Tests that show IE8 can load many websites faster than two open source
browsers: Firefox and Chrome
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/microsofts-own-speed-test
s-show-ie-beating-chrome-firefox.ars
This test means nothing little really. It shows that IE8 loads some sites
faster than Chrome or Mozilla, and Chrome loads some sites faster than IE8
and Mozilla, and Firefox loads some sites faster than Chrome and IE8.
Here's some results of my test using FireFox 3.03.......
Adobe.com - 6 seconds
Live.com - under 3 seconds
163.com - 15 seconds
microsoft.com - 6 seconds, with > 2 seconds FF saying 'waiting for
www.microsoft.com'
myspace.com - under 3 seconds
Which also means nothing. We're talking the internet here. A site could be
50 miles away and 3 hops, or 2000 miles away and 25 hops.
For this test to be accurate. The websites listed here need to be all on
the same server, at the same location.
