Firefox 3.1 Beta Is Even Faster Than Firefox 3

[vishwaswish]

The first Firefox 3.1 beta has been made available for DOWNLOAD, bringing with it a number of cool new features. However, possibly the coolest of those features, the lightning-fast TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, is disabled by default. Fortunately, it’s a quick fix to turn it on, and Seth Rosenblatt at CNET explains how

To activate it, type "about:config" into the Smart Bar, then type "javascript.options.jit.content" into the filter. Double-click on the preference listed to change the boolean setting from "false" to "true." Close the window and you should notice an immediate improvement to the JavaScript rendering speed.

 

[Tanuj]

let me try ..

 

[amey_dude]

thnks for the news...

 

[Party Monger]

Why is it disabled by default?

 

[Checksum]

^^ i think its cause tracemonkey is still in early beta

 

[Hotstuff]

firefox 3.1 beta 2 is out and it is better than before

 

[madmaniac]

I'm slowly switching to Google chrome. I notice significantly greater speed.

 

[d@rK nEmEsIs]

I'm slowly switching to Google chrome. I notice significantly greater speed.

google crome is based on firefox only it has been developed in close association with firefox.

 

[YoGi-Sama]

google crome is based on firefox only

WHAAAATTTTT???

Last I checked it was based on WebKit (FYI, Safari is also based on WebKit). Unless you're smoking something that I'm not.

 

[Aces170]

^^ What.. thought Chrome was based on the open source apple kits ?

 

[Party Monger]

google crome is based on firefox only it has been developed in close association with firefox.

Which one is it?
Either way..none..:no:

 

[techmonk]

Hey Hotstuff ,its beta 1 not beta 2..Beta 2 will be released in december i think..

 

[madmaniac]

google chrome is not based on firefox !!!!!!!!

And once chrome is fully out with support for extensions there will be a world migration from firefox to Chrome.

Lots of tests have been done and chrome either beats the other browsers in page load times or ties with firefox. It sureley opens faster than firefox. and uses significantly less memory

 

[vishwaswish]

less memory??

 

[d@rK nEmEsIs]

WHAAAATTTTT???

Last I checked it was based on WebKit (FYI, Safari is also based on WebKit). Unless you're smoking something that I'm not.

some of the components of firefox is shared with crome and vice versa

Read it in the plug and play of HT dated 14 october in which they had published the interview of John Lilly

Interview Here

 

[Hotstuff]

i am using the minefield pre b2... can post a screenie if you want.

here it goes

 

[vishalrao]

i can vouch for the speed boost. used alpha (minefield) earlier with tracemonkey enabled.

on a side note , "webkit" in turn is based on KDE's KHTML technology so we know who really to thank and praise, oh dearest apple fangurls