Beware of misleading comments from Microsoft on JavaScript test suite “test262” and IE10
I notice that yet another "benchmark" blog post from Microsoft is making the rounds on the internet. This time they are bragging about having the highest score for JavaScript test suite "test262". As one might expect, the impression people are getting when reading the blog is not one that matches reality. The results are misleading…
Futuremark loved Opera, but the love was not returned
DailyTech recently interviewed Futuremark's Oliver Baltuch. As some of you may know, Futuremark are the makers of the well known hardware benchmarking software, 3DMark. A while ago, they released the Peacekeeper Web browser benchmark. …
Yet Another JavaScript Benhcmark
It's old news by now, but do we really need yet another one? Peacekeeper "simulates the load placed on the browser by common JavaScript functions as used by popular, modern websites", but weren't all the other ones supposed to be doing that as well? …
Microsoft dismisses artificial JavaScript benchmarks and the JavaScript performance race
Today, our core team revealed our entry into the JavaScript speed race with Carakan. We have no intentions to be left in the dust when it comes to performance. But what does Microsoft have to say about this? …
Opera’s stubbornness and terrible JavaScript support?
A fairly common criticism of Opera is that its JavaScript support is severely lacking, and that Opera Software refuses to address this because Opera only renders standards compliant code, and Opera Software is not going to do anything about it. Period. Indeed, Opera Software is seen by some people as a company completely out of…
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