Fastest Mac Browser Test: Firefox 2, 3 and Safari
Have you checked out Dromaeo.com? It’s a Mozilla owned site that runs a set of JavaScripts and test out how fast your browser is. I tried it on my iMac, 1.83 Intel Core Duo with 1.5 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, and found Firefox 3 beta 5 to be the fastest browser. Oddly enough, Firefox 2 was the slowest, even behind SeaMonkey!
Granted, this is no professional test. Firefox 2 has the most extensions on my computer and that could cause slowness. There are always a lot of factors to take into consideration, but this is what my tests show.
Dromaeo JavaScript Testing
2173.00ms - Firefox 3b5
3499.60ms - Safari 1.3
8193.20 - Camino 1.5.5
10798.20 - SeaMonkey 1.1.8
10859.20 - Flock 1.1
12161.40ms - Firefox 2
Did you run your own tests? What did you find?
Thanks for the heads-up on this. My Firefox 3 b5 came in at 2006 while Safari 3.1 was 2087.
- Scott-O-Rama April 23rd, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Mozilla Firefox 3.0b5 - Mac OS X