Category Archives: Web

Browser Speed is not all about Load Speed

Have you ever had this weird feeling that although Google Chrome itself was quick, the page was dreadfully slow? If yes, it’s perfectly normal, because Google Chrome may be the worst in dynamic page render speed. Hmm, what’s dynamic page … Continue reading

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Left in the dust: IE’s demise

When Acid2 was released, it took a few months for Safari to pass it (webkit), a year for Opera (presto) and 3 for Firefox. Internet Explorer took 4 years, with the release of Internet Explorer 8. Now that Acid3 is … Continue reading

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Object Oriented CSS – A Primer

Preface Object Oriented CSS (OOCSS) has recently made some buzz in the web industry and for very good reasons. It’s the kind of thing I go: why didn’t I think about this? As a CSS architect, I’m very enchanted to … Continue reading

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Opera 10 Unite

I was very critical in my last review of Opera Software’s Ian Hickson for his design choices in the latest beta of Opera 10. Either they listened or a lot of people raved about that because they made a few … Continue reading

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The fastest browser on Mac OS X Leopard – 06/2009

Browsers – Mozilla Firefox 3.5b4 – Apple Safari 4.0 (5530.17) – Opera 10.00 Beta V8 Benchmark Fastest: Safari Firefox: 272 Safari: 2676 Opera: 188 Sunspider Benchmark Fastest: Safari Firefox: 1044.6 Safari: 895.4 Opera: 4006.8 Tables Fastest: Safari Firefox: 297 Safari: … Continue reading

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Yes IE is slow, Yes Firefox is slow, Yes Safari on Windows is slow…but!

I love these tests. Thank you Lifehacker. Wasn’t it freaken obvious that Chrome was faster. Doesn’t take a genius to figure out Apple’s and Microsoft’s in-lab tests are just a load of bull. Browser speed isn’t solely dependent on how … Continue reading

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Bing! Not so much

Well, turns out market share for Bing dropped after that special day, go read on TechCrunch. But anyway, with all niceties aside and the fact that Bing simply doesn’t help you more if you don’t live in some of the … Continue reading

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Google Wave, HTML 5 and Webkit

At this year’s Google I/O, we’ve had a taste of this very sweet thing called Google Wave. I’m totally sold, this thing really is email invented and I think once people realize how powerful it is, and when people try … Continue reading

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Bing! It works!

Well if you saw my article titled Bing!, you know that in my head Bing was a stupid rename of Live search. But, it works! Yes, Bing effectively jumped pass Yahoo’s share of the market in the last few days. … Continue reading

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Opera 10 Beta – First Thoughts

Speed Improvements Although I didn’t benchmark anything, as always there’s nothing to be said about Opera’s speed. It’s still a zippy browser with a really high tech JavaScript, HTML and CSS render engine. New Interface Skin The new interface skin … Continue reading

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