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JSNES – NES emulator written entirely in Javascript shows off Chrome speed
Sep 18th
Ben Firshman has ported the vNES into Javascript. Seriously… in JavaScript. While that’s pretty cool itself what it really shows is the blinding fast speed at which Google Chrome can handle JavaScript. In Google Chrome you get Full speed, 60 FPS emulation. Firefox… about 10 FPS. Now you can goof off with some cool old school NES games right from your browser… as long as your browser is Chrome (COMEON GOOGLE… GET EXTENSIONS IN THERE SO I CAN SWITCH!)
Google Chrome’s JavaScript Engine Is CRAZY FAST
May 21st
I’ve been pretty excited about the entry of the Chrome browser into the browser wars. For starters it has the full force of Google behind it. Secondly, since they essentially launched the AJAX revolution with GMail Google is keenly aware of JavaScript performance. Let’s put it this way… very fast JavaScript only makes sites which make heavy use of JavaScript more useable. Read that as “Google wants to web-enable everything”. Back in March of this year Google released a faster beta version of Chrome that boasted some performance enhancements. However, since Chrome is not your typical stay-in-beta-forever Google product (I’m looking at you GMail!!!!) it wasn’t something most users downloaded. Well, with their 2.x release you now get their 25-35% speed increase in benchmarking tests, along with a few other pluses (most of which other browsers have had for some time now). Seriously though, the real story here is the V8 JavaScript engine and it’s performance… which in a word is… SICK!
Ok so let’s look at what else you get first:
- Improved New Tab Page: The most requested feature from users was the ability to remove thumbnails from the New Tab page. Now you can finally hide that embarrassing gossip blog from the Most Visited section.
- Full Screen Mode: If you’ve ever given a presentation or watched a large video using Google Chrome, you might have wished you could use every last pixel on your screen for the content. Now you can hide the title bar and the rest of the browser window by hitting F11 or selecting the option in the Tools menu.
- Form Autofill: Filling out your information in forms over and over again can be tedious. Form autofill helps by showing information you’ve previously entered into the same form fields automatically. If at any point you want to clear out your information, that’s easy to do from the Tools menu.
Cool… most of that other modern browsers already have. But how much faster is it? Well, hit up the V8 Benchmark Suite – version 4 in your favorite browsers and see. You can get the full scoop on what each of the tests mean by visiting the site, but here’s the results on my system:
Chrome 2.0.172.28:
Score: 3759
Richards: 3475
DeltaBlue: 3925
Crypto: 3112
RayTrace: 4104
EarleyBoyer: 5980
RegExp: 1342
Splay: 7590
FireFox v3.0.10
Score: 287
Richards: 257
DeltaBlue: 314
Crypto: 163
RayTrace: 253
EarleyBoyer: 352
RegExp: 197
Splay: 692
As you can see Chrome’s v2.x release spanks tha pants off FireFox v3 in raw JavaScript performance. Of course, Chrome doesn’t offer the full experience of FireFox. Namely, it’s lacked extensions. While I appreciate the speed provided (and yes… GMail IS faster in Chrome) I don’t know that I can live without Adblock or Better Gmail 2. However, if Chrome gets extensions prior to the latest beta of FireFox making out of the door then it could be a serious contenter.
Read more about Chrome on it’s features page and if you feel so inclinded grab a copy for yourself from the download site.
Google Chrome TV Commercials Coming Soon
May 8th
Google isn’t known for using advertising to gain market share. But it looks like that wont be the case for their shiny new browser: Google Chrome.
Chrome ads have been showing up all over the Web on Google-owned sites like YouTube as well as third-party websites like LinkedIn. Now, the company is set to launch TV ads to promote the Web browser and they’ll be starting as early as this weekend.
The commercial itself was developed by Google Japan and is…. abstract. There is no voice over and no people. The video has the simple message “Install Google Chrome” at the end. It’s all very Apple-ish. I almost expect the “there’s an app for that” voice to show up at the end.
What is now clear is that Google is committed to growing Chrome’s marketshare moreso than any other product in recent memory. This is to be expected, now that they’ve officially entered the browser game each Chrome install equals another user that gets Google as their default search engine. That said, Chrome is still lacking two key things: a Mac version (for those who run Mac’s) and an extension platform. Rumor has it that some announcements relating to those items may come at Google’s developer conference later this month…. until then I’ll hold onto FireFox.
Browser Battle: Nine Browsers Compared
Mar 6th
Repost from my buddy Ken’s site.
MaximPC posted a very lengthy article in which it compared nine different web browsers. The article compares…
- Stable / Upcoming Releases
- Rendering Engines
- User Interface
- Standards Compliance
- Security and Privacy
- Add-Ons and Themes
- Performance
The article is much to lengthy for me to post in its entirety so I’ve posted the intro and a chart that highlights the comparisons. I encourage you to read their entire article.
[MaximPC] Anyone who may have thought the death of Netscape would signal the end of the browser wars, boy were they mistaken. In fact, it could be argued that it was at that point it all began. It didn’t take long for Mozilla’s Firefox to emerge from Netscape Navigator’s ashes, and over time, Firefox would win over enthusiasts with a potent combination of speed, security, and an unprecedented level of customization.
What started as a two-man battle is quickly growing into all-out warfare. Prepare to be overwhelmed by an onslaught of new browser releases in the coming months as Microsoft, Mozilla, Apple, Opera Software, and Google all vie to provide your vehicle for navigating the web. Each one brings something new to the table, whether it be blazing fast performance or a unique feature-set. Don’t worry if you haven’t been paying attention – we jump in the trenches with whole lot of them and get to know each one on a personal basis.
Source: MaximPC
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