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Firefox 3 Beta 5 vs Safari 3.1 Round 2: Disable Extensions

Arstechnica writes:

"After we ran the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark on Firefox 3b5 last week, I got an e-mail from Mike Schroepfer from Mozilla:

A few folks noticed your article on Firefox 3 Beta 5. Your numbers don't seem to match tests I've run-by chance did you have Firebug (or any other extensions) installed? Firebug instruments many parts of the browser and thus will impact perf results. Either use a clean profile or disable all extensions from the addons manager to get pure results."

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decapitator6654d ago

It seems all results put the Firefox on top of the Safari and I have no probles with that. Both browsers are great and GENERATIONS ahead of IE.

Adamalicious6654d ago

Did you even look at the chart? F3b5 with no extensions running benchmarked slightly faster than Safari 3.1, but slightly slower than the WebKit (aka Safari) nightly build. Since neither FF3 nor the latest Safari build tested are released shouldn't we be comparing those two?

Kakkoii6654d ago (Edited 6654d ago )

We shouldn't even be comparing ANY DAMN BETA's..

Just wait till the final version is out.. Benchmark them.. And then people can start gloating about which is the best.

Because right now, it really doesn't matter since there Beta's.

LevDog6654d ago

Ya Ive been happy with Firefox.. Ive been on the Firefox 3 beta 5 for 2 weeks now.. its much fast and simplier.. the only thing I hate is there is no new tabs button.. I have to go to file then add new tab.. IE has a lil box you can hit to make a new tab.. but other than that I love firefox

REbirth6654d ago

it has a "new tab" button! right-click on menu (refresh, back, stop) and go customize...u will see a "new tab" icon there;) good luck

Suki036654d ago

I usually use the quick key "ctrl + t" to open a new tab, it's much faster to me.

juandren6654d ago

@2.2 Clearly you're not a lazy person... I like to sit back with just the mouse in my hand. Ctrl+T is effort lol

Kholinar6654d ago (Edited 6654d ago )

"@2.2 Clearly you're not a lazy person... I like to sit back with just the mouse in my hand. Ctrl+T is effort lol"

It's funny, cause most people think that way. I mean, you use what you like, but...

I've been using a lot of launcher apps like QuickSilver on the Mac or Launchy on the PC and it made me realize how inefficient most mouse operations are.

I can push control-space and type two letters and have an app going and continue working/typing without ever having to leave the keyboard. Control-C, Control-T, Control-V and Enter is one of my fave combos when someone posts a text link, much faster than anything anyone can do with a mouse and you can do it blind.

So yeah, the mouse seems easy, but sometimes a good keyboard shortcut is far superior. Control-T is definitely so, except in cases when I'm about to grab something out of my bookmarks bar. Then I double-click to the right of my last tab and I'm off.

My basic rule is, if I'm having to go to two or three different places with the mouse, each a reasonable distance from each other on the screen, I try to use a shortcut instead.

To sum up, I'm a lazy bastard. That's why I use a keyboard for a lot of things.

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LevDog6654d ago

YESSSSSSSSS.. HAHA I like your moves REbirth.. It worked.. Ok firefox is now hands down better than IE

Bonsai12146654d ago

woot.. webkit nightly ftw...

for those of you who don't know, webkit is basically safari's beta

Adamalicious6654d ago

Yes, the WebKit nightly build is the dev version of Safari, but WebKit is much more than just Safari - Dashboard, Mai, and other OS X apps are built using it.

http://webkit.org/

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai60d ago (Edited 60d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio60d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing59d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9259d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit59d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing59d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9259d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."