Why I refused Mozilla Firefox

In this short article I will tell you about personal observations of the reasons why I, as a developer of Internet systems, refused to use Mozilla Firefox and completely switched to the side of another software tool.
The results of the observations are documented by tests and screenshots.

Preamble

Computer Features:

1. AMD Phenom X4 9500
2. 2048 MB RAM
3. MS Vista Ultimate

Software:

1. Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8
2. Google Chrome 1.0.154.53

One of the areas of development - the program of warehouse accounting of small businesses.
Extjs 3.0 is used as a framework.

For a long time, Mozilla Firefox’s extremely low speed with developed software was noticed, but after the release of the first version of Google Chrome, I realized that it is not just extremely low, it is not acceptable for work .

In addition, crashes and memory leaks of Mozilla Firefox are constantly observed:

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Below are the test results.

SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark

Comparison	Google Chrome 1.0.154.53%	Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8
8.87 times slower	1363.6ms ± 1.7%	12096.4ms ± 5.5%

Full statistics Mozilla Firefox
Full Google Chrome statistics

Dromaeo Performance Tests

Comparison	Google Chrome 1.0.154.53%	Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8
3.72 times slower	93.04runs / s	25.94runs / s

Full statistics Mozilla Firefox
Full Google Chrome statistics

Of course, Google Chrome is still devoid of the functionality of Mozilla Firefox, in particular, the great Firebug plugin. But it is always possible to use Firebug Lite .

In any case, Google started the sprint, we have to catch the intermediate records of the participants :)

UPD: (for those who immediately flashed blood "as my idol can defile"):
this is not about crooked hands, but about comparative tests of two browsers. I do not understand the logic of those who are trying to provide obvious arguments in figures that are not reasoned.
Why ExtJs? Regarding this problem area: it well allows you to test the browser in "emergency situations", because it is very heavy and cumbersome. It does not make sense to check on the pure jquery core.

UPD2: yes, of course it was rash to post this article on the Fiery Fox blog = D

UPD3: testing with Mozilla Firefox 3.1b3 browser

Comparison	Google Chrome 1.0.154.53%	Mozilla Firefox 3.1b3
1.58 times slower	1363.6ms ± 1.7%	2154.0ms ± 4.7%

UPD4: IE7: tinyurl.com/ch3c9x

UPD5: (lost its relevance.)

UPD6: reference from XPilot: spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pTJvljGYpDBxiyDF3foKtHQ

UPD7: a strange trend ... as soon as the topic appeared on the main page , karma immediately began to strive downward ...