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Is Google Chrome faster than Firefox, Safari, Opera, and IE?

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Posted Nov 10 2009 01:01 PM
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I just switched to Google Chrome on my MacBook Pro because I was connecting to an Adobe Connect meeting and Firefox was busy noodling around rather than loading the meeting. I fired up Chrome and connected instantly. I am finding Chrome loads most pages faster, especially if they are graphical [and I load all images]. But I like real numbers ... so does anyone have any benchmarks on which Browser is faster?
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  anoren's Photo Answered by anoren Answers Early Bird Blogger Conference Speaker Foo O'Reilly Author O'Reilly Editor
Posted Nov 10 2009 05:30 PM
It depends on the testing protocol, of which there are m a n y. This article helped me to understand some, but not all, of the factors that go into a valid and robust test.

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Comment by FloatingBones Answers Early Bird  : Dec 08 2009 08:22 PM
Anoren provides some benchmarks, which show it's quite fast.

At this point in time, perception of speed is the most important thing. I find the usability shortcuts that Chrome has very intuitive. I like having a single window to enter URLs and searches and have the browser sort it out. It seems very fast out of the gate and has a very short learning curve for those familiar with Safari on the Mac.

For me, it's most definitely faster!
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  allogarage's Photo Answered by allogarage Answers Early Bird Peacock
Posted Jul 05 2011 10:53 AM
You can check also if you have plugins or extensions activated in FF that slow down navigation (toolbars, status, ...).
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