Standblog - Mot-clé - sunspiderTristan Nitot sur la technologie, l'Internet et les libertés numériques2024-03-19T18:09:38+01:00Tristan Nitoturn:md5:82ecb6a121c45d09243dc58cde2a1c14DotclearWooooosh: Firefox 3 Beta 4 has been releasedurn:md5:3ae1c85386bfd8bace802808c65b8bfd2008-03-11T19:45:00+01:002008-03-11T19:45:00+01:00Tristanenfx3speedsunspider <p>I'm super excited to see the <a href="http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2008/03/10/firefox-3-beta-4-now-available-for-download/" hreflang="en">Firefox 3 Beta 4 announcement</a>. And as far as I can tell, I'm not alone:</p>
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<li><em>Ed Burnette (ZDNet)</em>: <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=548" hreflang="en">Firefox 3 Beta 4 is 5x faster than IE7, 3x faster than FF2</a> (but relies on benchmarking done <em>before Beta 4 was released</em>)</li>
<li><em>ZDNet</em>: <a href="http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12554_22-191683-17.html" hreflang="en">SunSpider JavaScript score</a> (lower is better). "Firefox 3.0 beta 4 is a very responsive browser.", along with a graph:
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<li>IE7: 22 678.4</li>
<li>Firefox 2: 12 460.4</li>
<li>Firefox 3 Beta 3: 6 473.2</li>
<li>Firefox 3 Beta 4: 2 801.2</li>
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<li><em>Monkeybites blog at Wired</em>: <a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/03/new-beta-4-puts.html" hreflang="en">The most noticeable thing in the new beta is the blazing speed improvements</a> "(...) beta 4 also sees an incremental drop in the memory footprint."</li>
<li><em>Ars Technica</em>: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080310-first-look-firefox-3-beta-4-brings-new-vista-hotness.html" hreflang="en">highly robust and impressively responsive</a></li>
<li><em>Download Squad</em>: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/03/10/firefox-3-beta-4-released/" hreflang="en">The browser is also designed to use less memory, and there are major improvements to the JavaScript engine that should allow web based applications like Gmail and Zoho Office to run twice as fast in Firefox 3 as Firefox 2.</a></li>
<li><em>InformationWeek</em>: <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/03/mozilla_introdu.html" hreflang="en">I've been using it as my primary browser since December and it works just fine.</a></li>
<li><em>01 Informatique</em>: <a href="http://www.01net.com/editorial/373991/firefox-3-beta-4-disponible-en-telechargement/" hreflang="fr">elle gagne aussi considérablement en rapidité</a> ;</li>
<li><em>The Open Road</em>: <a href="http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9890682-16.html" hreflang="en">I love Firefox. I love that it doesn't treat me like a second-class citizen because I use a Mac. I love its egalitarian (and now super-speedy) nature. This is how software should be written.</a></li>
<li><em>Paula Rooney (ZDNet)</em>: <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2103" hreflang="en">beta 4 offers better integration with Windows Vista</a>.</li>
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