Microsoft Says IE Faster Than Chrome and Firefox 532
An anonymous reader writes "According to its own speed tests, Microsoft's Internet Explorer loads most websites faster than both Chrome and Firefox when looking at the top 25 websites on the Internet. 'As you can see, IE8 outperforms Firefox 3.05 and Chrome 1.0 in loading 12 websites, Chrome 1.0 places second by loading nine sites first, and Firefox brings up the rear by loading four sites faster than the other two browsers. Also, in case you missed it, IE loads mozilla.com faster than Firefox, and Firefox loads microsoft.com faster than IE, just for kicks.'"
mozilla.com (Score:5, Funny)
Ofcourse IE loads mozilla.com faster, that's the only site you'd ever need to open with IE...
Riiight, sure. (Score:4, Funny)
I believe you.
Honest! I do!
Yea, right
What about rendering ? (Score:5, Funny)
Let me fix this... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:mozilla.com (Score:2, Funny)
Ofcourse IE loads mozilla.com faster, that's the only site you'd ever need to open with IE...
Someone's tripping ballmers if they think IE is faster than FFox.
Re:Riiight, sure. (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah? Well... (Score:3, Funny)
My [unreleased Microsoft software] runs [x] faster than your [available and fully released software].
What B$ from M$.
Re:speed is everything? (Score:2, Funny)
>> Speed is everything,
ORLY? http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Re:Really (Score:3, Funny)
Oh. wrong story.
Visual correcteness matters! (Score:5, Funny)
It's true that IE8 loads pages blindingly fast.
What MS is missing, however, is that not all pages are supposed to be all blue background + some white text at the top.
On what platform did they test? (Score:4, Funny)
I didn't RTFA, but it would be fair to run all applications on different platforms and see if it makes a difference. I bet they didn't do that.
Re:So half the time they are better? (Score:1, Funny)
the people who made them top 25.
Re:Really (Score:2, Funny)
Why are you so stubborn?
It's not difficult to believe that according to the company that makes a product, such product is the best around...
Re:But IE8 doesn't work with Slashdot correctly. (Score:4, Funny)
I can't do online banking with Wachovia, and SLASHDOT corrcetly (sic)
Banking with Slashdot? Forget which browser you use - there's your problem!
If Slashdot were a bank, we'd have all sorts of problems with easily detectable duplication of small bills, and none other than Cowboy Neal for security. Also, instead of those little suckers you get at most banks, you'd probably end up being offered hot grits...
My money will be staying under the mattress, thanks!
Re:speed is everything? (Score:5, Funny)
I may not be good, but at least I'm fast.
Re:More details.. (Score:2, Funny)
Man, did you tip tape head cleaner on your weeties this morning? Let me spell it out: If they included Opera or Safari or Firefox 3.1 in the tests, then they wouldn't have a nice headline about how IE is fastest. This is known as "marketing" and is only OK because you can make lots of money out of it.
Re:But IE8 doesn't work with Slashdot correctly. (Score:5, Funny)
Umm... considering how safe, secure and (since recently) stable banks are, I dunno if /. is the worse choice for your money.
Yes, but what they forgot to say (Score:4, Funny)
Yes, but what they forgot to say is that IE is faster than Chrome and Firefox, combined!
MS also says that .... (Score:5, Funny)
they didn't stuff the ISO committees, or bribe Nigerian distributors, nor sabotage the OLPC, hide illegal agreements violating the GPL behind NDAs.... and the list goes on and on and on...
Re:you are not looking (Score:2, Funny)
That's right, IE is so bad, I risk disciplinary action to avoid having to use IE.
Stewbacca, please report to my office, and bring everything in your desk with you.
--the boss
Re:you are not looking (Score:5, Funny)
And the emulation is so good, that accessing a floppy drive freezes all activity on the entire machine, simply because the original circa 1980 IBM PC power supply was only capable of supplying 87.5 Watts.
There's a limit to how far you should go with backwards compatibility.
Re:you are not looking (Score:5, Funny)
Games? Here's a dollar, kid. Go buy yourself a nice candy bar while the adults talk.
Re:mozilla.com (Score:5, Funny)
I would say IE is faster too if I had a fully loaded chair pointed at my head.
Re:Riiight, sure. (Score:3, Funny)
I'd patent covering yourself in purple dye instead, that seems more likely to address the situation when someone beets them.
Well, Duh! (Score:3, Funny)
Fast, Good and Cheap: Pick any Two
MS certainly didn't pick Good !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_triangle [wikipedia.org]
Re:Riiight, sure. (Score:1, Funny)
collect royalties from anyone who beets them
With what, a radish?
Re:you are not looking (Score:5, Funny)
"Fun"? Unix terminals are "fun". Now get the fuck off my lawn!
Re:you are not looking (Score:2, Funny)
Sorry games are fun.
You should try games that aren't sorry, they're even better.
Re:You can dream (Score:5, Funny)
oh no! don't say that! slashdot's readship will be more than halved as all those who hate Fox News but love Firefox will suffer from exploding head syndrome.
Re:you are not looking (Score:2, Funny)
Some people are still in college and only have enough money to eat ramen, let alone upgrade their machines.
Sell the microwave you're using to cook the Ramen noodles and any hotplates you have and get one of the MacBook Pros with the Nvidia 9600M graphics chips in there. That way, you'll have a new computer and you'll still be able to cook your Ramen noodles on the MBP near the graphics chip!