Waterfox

[Mr Hippy]

http://www.palemoon.org/

I have to say that this browser is AMAZING!

I have finally found a browser that is compiled for 64-bit specifically and can run my Mozilla Firefox extensions -- because it's built on Mozilla's source code, only heavily optimized for modern processors! I can run NoScript to keep my browser and computer secure, while surfing the web at lightning speeds! It let's me run 64-bit plugins like Adobe Flash (I know, I know, HTML5 is the way to go, Flash is insecure and should be banished, although I still think it has good uses for the web. I don't mean to be off-topic, back on track now :lol:) and 64-bit Java applets. I also don't mean for this to be a pitch or advertisement, and I could of made this post more professional. Nevertheless I am just so excited I found this browser.

I have tested this browser against Internet Explorer 9 (64-bit) and found that it is at least FOUR times faster in JavaScript tests. http://dromaeo.com/?recommended
I have yet to test it in other benchmarks including DOM and CSS.

This has to be the greatest browser. Looking to make donations to the project in the future.

Review the benchmarks at the bottom of this page. Waterfox is more update to date, so I will go with it. Thanks, Gunner for the suggestion.

[y5023]

看起来不错，
Google translation

[Mr Hippy]

Glad I could help at least one person. :P

Hutch, surely you will have a look at it since you run a 64-bit computer. Unless, you are an IE fanboy. :lol:

[Gunner]

There are so many FireFox variants around.
WaterFox is only 64bit, you might want to try it: http://waterfoxproject.org/

[hutch--]

 

> Hutch, surely you will have a look at it since you run a 64-bit computer. Unless, you are an IE fanboy.

I wonder why anyone would think I need to find things to do, trust me I have enough to do.   :P

[Mr Hippy]

Gunner,

Thank you for that link. I found some benchmarks (https://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021312-firefox-faceoff-255880.html?page=1), which claim Waterfox as the fastest, by a small margin, but still fastest.

[Mr Hippy]

I am back after benchmarking both Pale Moon (x64) and Waterfox (x64) and I have come to the conclusion that Waterfox is faster.

Setup: Both browsers had all add-ons disabled, but common plug-ins (Flash, Java, Office) were still enabled because they should not pose a significant interference, if any.

SunSpider Javascript Tests: (http://www.webkit.org/perf/sunspider/sunspider.html)

Pale Moon:

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RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
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Total:                 263.5ms +/- 6.1%
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  3d:                   42.1ms +/- 9.1%
    cube:               16.3ms +/- 10.3%
    morph:               8.6ms +/- 12.5%
    raytrace:           17.2ms +/- 10.7%

  access:               21.9ms +/- 5.2%
    binary-trees:        2.9ms +/- 7.8%
    fannkuch:            9.1ms +/- 4.5%
    nbody:               4.6ms +/- 10.9%
    nsieve:              5.3ms +/- 11.1%

  bitops:               16.0ms +/- 7.6%
    3bit-bits-in-byte:   1.0ms +/- 0.0%
    bits-in-byte:        6.5ms +/- 10.7%
    bitwise-and:         4.3ms +/- 11.2%
    nsieve-bits:         4.2ms +/- 13.4%

  controlflow:           3.2ms +/- 17.6%
    recursive:           3.2ms +/- 17.6%

  crypto:               22.9ms +/- 11.4%
    aes:                11.9ms +/- 13.7%
    md5:                 6.4ms +/- 13.1%
    sha1:                4.6ms +/- 10.9%

  date:                 43.1ms +/- 5.2%
    format-tofte:       21.6ms +/- 6.1%
    format-xparb:       21.5ms +/- 6.1%

  math:                 20.5ms +/- 9.0%
    cordic:              4.5ms +/- 8.4%
    partial-sums:       12.5ms +/- 9.8%
    spectral-norm:       3.5ms +/- 14.4%

  regexp:               14.9ms +/- 11.4%
    dna:                14.9ms +/- 11.4%

  string:               78.9ms +/- 7.9%
    base64:              6.5ms +/- 15.8%
    fasta:               9.3ms +/- 6.3%
    tagcloud:           25.1ms +/- 10.2%
    unpack-code:        29.7ms +/- 11.7%
    validate-input:      8.3ms +/- 5.8%
Waterfox:

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RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
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Total:                 227.2ms +/- 1.2%
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  3d:                   37.0ms +/- 4.2%
    cube:               14.8ms +/- 5.0%
    morph:               7.8ms +/- 5.8%
    raytrace:           14.4ms +/- 4.2%

  access:               20.8ms +/- 5.1%
    binary-trees:        2.8ms +/- 10.8%
    fannkuch:            9.3ms +/- 7.3%
    nbody:               4.4ms +/- 8.4%
    nsieve:              4.3ms +/- 8.0%

  bitops:               15.5ms +/- 4.5%
    3bit-bits-in-byte:   1.0ms +/- 0.0%
    bits-in-byte:        6.4ms +/- 7.8%
    bitwise-and:         4.2ms +/- 7.2%
    nsieve-bits:         3.9ms +/- 10.4%

  controlflow:           2.8ms +/- 16.1%
    recursive:           2.8ms +/- 16.1%

  crypto:               22.5ms +/- 3.1%
    aes:                11.1ms +/- 5.6%
    md5:                 7.2ms +/- 6.3%
    sha1:                4.2ms +/- 7.2%

  date:                 34.1ms +/- 3.3%
    format-tofte:       17.2ms +/- 3.8%
    format-xparb:       16.9ms +/- 5.1%

  math:                 17.8ms +/- 4.6%
    cordic:              4.4ms +/- 8.4%
    partial-sums:       10.2ms +/- 5.5%
    spectral-norm:       3.2ms +/- 9.4%

  regexp:               13.8ms +/- 4.1%
    dna:                13.8ms +/- 4.1%

  string:               62.9ms +/- 2.1%
    base64:              5.2ms +/- 5.8%
    fasta:               8.2ms +/- 5.5%
    tagcloud:           19.1ms +/- 4.1%
    unpack-code:        22.7ms +/- 4.7%
    validate-input:      7.7ms +/- 6.3%

PeaceKeeper Test: (http://http://peacekeeper.futuremark.com)

Pale Moon: 1951
Waterfox: 2073


V8 Benchmark Suite: (http://v8.googlecode.com/svn/data/benchmarks/v7/run.html)

Pale Moon:

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Score: 5603

Richards: 6637
DeltaBlue: 6394
Crypto: 10559
RayTrace: 2682
EarleyBoyer: 6244
RegExp: 1317
Splay: 9420
NavierStokes: 10442
Waterfox:

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Score: 5904

Richards: 6785
DeltaBlue: 6711
Crypto: 10813
RayTrace: 3092
EarleyBoyer: 6832
RegExp: 1512
Splay: 9070
NavierStokes: 10347