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Firefox 3 Memory Benchmarks and Comparison - Safari Appears the Worst

Posted by sudhirmangla July 4, 2008

Web browser performance is an often talked-about and flaunted thing, but many claims are not really backed up by solid evidence. I wrote software that collected millions of data points over 14 hours of actual browsing time, and this article reveals my findings. Problem Many people load hundreds of web pages, sometimes at the same time, often over periods of 3+ hours. Users complain about the memory usage of Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer, and we need a way to identify which browsers... Read more »

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Firefox 3 CPU Usages Problem

Posted by sudhirmangla June 27, 2008

I installed Firefox 3 on Windows XP SP3 on my dell laptop. The Firefox process CPU usage keeps varying between 2-3% and 6-7%. I was totally surprised by this behavior, how such popular software is having so obvious problem. His is really a very serious issue. It can drain your laptop battery very quickly. My advice to all the users of this blog is to stay away from Firefox 3 till they release an update to fix the issue. You may think of switching back to Firefox 2 or may be even to internet explorer. After... Read more »

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