Just 48 hours into the launch of Google’s web browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Inc, creators of the famed and widely used FireFox web browser are already feeling the heat. In lieu of the rising popularity of Google Chrome, Mozilla has begun taking damage control steps.
According to TechCrunch, Google Chrome has been created on the V8 platform, that happens to be the fastest and the most reliable browser engine in the world, making Chrome operations a breeze. Since, last two days, based on my extensive usage of Google web browser, I would certainly agree to this fact.
However, Mozilla has now announced that by the end of the year 2008, it will incorporate, TraceMonkey, that will enhance Firefox’s performance at incredible levels, hence making it the fastest browser on the web. This new engine will be rolled out in the upcoming release of FireFox 3.1.
As per TechCrunch, “To prove it, Mozilla tested Firefox running on TraceMonkey and compared it to Google’s Chrome beta using its own benchmarking solution called SunSpider. According to the company, Chrome was 28 percent slower on Windows XP and 16 percent slower on Windows Vista.
Mozilla is quick to point out that TraceMonkey has only been in development for a few months and will only get better before it’s rolled out later this year, but the company has a vested interest in seeing Firefox come out on top in its benchmark testing, so all figures should probably be questioned, to say the least.”
