I can’t ignore Firefox 23’s largely lackluster performance, or its crowded and increasingly clunky interface. HTML5 Compliance result is a score out of 500. SunSpider JavaScript results are in milliseconds shorter times are better. Octane JavaScript test results are scores higher is better. HTML5 Vector, Bitmap, and Text test results are in frames per second higher is better. In several key areas, Firefox 23 has barely improved over its predecessor.īest results in bold. On a 2.9GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM, I tested Firefox’s newest version against those of Safari, Opera, and Chrome, along with last year’s Firefox 14. Firefox’s performance: More of a dull smolderĪlthough the browser never felt particularly sluggish in everyday use, Firefox 23 achieved only low or middling scores in all but one of my standard browser benchmarks. I’m not sure how useful a 3D view of Web code might be for developers, but it’s certainly cool and fun. I especially like its 3D view the deeper each element on the page is nested, the more it protrudes toward you.īetter yet, Firefox 23 packs all of this power into a file size approximately 20 percent smaller than that of Firefox 14. In one of Firefox’s typically cool, off-kilter touches, small but readable numbers in the download button count down the seconds until the file fully arrives.įirefox’s developer tools remain the niftiest in browserdom, offering the same code-scrutinizing capabilities as Safari and Chrome, but in a much sleeker, eye-catching package. At long last, you can view PDFs right in Firefox’s browser window.Īnd instead of appearing in an annoying separate window, the download function borrows Safari’s approach, providing a pop-down window that lists any files currently transferring.
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