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I wrote a completely useless 3D effect using DOM manipulation some time ago (http://portfoli.no http://portfoli.no), and have been using it since to do my own p

by einaros 17y ago

I wrote a completely useless 3D effect using DOM manipulation some time ago (http://portfoli.no http://portfoli.no), and have been using it since to do my own personal benchmark of various browsers. Being horribly unoptimized, and probably riddled with flaws, it seems a fair middle ground for most JavaScripts out there. FF3.6 is (obviously) by far outperformed by Chrome, but it seems to me that even 3.5x did a better job of running it. In either case, the 3.5->3.6 difference seems marginal for this one.

pohl 17y ago
I wanted to try it on mobile safari, but I can't trigger onMouseOver to start it.
- einaros 17y ago
  On my HTC Hero there's about a second delay between each re-render upon mouseover. Without a keyboard I cant trigger the rotation, so it's difficult to say for sure. I'm amazed it even renders, though. Kudos to the old Android browser for that!
FooBarWidget 17y ago
Your site is actually slower in Chrome than FF3.6 for me. Mouse over is about 10 times (!) slower and scrolling is about 2-3 times slower.
- einaros 17y ago
  Which Chrome version is that? v3.0.195.38 runs it without a glitch here. I did a screencapture, but Jing can't quite keep up with the framerate of the animation, so that looks jumpy (http://screencast.com/t/ODQxMTdmMzg http://screencast.com/t/ODQxMTdmMzg).
  - FooBarWidget 17y ago
    v4.0.249.49 for the Mac. This isn't the only site that Chrome is slower on. There was a link on Reddit or HN a while ago about an image blurrer that was entirely written in JavaScript. FF 3.5 managed to be 2-3 times faster than Chrome for that particular page. Chrome is faster than FF 3.6 on some sites, like Mockingbird, but it does not always outperform FF.
    - einaros 17y ago
      I've yet to try the v4 beta. Seems unlike that they've taken such a huge leap back from v3, though. I'm more inclined to say that Google's implementation on MacOS is inferior to Mozilla's. Did you ever measure the difference with the Windows versions of the browsers, on said web sites?
      - FooBarWidget 17y ago
        No, it's been ages since I've used Windows. In any case, FF 3.6 definitely doesn't feel slow on that site. Everything is pretty smooth except for scrolling which is a little jerky. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ2PDbffKuQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ2PDbffKuQ All in all FF 3.6 is a very nice update. It's noticeably faster than 3.5 on many websites. I used to use Firefox for general browsing and keep Chrome around for a few select websites that Firefox was slow at, but with this update FF is sufficiently fast so I don't need Chrome anymore.
    - dale-cooper 17y ago
      For me, safari feels faster than chrome on the mac. I haven't done any tests so i don't have anything to back it up with.. On Windows/Linux though, chrome is the fastest you can get.

by einaros 17y ago

pohl 17y ago

I wanted to try it on mobile safari, but I can't trigger onMouseOver to start it.

einaros 17y ago
On my HTC Hero there's about a second delay between each re-render upon mouseover. Without a keyboard I cant trigger the rotation, so it's difficult to say for sure. I'm amazed it even renders, though. Kudos to the old Android browser for that!

FooBarWidget 17y ago

Your site is actually slower in Chrome than FF3.6 for me. Mouse over is about 10 times (!) slower and scrolling is about 2-3 times slower.

einaros 17y ago
Which Chrome version is that? v3.0.195.38 runs it without a glitch here. I did a screencapture, but Jing can't quite keep up with the framerate of the animation, so that looks jumpy (http://screencast.com/t/ODQxMTdmMzg http://screencast.com/t/ODQxMTdmMzg).
- FooBarWidget 17y ago
  v4.0.249.49 for the Mac. This isn't the only site that Chrome is slower on. There was a link on Reddit or HN a while ago about an image blurrer that was entirely written in JavaScript. FF 3.5 managed to be 2-3 times faster than Chrome for that particular page. Chrome is faster than FF 3.6 on some sites, like Mockingbird, but it does not always outperform FF.
  - einaros 17y ago
    I've yet to try the v4 beta. Seems unlike that they've taken such a huge leap back from v3, though. I'm more inclined to say that Google's implementation on MacOS is inferior to Mozilla's. Did you ever measure the difference with the Windows versions of the browsers, on said web sites?
    - FooBarWidget 17y ago
      No, it's been ages since I've used Windows. In any case, FF 3.6 definitely doesn't feel slow on that site. Everything is pretty smooth except for scrolling which is a little jerky. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ2PDbffKuQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ2PDbffKuQ All in all FF 3.6 is a very nice update. It's noticeably faster than 3.5 on many websites. I used to use Firefox for general browsing and keep Chrome around for a few select websites that Firefox was slow at, but with this update FF is sufficiently fast so I don't need Chrome anymore.
  - dale-cooper 17y ago
    For me, safari feels faster than chrome on the mac. I haven't done any tests so i don't have anything to back it up with.. On Windows/Linux though, chrome is the fastest you can get.