Comments on: Browser graphics: speed discrepancies galore with clear Safari lead… http://www.pannonrex.com/2007/06/28/browser-graphics-speed-discrepancies-galore-with-clear-safari-lead/ Solutions that Work Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:31:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jeff Schiller http://www.pannonrex.com/2007/06/28/browser-graphics-speed-discrepancies-galore-with-clear-safari-lead/#comment-5916 Jeff Schiller Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:37:25 +0000 http://www.pannonrex.com/blog/?p=77#comment-5916 On Firefox 3 Nightly (2007-08-21): Rendering time : 1481ms On Firefox 3 Nightly (2007-08-21): Rendering time : 1481ms

]]> By: Fuad Ta'eed http://www.pannonrex.com/2007/06/28/browser-graphics-speed-discrepancies-galore-with-clear-safari-lead/#comment-4715 Fuad Ta'eed Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:14:50 +0000 http://www.pannonrex.com/blog/?p=77#comment-4715 We have done some basic testing on a number of browsers on different Macs and PCs using http://ichess.morfik.com as the test application A quick summary for the time (in seconds) it takes the browser to respond to D2D4 on level 10 which involves a 5-ply search (which is far below the 10 ply which is typical for most chess engines written for the desktop, ie non-browser, these days) Dell laptop Opera – 20 FF2 – 25 IE6 - 40 IE7 – 40 Safari – 35 iMac Safar 150 FF 90 Camino 90 MacBook Safar – 20 FF – 15 On an iPhone – watch this space :-) We have done some basic testing on a number of browsers on different Macs and PCs using http://ichess.morfik.com as the test application

A quick summary for the time (in seconds) it takes the browser to respond to D2D4 on level 10 which involves a 5-ply search (which is far below the 10 ply which is typical for most chess engines written for the desktop, ie non-browser, these days)

Dell laptop
Opera – 20
FF2 – 25
IE6 - 40
IE7 – 40
Safari – 35
iMac
Safar 150
FF 90
Camino 90
MacBook
Safar – 20
FF – 15

On an iPhone – watch this space :-)

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