IE6 quicker than FireFox!!

bw · Post by bw » February 10th, 2004, 5:22 am

Hi All,

Check this out:
While debugging my code I found out that the IE6 brouwser is 4.4x quicker!!!
Why is my question?

To check yourself: save the code in a html file and run it in different Browsers.

Cheers,
Bastiaan

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<html><head>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
startTime= new Date();
function _DaysOfMonth(yy,mm){ // dateIn = yyyy,mm[,dd = optional]
if (mm>10) mm = 0;
else mm++;
d = new Date(yy,mm,01);
d.setDate(d.getDate()-1);
return (d.getDate());
}
function _daysOfMonth(yy,mm) //mm=0..11, yy is optional
{ DOM=new Array(31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31);
if ((mm==1)&&(yy)&&(yy%4==0)) return(29);
return(DOM[mm]);
}
var avCh1= 0;
var avCh2= 0;
for (i=0; i<10000; i++){
var timer = new Date();
var days1 = _DaysOfMonth(04,11);
var check1 = (new Date()-timer);
var timer = new Date();
var days2 = _daysOfMonth(04,11);
var check2 = (new Date()-timer);
avCh1+=check1;
avCh2+=check2;
}
endTime= (new Date()-startTime);
document.write("1st function in:"+(avCh1/10000)+"ms - days:"+days1+"<p>");
document.write("2st function in:"+(avCh2/10000)+"ms - days:"+days2+"<p>");
document.write("Total time it took:"+endTime/1000+"sec.<p>");
</script>
</head><body></body></html>
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Guest · Post by **Guest** » February 10th, 2004, 5:30 am

i wont test ur code, i think u are right, but i dont thinkk there are any pages write like this, so even IE is faster in dealing ur code, it doesnt mean IE is faster in dealing most other pages.

MOZILLAMANSUPPORT · February 10th, 2004, 6:09 am

Anonymous wrote:i wont test ur code, i think u are right, but i dont thinkk there are any pages write like this, so even IE is faster in dealing ur code, it doesnt mean IE is faster in dealing most other pages.

IE is slower

old momokatte · Post by **old momokatte** » February 10th, 2004, 6:41 am

Aww, IE takes 1/45000 of a second to create a custom Date object, and Mozilla takes 1/3300 of a second to do the same. Is this really an issue?

BTW, your test code has way too much overhead and doesn't take into account that (new Date()) has a granularity of 50-70ms. Here's how to get a true average (divide by 10000 afterwards):

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var avCh1 = 0;
var avCh2 = 0;
var timer, days1, days2, i;

timer = new Date();
for (i=0; i < 10000; i++) {
   days1 = _DaysOfMonth(04,11);
}
avCh1 = (new Date() - timer);

timer = new Date();

for (i=0; i < 10000; i++) {
   days2 = _daysOfMonth(04,11);
}
avCh2 = (new Date() - timer);

IGAU · Post by **IGAU** » February 10th, 2004, 6:50 am

I dont find IE to be faster at all. Whether that's percieved speed or not, I dont know, but generally I find IE to be slow, crap and featureless.

MOZILLAMANSUPPORT · February 10th, 2004, 6:55 am

IGAU wrote:I dont find IE to be faster at all. Whether that's percieved speed or not, I dont know, but generally I find IE to be slow, crap and featureless.

that is it

StamfordRob · Post by **StamfordRob** » February 10th, 2004, 7:48 am

Look ... the test of tests.... I depend on this as fact...

MY WIFE ! ! The I know nothing about pcs just make my emails and searches work queen.

She used 7.0 the other night by accident. I left it open on our home pc (Cel 400 512ram) by mistake. I came in the next day and she was using it. I asked why. Her first response was ..... " Its so much faster than explorer ! ! "... I installed 8 yesterday and out of curiosity I asked her if she noticed anything different. She said "I think its even faster then yesterday.. what did you do... ??"

Now thats a test if I ever saw one. Nevermind CODE.. just find a user who doesnt know or cares how a pc runs... If they notice then its BIG... You think that the millions of IE users know why it runs??

bw · Post by bw » February 10th, 2004, 10:06 am

I agree fully that that is a very good test :-)

menace · Post by **menace** » February 10th, 2004, 10:27 am

Firebox is faster