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Compliance Benchmarks: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, And Acid3

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On this page, we are again switching gears, this time to standards compliance testing.

HTML5test.com

Chrome scores the highest on HTML5test.com, earning 288 points and 13 bonus points. Opera is second, achieving 234 points and seven bonus points. Apple Safari finishes in third place, with 187 points and no bonus. Firefox comes in fourth with 155 regular points and four bonus. IE9 brings up the rear with only 130 points, but manages to score five bonus points.

CSS3 Selectors Test

First place in the CSS3 Selectors test is a four-way tie between Mozilla Firefox (3.6.15), IE9, Opera, and Safari. Believe it or not, Google Chrome is the odd man out in a standards compliance test, scoring only 558 out of a possible 574.

Sputnik

Sputnik is a new addition to the WBGP. This is the second version of an up-and-coming JavaScript conformance benchmark from Google.

IE9 once again comes out of the gate swinging, with a chart-topping score of 5175 in Sputnik. Opera comes in second with 5166, and Chrome places third with 5110. Safari finishes fourth with 5075, while Firefox again secures last place with 4982.

Acid3 Pass/Fail

Earlier we looked at the time it took our three first-place finishers to complete the Acid3 test. As you can see, Microsoft's new Internet Explorer still doesn't achieve a full score in Acid3, taking home a 95 out of 100. No surprise here; Firefox 3.6 still scores a 94.

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pirateboy 03/21/2011 4:17 AM
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I wonder how much microsoft paid tomshardware not to include Firefox 4 RC1

cruiseoveride 03/21/2011 4:18 AM
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Now everyone is going to switch from Chrome to IE?

bison88 03/21/2011 4:18 AM
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Nice comparison Adam. I think people don't give MS credit for IE9 because of their history with web standards and lack of competition with updating their browser since they destroyed Netscape so many years ago. Hopefully they have their head in the game and continue with a somewhat constant update cycle. Currently the transition from IE8 to IE9 was somewhat FireFox'ish with speed instead of waiting for another revision of the OS. The browser definitely surprised me, some quirks here and there that are definitely noticeable and the Chrome/FF influence is obviously present. I wish them luck as the competition heats up.

andy5174 03/21/2011 4:25 AM
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Will there be a " Web Browser Grand Prix 4: Firefox 4 Enters The Race " after Firefox 4's release (22 Mar)?

illuminatuz 03/21/2011 4:28 AM
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i felt the speed once i switched from firefox to chrome and now chrome to IE..
but there is no mention of any addon/extentions for IE..
i mean there is no comparision on who's got nice addons and startup time "with" addons.. since users tend to use web browsers with addons knowingly or un-knowingly..
it would be better if you include those two comparisions as well.. and who takes advantage of GPU and all..

winner4455 03/21/2011 4:29 AM
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Won't take that long for IE to lag behind.

illuminatuz 03/21/2011 4:33 AM
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winner4455 :
Won't take that long for IE to lag behind.


lol
maybe not!!
and FFS why doesnt that "submit my comment" button not working in IE!! I am using chrome for that ;(

turboflame 03/21/2011 4:34 AM
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I like how this article was released one day before Firefox 4 is released.

dimamu15 03/21/2011 4:37 AM
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duck it, i stick to firefox.

Scanlia 03/21/2011 4:38 AM
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Is there a wrong picture on the efficiency page? The 40tabs graph comes up as GUIMark 2?

IzzyCraft 03/21/2011 4:38 AM
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The 40 Tabs chart is wrong for Efficiency Benchmarks: Memory Usage And Management it shows flash vector charting.

pirateboy :
I wonder how much microsoft paid tomshardware not to include Firefox 4 RC1


Then they would have to include every random nightly build of every browser? Comparing the latest release is fair you'll always get one browser or two that is near a new stable version but that's just how it works.

winner4455 :
Won't take that long for IE to lag behind.


depends in Microsoft moves up an update schedule that doesn't just include making the browser more secure and fixing bugs. IE8 was pretty snappy back when it was first out it got old in like 3 months compared to other browsers though.

adamovera 03/21/2011 4:43 AM
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pirateboy :
I wonder how much microsoft paid tomshardware not to include Firefox 4 RC1


We only test final products in the WBGP.
andy5174 :
Will there be a " Web Browser Grand Prix 4: Firefox 4 Enters The Race " after Firefox 4's release (22 Mar)?


turboflame :
I like how this article was released one day before Firefox 4 is released.


Where are ya'll getting a set date from?
illuminatuz :
i felt the speed once i switched from firefox to chrome and now chrome to IE..but there is no mention of any addon/extentions for IE.. i mean there is no comparision on who's got nice addons and startup time "with" addons.. since users tend to use web browsers with addons knowingly or un-knowingly..it would be better if you include those two comparisions as well.. and who takes advantage of GPU and all..


We add/modify tests every time with the WBGP. We're already looking into those suggestions.
Scanlia :
Is there a wrong picture on the efficiency page? The 40tabs graph comes up as GUIMark 2?


Doh! Fixing that now.

andy5174 03/21/2011 4:51 AM
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Where are ya'll getting a set date from?




http://groups.google.com/group/moz [...] 9e9650b1b3

molo9000 03/21/2011 4:53 AM
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Wait a second. Did they really include Safari? Who uses Safari for Windows?
(I'm assuming they tested the Windows version of Safari, because why would you compare browsers for different systems?)

I'm sticking with Opera on my Windows machine and Safari on my Mac.

Benihana 03/21/2011 4:54 AM
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To be honest I did not read this article, because you're using the "latest and greatest" browsers, but somehow jumped a day early and didn't wait for FF4. Maybe you mentioned it in the article, but if not, then was it really so bad to wait an additional 1-2 days to do this?

DjEaZy 03/21/2011 4:58 AM
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... don't know... but this all is not my experience... why there is no firefox 4.0 RC2 ????

jezzarisky 03/21/2011 5:01 AM
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adamovera :
Where are ya'll getting a set date from?




http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/ [...] _22_march/

Although most websites link to this website, so perhaps it was nothing more than a rumor.

andy5174 03/21/2011 5:11 AM
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Quote :

Wait a second. Did they really include Safari? Who uses Safari for Windows?
(I'm assuming they tested the Windows version of Safari, because why would you compare browsers for different systems?)

I'm sticking with Opera on my Windows machine and Safari on my Mac.



Opera sucks balls in memory management and lacks handy add-on such as Tab Mix Plus (which is same for Chrome). I would definitely move to Opera if it has these 2 issues fixed.

luc2k 03/21/2011 5:12 AM
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https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/4/Beta

This article looks like a case of premature e.. something.

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