The Mozilla Firefox developers are planning to release the first beta of the upcoming web browser Firefox 3.6 next week (to be precise on October 14 which is also the release date for the beta of Firefox 3.5.4). Not that many Firefox users will take notice of these two beta version releases but those that do will notice performance improvements in Firefox 3.6 beta. The Mozilla team is not only concentrating on the usual options to increase the web browser’s performance (that is JavaScript mainly) but also performance of the web browser in general which would include loading times and responsiveness.
The guys at Betanews have tested the latest alpha release version of Firefox 3.6 and came to the conclusion that the new version increases performance by 22.8% compared to the latest official release version Firefox 3.5.3. This performance does not come near the performance of Webkit based browsers yet but it shows dedication to close the gap between the browsers.
It remains to be seen on the other hand if most users will notice the 22.8% performance increase in Firefox 3.6 Beta or if it is just more a figure without real values to everyday users. Performance is definitely not everything. The fastest web browser in the test, Google Chrome 3, does not pass the Acid 3 test which Opera 10 for example does.
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Martin –
I just noticed a typo on the title, I suppose it is “Expect”.
Just wanted to let you know.
Thanks, fixed.
The 3.6 Alpha is pretty nice.. Pretty speedy..
Firefox 3.6 pre beta is really fast , i mean with all the tweaks possible , i think i can say its almost as fast as Chrome (For me it is). Anyways , i still love firefox , and the inbuilt light-theme personas thing is awesome , but i still miss the feature of the ‘addon’ in which we could try theme by just hovering over them…
Regarding memory and speed 3.5 has been worse compared to 3.0 for me. I have 3.6 alpha installed and it looks better.
Just received & installed 3.5.4 Friday 09 Oct 09 around 18:30…can’t wait to try 3.6 beta!
FTW, Freedom Thru Wisdom.
Hello!
I’m using Firefox 3.6 from 4 or 5 days, except some bugs is very speedy and light. I love Firefox and although Chrome is faster i can’t let Firefox away!