Humpty Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Mozilla fans can now play with the anticipated speedier JavaScript engine in the first beta for Firefox 3.1, as well as explore improvements to the Smart Location Bar and a slick interface for hotkey tab switching. Now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux users, the new JavaScript engine, called TraceMonkey, is not turned on by default. Don't take my word for it, though. Using the SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark test, Firefox 3.1 beta 1 completed the test in 2787.6 milliseconds--about twice as fast as the current stable release, Firefox 3.0.3, which clocked in at 5446.6 ms. CNet Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted October 15, 2008 Moderators Share Posted October 15, 2008 Have you tried it? I'm not touching beta FF right now. 3 is finally kinda acting right finally. I haven't had any blank loaded pages or bad downloads in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay3800 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 How fast is it compared to Opera 9.6? Dell Latitude D600 Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpty Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 Have you tried it? Just installed it now.Seems OK atm but lost a couple of addons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcoffeep Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I talked with a few friend who used it, and they were quite surprised, although, a touch sad because some extensions wouldn't work with it, but, one should expect this with a beta. However, they also didn't notice that tracemonkey wasn't activated upon installation. Can someone say 'oops' to their surprise? Although TraceMonkey is finally included in beta 1, the new engine isn't actually enabled by default. It is still under heavy development and it reportedly exhibits some bugs that could impact JavaScript reliability. To configure TraceMonkey in beta 1, browse to "about:config" and then toggle the "javascript.options.jit.content" variable. From Ars Technica. [edit] -blush- Just noticed that this is also reported in the OP article posted as well. Can someone say 'oops' to my lack of attention? Fantasy is the celebration of what we no longer are: individuals certain of our meaningfulness in a meaningful world. The wish-fulfillment that distinguishes fantasy from other genres is not to be the all-conquering hero, but to live in a meaningful world. The fact that such worlds are enchanted worlds, worlds steeped in magic, simply demonstrates the severity of our contemporary crisis.Scott R. Bakker, Why Fantasy and Why Now? RPG Codex - Putting the 'Role' back in RPG. The Age of Decadence - A game everyone should look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunerz Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I've been using Firefox 3.1b2pre for some weeks now. I did some benchmarks on FF3.0 vs FF3.1 with jit and I pretty much found slight difference in terms of performance. I ran into problems in the V8 Benchmark Suite in FF3.1+jit. The print dialog keeps popping up, thus lowering the score in the benchmark. The add-ons were no problem as long as the extension compatibility is disabled. I might run a test again when FF3.1 20081015 is released and post some screenshots... ============================ Benchmark as of October 15, 2008 Using SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark System: Windows XP SP3 Intel Pentium 4 2994MHz Cedar Mill HT 2x512MB DDR-400 RAM Firefox 3.1 build 20081015 with jit enabled (Portable) Results Opera 9.60 build 10447 (Portable) Results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I'm not touching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I'm not touching it. I'll give you the 10ft pole. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I'll give you the 10ft pole. Every body knows Internet Explorer is the best browser ever made and Microsoft makes the best software ever. We also know the horse and carriage is better than a Porsche and George W Bush is really a great president and one of the smartest humans ever to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcoffeep Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Every body knows Internet Explorer is the best browser ever made and Microsoft makes the best software ever. We also know the horse and carriage is better than a Porsche and George W Bush is really a great president and one of the smartest humans ever to live. Whattaworld! Fantasy is the celebration of what we no longer are: individuals certain of our meaningfulness in a meaningful world. The wish-fulfillment that distinguishes fantasy from other genres is not to be the all-conquering hero, but to live in a meaningful world. The fact that such worlds are enchanted worlds, worlds steeped in magic, simply demonstrates the severity of our contemporary crisis.Scott R. Bakker, Why Fantasy and Why Now? RPG Codex - Putting the 'Role' back in RPG. The Age of Decadence - A game everyone should look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Whattaworld! It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was on my cable TV Free Classic Movie promotion last weekend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Its_a_mad_mad_mad_world Just about all of the stars in that movie have passed on and Jimmy Durante shares the same Birthday as me. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldog9 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 I will try it. The internet - Where men are men, women are men and children are FBI agents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcoffeep Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Javascript speeds NOTE: Tests may vary from computer to computer. Firefox 3 :1st : 293 2nd : 297 3rd : 293 4th : 294 5th : 305 Average : 296.4ms Firefox 3.1 (with Tracemonkey activated) 1st : 72 2nd : 71 3rd : 68 4th : 68 5th : 69 Average : 69.6ms Internet Explorer 7 : (never tried IE8, though. Not even sure if it's usable in Vista. I know it wasn't some time ago.) 1st : 1224 2nd : 937 3rd : 938 4th : 939 5th : 928 Average : 993.2ms Chrome : (never tried Chromium, and this test was taken in late September). 1st : 53 2nd : 57 3rd : 58 4th : 59 5th : 56 Average : 56.6ms Opera 9.52 : (from what I've tested, Opera 9.6 isn't much different in the Javascript category). 1st : 302 2nd : 317 3rd : 317 4th : 333 5th : 309 Average : 315.6ms ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1st - Chrome 2nd - Firefox 3.1 3rd - Firefox 3.0.3 4th - Opera 9.52 5th - IE7 Anyone able to test IE8? Tests were given at : http://wd-testnet.world-direct.at/mozilla/.../jsTimeTest.htm Fantasy is the celebration of what we no longer are: individuals certain of our meaningfulness in a meaningful world. The wish-fulfillment that distinguishes fantasy from other genres is not to be the all-conquering hero, but to live in a meaningful world. The fact that such worlds are enchanted worlds, worlds steeped in magic, simply demonstrates the severity of our contemporary crisis.Scott R. Bakker, Why Fantasy and Why Now? RPG Codex - Putting the 'Role' back in RPG. The Age of Decadence - A game everyone should look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 On my old 500MHZ PIII system running XP Pro SP3 IE8 beta2 Its no speed demon but at its cost to me it is a good test bed. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Every body knows Internet Explorer is the best browser ever made and Microsoft makes the best software ever. We also know the horse and carriage is better than a Porsche and George W Bush is really a great president and one of the smartest humans ever to live. :lol: It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine. P. G. Wodehouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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