Randall Parker wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Jul 2001 21:33:14 -0500 esteemed Greg Miller did hold forth
> thusly:
>
>>But what parts do you compare? In which operations should performance
>>hold up the 1.0 release?
>>
>
> First and foremost it is a browser. Go to some web sites and go thru a series
> of pages. I peridiocally do this with Moz and IE and use the NT Task Manager
> to see how much CPU time each uses. I go to some site on both of them. Click
> thru the same series of pages in parallel and then see how much CPU time each
> takes. I've done this on several sites and Moz usually takes about twice as
> much CPU time.
Ah, so it's about numbers in task manager? I tend to evaluate software
based on user experience instead.
> I also go to a page on both browsers, click on a link using Moz, then click
> on it using IE and then watch as IE finishes loading and displaying it first
> even though Moz got the head start.
Not sure that's a fair comparison, since either could interfere with the
other.
> I also right click and open new windows and watch how long Moz and IE take to
> open new windows. Well, IE is faster again.
Yet neither is particularly bothersome.
>
> Of course, Opera is faster than either of them.
And? None of that changes the fact that Mozilla is an excellent product
that's easily of 1.0 caliber from a user perspective. There are still
some things that should probably be done for developers and embedders,
but nothing that should delay 1.0 very much further.
>>Why? I'd call it easily the best browser out there. It's quick (even if
>>it's not as quick in many areas as some of the others) and the page
>>display is a pleasure to work with (far better than the alternatives).
>>
>
> Its slow. Its still flaky.
It's fast and stable. Not quite to the same extent as IE, perhaps, but
it has other advantages. If speed were all that mattered, Opera would
have marketshare.
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