Internet browser question

medicnick83

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Guys,

Answer something for me...

X browser claims it's the fastest browser on the market and along comes XX browser says it's the fastest.

I don't get it, how do you judge what internet browser is the fastest? what does that mean exactly?
 

SlinkyMike

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They mean speed of rendering not speed of downloading the content.

Most websites today have tons of scripting etc. a 'faster' browser will execute these scripts and render etc. quicker.

...that's my understanding anyway.
 

Happy Camper

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Think of it like a gaming engine, the more effort put into the engine the better the output will be at gameplay.
 

HavocXphere

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Usually it refers to javascript performance. Depending on which test you do different browsers come out on top.

MS has recently been on a render speed tangent 'cause the next IE is going to be hardware accelerated (rendering).
 
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