I'll hazard a guess that its possible to take into consideration the use of various tool bars and add-ons. But I agree that FF and IE at their barest are quite similar in speed.
I prefer FF mostly because of the Add-ons - particularly GreaseMonkey scripts - that allow me to tailor my browsing experience. And as I've said before, I've had tab-related issues in IE7, which is a deal-breaker for me. On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When you are talking about browser speed, do all of you really see dramatic > differences between these different browsers? I don't see any difference at > all between FF, Chrome and IE. They are all 3 pretty much instantaneous when > browsing for me. There is no one that is slower, or faster, than the others. > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 12:29 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: What no chrome? > > Funny stuff. I found FF3 to be faster than Chrome. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Schorr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 1:26 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: What no chrome? > > Chrome seems very fast here too - faster than FF3. But I doubt I'll > switch off FF3 - too many features about FF3 that I like. > > Ben M. Schorr > Chief Executive Officer > ______________________________________________ > Roland Schorr & Tower > www.rolandschorr.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 7:15 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: What no chrome? > > Guess it depends on the experience. Chrome is considerably faster than > IE8 > for my setup. But, then again, if speed was most important to me I'd > use > FF3. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 1:10 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: What no chrome? > > If you call 2 years ago "just released"...then yes it was just released. > It > was released fall of 2006. And I found Chrome to be no faster than IE8, > add > in the lack of RSS features and it is DOA in my opinion. That said, I'm > certain that Google will add additional features before final release, > but > their feature set right now is really lacking. > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 12:03 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: What no chrome? > > Except that it's about 20x as fast and uses less than 1/2 the memory. > Did > anyone notice the "Task Manager" in Chrome? That's what I call going > for > the jugular. > > The more Microsoft tries to prove that they "get it" the further they > fall > behind. Wasn't IE7 just released? Was that just a gigantic "Oops" or > another MS fart into the wind? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Vander Kooi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 10:23 AM > Subject: RE: What no chrome? > > >> Not to mention that every one of the "hot new features" that they >> trumpet already exist in SP2 of IE8. At least I haven't found >> anything that it does that IE8 doesn't. > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
