firefox

Comparing Chromium and Firefox 3.5/3.6/3.7 Nightlies’ JavaScript Performance

I have always been interested in efficiency and performance. So much, in fact, that when I finished installing three different trunk (latest source code) builds of Firefox (3.5.6, 3.6, and 3.7), I just had to compare their JavaScript performance with that of Chromium. I have heard that the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine got some performance boosts [...]

Watch Out, Google May Harm Your Computer

If that heading didn’t grab your attention, I don’t know what will. When my mom decided to do a little Google searching this morning she was confronted with the warning message: “This site may harm your computer”, on EVERY SINGLE RESULT. Then, maybe I thought it was only because she was using Internet Explorer, so [...]

Linux As A Windows Replacement?

The majority of today’s computers have some version of Windows installed on them. A copy of Windows Vista Home Basic (Upgrade) costs around $60. Businesses spend even more to put a copy of Windows geared towards business. Well, I believe Linux has had the spotlight stolen from it. It can do anything Windows can, plus [...]