Browser Performance Testing - Internet Explorer 8

See how Internet Explorer 8 stacks up against other browsers like Firefox and Chrome in real world web page load time testing. Learn more about Internet Explorer 8 here:
http://tinyurl.com/ie8learnmore

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ie8
• internet
• explorer
• ie8beta
• windows
• security
• performance
• testing
• test
• firefox
• chrome
• microsoft

[somerandomvideo]

You best be joking about Safari

[pika2001]

Here's what I get from the video:

1. Chrome is awesome! This is a 1.0 browser, with a performance on par with a browser on its 8th version (IE8).

2. IE8 is faster than older version of Firefox. By the time IE8 is out, FF is on 3.0.7, and 3.1 is coming. By the time IE8 is widely used (windows 7), everybody is already on their next version.

3. So MS proves that all browsers are fast, that they're pretty much the same. If that's the case, then features like add-ons becomes important. Firefox wins.

[brooklinboyandsasa]

@pika2001 i doesnt realy know.... maybe im not a google chromefag but have browsers which can do something better then others except ie :D like flock is for internet videos like youtube and songbird for music like

internet radios and firefox and google chrome is the gold middle way (u doesnt heared songbird and flock browser does you :P but it exist u should give a try )

[captain150]

IE8 isn't a bad browser. I found it relatively quick at loading sites, but it was very slow when dealing with tabs (opening them, closing them etc).

But the new crop of browsers (FF4, Chrome 9, Opera 11 and especially IE9) blow it out of the water. I've been using FF for almost 7 years, and IE9 is the closest I've come to actually using IE again. It's really good.

[AntDX316]

Youtube load more really shows how bad IE is, if you don't know the difference, click load more 20 times on IE, then click 20 times on Mozilla then you will know the difference. Mozilla really takes advantage of my high end PC. It's like IE is Snow Leopard and Mozilla is Windows 7. It's that good.

[atan0k]

1. Standards support > speed performance. IE8 automatically disqualified.

2. Misleading benchmark presentation:

Test1: 0.02s less -> WHOOO SUCK IT!!!

Test2: 0.02s more -> 0.02?! That's nothing, completely irrelevant!

Test3: 0.02s less -> IE8 IS THE BEST FOREVER!

Followed by comparison with the worst cases.

3. Use of tick chart: hiding benchmark differentials to downplay negligible gains.

Not to speak of Microsoft's track record of public deception and downright lying

[XboxMegaTech]

says the man named as "joeyjoejoe5000"

cant figure out better name?

-.-"

[JoeyJoeJoe5000]

Internet Explorer is terrible. I use Opera, way faster, and WAY more secure. It's not all about speed, it's also about security, support, customization, and features. And pretty much every other browser far out does IE in all those categories.

[dvdhny]

Firefox is used by kids that think they're techies and go "omg i haz firefox im cul now. love me plz".

Firefox is moderately fast, but the actual software performance is horrible. It takes up the most memory and has the largest CPU usage....

[dvdhny]

@Jorawar69

This was meant to show what speed the AVERAGE user would get... I don't care if you can "tweak" the performance... when the user downloads the browser and installs it, they will use it. That is what state these tests use.

[kiashadowwave]

in the end the performance difference is so marginally small that the only thing that actually matters anymore is what the browser supports... and IE falls WAY behind on CSS and HTML support, a lot of features don't work or are not displayed properly.

Causes a lot of headaches for developers.

[veyroPL]

I'm using new Chrome and have nothing bad to say about this browser...

I'm regulary downloading all new browsers to see what happens in the second world :)

It's my hobby