Mozilla has unleashed the Kraken, a new JavaScript benchmark test. It joins similar efforts like Google's V8 and the WebKit project's SunSpider tests, which are widely used to measure browser ...

Safari 4 Beta sprinted from the gate with a claim to being "3x faster than Firefox" at JavaScript rendering. We're calling Apple's ante and updating our browser speed tests with the latest builds. As ...

Maciej Stachowiak of the WebKit team has announced that the browser engine behind Safari is the first to fully pass the Acid3 test, including the test's condition of smooth animation rendering. Acid3 ...

From simple test runners to complete testing frameworks, look to these proven tools to keep your JavaScript free of bugs The need to test JavaScript code is straightforward. How else to keep out the ...

Since March 2009, our Windows Web browser performance test suite has utilized four components which score different aspects of the browser engine: the HowToCreate.uk CSS rendering test, the Celtic ...

While the race to make the fastest browser JavaScript engine continues at a heated pace, Microsoft senior product manager Pete LePage reminded the audience at Microsoft TechEd, held in New Orleans ...

As with my previous browser tests, I installed completely fresh copies of the three browsers on my Windows Vista laptop, with all settings left to defaults. With the second beta of Internet Explorer 8 ...

With its new Safari 8 browser built into its OS X 10.10 Yosemite operating system, Apple delivered on its promise for a significant boost in browser performance. Mixed results on benchmarks are ...

Finnish-based benchmark development company, Futuremark, has just unveiled an online-based benchmarking tool for measuring the performance of Web browsers, and so far results are showing that Safari 4 ...

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If your Internet connection is pathetic at best, prepare to become very interested in the latest version of the Opera Web browser. Opera 10 is the latest rival to Internet Explorer, Firefox and ...