Friday, May 6, 2011

Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer: What does the future of browser?

The browser market is highly competitive in a long time, the three leaders Microsoft, Mozilla and Google regularly offer new versions available for download. Whether used Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox in features and speed, shows for you.

Fresh Browser: focus on features and speed


In the current version you have Internet Explorer (IE) and Firefox radically changed in appearance. The tabs to the top, option menus take up less space. IE10 and 5 Firefox take advantage of this attractive design to compete with smart features and an even greater pace to win the favor of users. Is obligatory because the support mittlerweilse through your PC: The other untapped power of the graphics card accelerates complex page content.

Mozilla Firefox 5

The design introduced in Firefox 4 gives the Mozilla browser, a modern touch, thanks to top-placed tabs and practical options button allows the Firefox web pages more freedom. In addition to higher speeds Mozilla Firefox at their 5 on ease of use and better support for HTML5 features. Given the early state of development progress to the predecessor are still low. Since the Aurora version not even a beta, many developers have not yet amended their add-ons - only a few extensions already work fine.

Google Chrome 12

With the use of graphics cards for the calculation of web pages in Google Version 10, a further screw was found to increase the speed of the already quick browser yet. Version 11 is yet another unique feature: On a specially adapted websites converts speak into your microphone or headset and Chrome for this information thanks to HTML5 ("Speech Input API") automatically into text. An early beta version of Chrome 12 has - apart from detail changes in the design - though still not major innovations, but already shows the pace of promise.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10

Microsoft has sought to counteract the IE9 criticism of the company's own browser - fast pace, compelling security and a new design of the Internet Explorer made ??competitive again. But the developers do not rest on our laurels, but bring an early pre-release version called "Platform Preview 1" of Internet Explorer, 10 in position. As with the IE9 represent the first releases of the browser is only a basic framework with which the tempo and try out new features. Already it is clear: Microsoft is making progress HTML5 and graphics acceleration.

Benchmarks: How fast are the new browser?

The trend continues: Google Chrome needs to be competitive in some of the benchmarks point to the courts, because Firefox 5 and IE10 speed up. Except for "SunSpider" Google's browser is still brisk in the calculation of lateral sites, even in the Acid3 test verified conformity with current Web standards Chrome remains the front. Compared with Version 4 has improved the speed even more Mozilla, Firefox 5 Aurora is on par with the "Platform Preview 1 " of IE10.

Browser in speed check: The big benchmark comparison

The SunSpider benchmarks, octopus, V8 and Dromaeo check the speed of presentation of JavaScript. The Acid3 test analyzes the conformity to current Web standards. In SunSpider and octopus is a low value (in seconds) the better - for V8, Acid3 Dromaeo and a high value (in points / runs).

Note: Depending on the hardware covered the results of the benchmarks vary. The test of PC COMPUTER: Apple iMac with Intel Core 2 Duo E7600 (3.06 GHz), four gigabytes of RAM, Nvidia GeForce 9400M, Windows 7 (32 bit).

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