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Will Opera claim the Javascript speed title?
A recent blog entry on the Opera web site states that "Carakan is currently about two and a half times faster at the SunSpider benchmark than the ECMAScript engine in Presto 2.2 (Opera 10 Alpha).
On my laptop running an Intel T5500, Opera 10 posts a total time of 5006.4ms. Even at 2.5 times faster, that's still not as fast as the 1410.2ms Chrome 2.0.160.0 puts up. In fact, the projected 2002.6ms time is 50% slower than Chrome.
That said, Sunspider is only a benchmark. What really matters is how browsers compare to each other in real use, and Opera 10 alpha certainly "feels" like it's competitive with Chrome and Firefox.
The Opera development team also reports that "other benchmarks" with which Carakan is already compatible report results that range from 5 to 50 times faster than Futhark. There's no mention of what the tests involved, but it's fair to say that if those numbers can be translated into real world performance Opera will be in a good position to throw down the gauntlet.
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Subscribe to commentsDave ForsterFeb 7th 2009 4:44PM
the answer to the question in the original article is simply...no! For the same reasons that firefox or chrome won't ultimately steal the show from IE. IE is widely used by the business/corps community because it fits nicely with security policy and is much more easily managed... simple as. As soon as mozilla et al address the business use issue and allow easier and integration with business policies then they will really make headway.... regardless of whether javavavavaaav... jive turkey is faster or not !
radman1331Feb 7th 2009 6:18PM
I am sure people will flock to a browser because it is 5ms faster in java
KeegdnaBFeb 7th 2009 8:37PM
I mostly use Firefox but once in awhile I like a little variety so I pull up Opera or Chrome and I have no problems with either. Personally, I don't care about comparing performance. Unless something is rendering noticably slow for some reason, any browser today is fast enough for most people to really not care. It's all a matter of having the right features, which Firefox wins hands down with the extendability.
GeirFeb 8th 2009 6:34PM
I use Opera about 95% of the time, the rest is sprinkled between Firefox, Chrome, IE, and lynx.
redlambFeb 9th 2009 4:40AM
but does your browser have any panic keys?
mine has, ctrl+h. wooooahhh!!! it's gone!!!!!!
GalleyFeb 9th 2009 8:12AM
Every browser should have a "boss button".
Shaurya VermaFeb 9th 2009 10:29AM
The size of the toolbars can easily be changed to much smaller than firefox or chrome, with all the features intact change the theme to something like opera standard slim - 2.4. there are lots others.
also you might want to visit this old link, a lot of which is still meaningful.
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/05/10-features-youll-find-only-in-opera.html.
i use opera because it gives me the best user interface and performance. i also lie chrome and maxthon though.
WikinerdFeb 9th 2009 8:37AM
I wonder how that compares with Squirrelfish Extreme?
redlambFeb 9th 2009 12:47PM
These are the things i love about opera:
irc chatting(mainly for downloading stuffs)
speed dial(this serves sa my "home page")
widgets
mail client
notes
simple password management
rss feeds
sync your mobile device using opera
the option to hide images on any page
detailed download manger
being able to hide in my system tray
and lightweight.