Backbase tests browser JavaScript and Render performance including IE 8
Date : 2008 03 06 Category : Tech & Development
AjaxianSjoerd Mulder of Backbase ran a couple of performance tests on a slew of browsers, including IE 8 beta. He tested both the JavaScript performance, and the rendering performance:
A lot of respect and thanks to all the browser teams pushing the boundary of performance. I think it's an awesome result that the current nightlies of both Webkit and Gecko are 2x / 3x faster than the current production versions. Can't wait until Firefox 3 is released to the public!
It seems the IE team still needs to do a lot of optimization in the render engine, but still we have to consider that it's a beta 1. So let's hope they either improve some more or everybody switches to Firefox / Safari.
JavaScript Performance
The first section is the Javascript Engine of Backbase and testing various scenarios, for instance:
TDL Compiling / parsing Javascript XPath 2.0 Engine XEL execution / event propagation
Render Performance (DOM)
The second part is rendering widgets, for example:
Rendering 1 accordion Rendering 5 accordions Rendering a listGrid etc..
The full specification and timings is available to see.