Comments on: JPC - Google Throws Hat in Desktop Search Arena http://www.jasonclarke.net/technology/geek-stuff/google-throws-hat-in-desktop-search-arena/ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jason http://www.jasonclarke.net/technology/geek-stuff/google-throws-hat-in-desktop-search-arena/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Jason Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:42:55 +0000 http://www.jasonclarke.net/archives/2004/10/15/google-throws-hat-in-desktop-search-arena/#comment-52 <p>Very interesting. I may have used the term "rendering time" incorrectly - I was speaking merely of the experience of clicking on a link outside of my browser (usually in Outlook when reading my NewsGator RSS feeds), and waiting for the page to load in the browser. I find it much quicker with FireFox. That, and the ability to save different pages in tabs, and then save the state of the browser so that even if I reboot, those tabs reload correctly - that's a killer feature.</p> <p>IE isn't bad, it's just outdated, and these days outclassed. The XP SP2 update was disappointing at best.</p> Very interesting. I may have used the term “rendering time” incorrectly – I was speaking merely of the experience of clicking on a link outside of my browser (usually in Outlook when reading my NewsGator RSS feeds), and waiting for the page to load in the browser. I find it much quicker with FireFox. That, and the ability to save different pages in tabs, and then save the state of the browser so that even if I reboot, those tabs reload correctly – that’s a killer feature.

IE isn’t bad, it’s just outdated, and these days outclassed. The XP SP2 update was disappointing at best.

]]> By: Elliott Back http://www.jasonclarke.net/technology/geek-stuff/google-throws-hat-in-desktop-search-arena/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Elliott Back Sat, 23 Oct 2004 09:46:52 +0000 http://www.jasonclarke.net/archives/2004/10/15/google-throws-hat-in-desktop-search-arena/#comment-50 <p>Actually, I benchmarked Firefox's loading time and rendering time a while ago, and the load time was 1/2 IE's, and the rendering time maybe 10% slower on Google News, the one site I tested. To be true, it has more features, but IE is still a good, mostly-standards compliant browser, and Firefox doesn't have enough innovation to make me completely switch.</p> Actually, I benchmarked Firefox’s loading time and rendering time a while ago, and the load time was 1/2 IE’s, and the rendering time maybe 10% slower on Google News, the one site I tested. To be true, it has more features, but IE is still a good, mostly-standards compliant browser, and Firefox doesn’t have enough innovation to make me completely switch.

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