Load Testing Blog
Memory consumption and reclamation – Chrome vs. Firefox
I reboot my laptop as infrequently as possible – which means that I keep Firefox running for weeks without restarting. At least, I would prefer to. But the longer it runs, the more memory it gobbles. The only way to reclaim it is to restart.
So when I read about the tab-isolation feature in Googles new Chrome browser which uses a separate process for each tab, it peaked my interest. I installed Chrome and tried a very quick (and not very scientific) test, as described below.
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Safari 3 Windows Performance Analysis
Evaluating Apple’s Browser Performance Claims in The Real World
On June 11th, Apple released a Windows beta version of its OSX web browser, Safari 3.0, claiming its the “fastest browser on Windows”. The claims were based on the results Apple found while running the iBench benchmark from Ziff Davis, with separate measurements for HTML, JavaScript performance, and application start time. While benchmarks are invaluable for performance evaluation, we set out to see if those claims would make a difference in actual browser usage.
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