, but neither will be going anywhere any time soon.

One thing that is forgotten amidst all these 'browser wars' is that all of them are continually improving and we are literally becoming spoilt for choice.

And that can only be a good thing.

 

[mayur]

firefox new update download it guyzz........

Download Firefox 3.6.6 - FileHippo.com

 

[smarteyeball]

What aboutz the galzz? They might want to d/l it too?

BTW, already mentioned: http://www.sevenforums.com/browsers-mail/93759-firefox-3-6-6-released.html#post810589

But thanks anyway

 

[echrada]

I for one, cannot wait for the full release of IE9.

 

[sygnus21]

I for one, cannot wait for the full release of IE9.

Same here

 

[brummyfan]

I for one, cannot wait for the full release of IE9.

Me too.

 

[QuackPot]

Thought this (final release) was supposed to be out in March?

 

[SuperiorBeen]

@ mhasanbulli
IE supports addons since version 5.5. The most important thing I dont like about IE is the interface. I hope they will get it right this time.

 

[mhasanbulli]

@ mhasanbulli
IE supports addons since version 5.5. The most important thing I dont like about IE is the interface. I hope they will get it right this time.

Yeah, yeah I know that it supports add-ons but I just find Firefox more useful

 

[mhasanbulli]

First of all, thank you very much for the news JMH

Secondly, I am a huge fan of Microsoft. It is very obvious that Redmond Company has a lot of plans for 2009-2010 which started with Windows 7. I am quite interested in IE 9 but I do not think I will be switching to it as, for instance, IE does not support add-ons. Well, it may support some alternatives but it is not like in Firefox. Even Chrome is not that advanced. I love the speed of Chrome. But, is it really that important how fast a browser starts up? In my opinion, I would prefer a browser which does everything the way I want. Of course, this is what I think

Chrome does now have extensions and they are expanding daily. You can get many of the same addons for Firefox as extensions for Chrome. Firefox is a great browser and I used it for a long time and still do from time to time, but in my opinion Chrome has surpassed Firefox. I am hopeful that Firefox 4 will take the crown back, but it is a wait and see type thing.

Each and everyone is entitled to their own opinion and i respect yours. I am no way bashing. I am just giving my opinion on the matter.

I understand man. I is very obvious that Google is doing an amazing job with Chrome. I actually used Chrome for a while because I wanted to switch to Chrome to be honest but I was not very satisfied with the add-ons they had. That is it

 

[mhasanbulli]

Thought this (final release) was supposed to be out in March?

No! They announced IE9 Platform Preview in March. I hope I am not wrong

 

[windows7user]

I don't really see why they couldn't just release a beta now. IE9 looks really decent enough now, that at least they could put a real address bar and make it usable for casual browsing. I think there might be heavy UI changes coming in IE9 and maybe Microsoft wants to keep it a secret?

 

[wilywombat]

After seeing the comments earlier re Firefox 4, whats the opinion of Mozilla Developer Preview 3.7 Alpha 5 (which is supposed to be an early release of FF4?? I'm using it at the moment and it does seem a little faster than 3.6.

 

[bigcitycat]

Firefox has noscript and that is the best addon available. Chrome has a nice browser but the only option for blocking script is all or nothing. Plus I am using the add on FX4 for Firefox and it looks like 4.0 whicH I think is the best looking browser.

 

[mayur]

i think latest version of firefox is better.....