Monday, January 5, 2009

New Browser Fight!

New Browser Fight between Internet Explorer 8.0.6, Firefox 3.0.5, Safari 3.2.1 and Opera 9.63 on Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1 with a 2GHz Dual-Core Processor and 4.0 GB of RAM. The Game Rules: 1st gets 1pt, 2nd gets 2pt, 3rd gets 3pt, 4th gets 4pt. At the end, the browser with the least points wins.

Round 1:Memory Usage

Safari:uses the most memory
IE:uses second most memory
FF:uses third most memory
Opera:uses the least memory
Opera wins!
Firefox 3:2nd
IE8:3rd
Safari:4th

via Windows Task Manager

Round 2:Speed

Going from Yahoo! to Google
Safari:1.0 sec
IE:1.03 sec
FF:0.97 sec
Opera:1.0 sec
Firefox wins!
Opera and Safari tie for 2nd
Internet Explorer:3rd

Round 3:Add-ons

Safari:Has only 6 plug-ins and no add-ons
FF:Has thousands of plug-ins and thousands of add-ons
IE:Has ActiveX and thousands of add-ons(some cost money)
Opera:Has some plug-ins, but thousands of widgets!
Firefox Wins!
IE in 2nd place
Opera in 3rd
and Safari is last.

Round 4:Acid2 Test
Safari:Pass
Firefox:Pass
IE8:Pass
Opera:Pass
Tie!

Round 5:Acid3 Test
Safari:75/100
Firefox:71/100
IE8:21/100
Opera:85/100
Opera wins!
Safari second
Firefox third
IE8 last.

Round 6:Usage
Safari:7%
Firefox:20%
IE:70%
Opera:0.75%
IE is first!
Firefox 2nd
Safari 3rd
Opera last.

Overall:
Safari for Windows:4th place
Internet Explorer 8:3rd place
Opera for Windows:2nd place
Firefox:1st place!!!!

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