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Flint · 03-23-2011, 01:05 PM

I don't understand the appeal of browser "speed." I thought that ubiquitous high-speed internet had solved the problem of ever having to wait for anything to load. What exactly is bowser "speed" in a tangible sense? How is it visibly manifested?

Pete Zicato · 03-23-2011, 01:26 PM

Two things.

Browser start up time. In the past, Firefox was considerably slower from double clicking the icon to being ready to use than Chrome. Much less difference now.

Raw pipe speed is only part of the story. Once you have all that html on your machine, you've got to parse it and render it. (Can be recursive, of course, if there are references in the html to other documents) All that takes time. Firefox used to not be as good at it as Chrome. Again, much less so now.

03-23-2011, 01:05 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I don't understand the appeal of browser "speed." I thought that ubiquitous high-speed internet had solved the problem of ever having to wait for anything to load. What exactly is bowser "speed" in a tangible sense? How is it visibly manifested? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-23-2011, 01:26 PM	#2
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Two things. Browser start up time. In the past, Firefox was considerably slower from double clicking the icon to being ready to use than Chrome. Much less difference now. Raw pipe speed is only part of the story. Once you have all that html on your machine, you've got to parse it and render it. (Can be recursive, of course, if there are references in the html to other documents) All that takes time. Firefox used to not be as good at it as Chrome. Again, much less so now. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

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