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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.
The Flavors of Gecko Technology
The number of different applications that use Gecko are ever increasing. What’s Gecko? It’s the rendering engine that powers such programs as Firefox, Thunderbird and many more.
I guess it all starts with Netscape back in 1998 and possibly even before that when Netscape decided to make a technology to power their browser. It’s come a long way and here are a few applications taking advantage of this open source technology.
- Firefox* – The most popular and most wildly used Gecko application. It’s the little web browser that’s trying to change the world. With hundreds of extensions and themes, customizing it to fit your needs is one thing that makes it so popular.
Now 14.7% More IE Friendly
Blog on a stick is now 14.7% friendlier to our IE visitors. I removed a script that allowed IE to actually render transparent PNG’s with transparent backgrounds. It seemed to be slowing down the blog for those users and I didn’t like that. So it’s gone. Instead, you get to see an ugly background on all transparent PNG files. It’s not my fault, blame Bill Gates.
Of course, if you are using Firefox, Opera, Flock, SeaMonkey, Safari or basically any non-IE browser, you have no idea what I’m talking about because your browser rocks. 
yExplore Adds Firefox 2 & 3 Support
yExplore has been updated to version 1.2 adding support for Firefox 2 and Firefox 3.
Since it’s a basic extension, and doesn’t tie into much that will change a lot, I thought it was safe to add the additional support. It has been tested by a friend in the latest version of Firefox so now everyone can enjoy it. 
Next up, Flock & Seamonkey support!
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1 Review
I’ve downloaded Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0 and I’m using it right now. I was all excited as I thought SeaMonkey would be Firefox+Thunderbird+Nvu all rolled into one. Not Quite.
First off, SeaMonkey has an identity crisis on it’s hands. I started it up and it felt like 1997 with Netscape 4.7. Seriously people, either make a default theme or make the ‘Modern’ theme default. People do judge on look and the Netscape 4.7 look is not good.
Second, some of the features I’ve come to know and love from Mozilla products are missing.
- Toolbar is not customizable.
