JavaScript benchmark test called "Octane" gave the numbers.
Google has said that its JavaScript benchmark tool shows Chrome is 26 percent faster than it was in 2011.
"Stability sometimes takes higher priority, but we're still manic about improving Chrome's speed," Google Software Engineer Toon Verwaest stated.
Chrome is said to be updated every six weeks, which Verwaest compared to in the blog post to "a mechanic stopping by every six weeks to give your car a new engine."
The latest Chrome beta release, Chrome 24, was recently launched to the masses before final changes are integrated through an official Chrome update. The latest version of the browser apparently increases the speed even further, said Verwaest.
In order to measure Chrome's speed, Google designed a JavaScript benchmark test dubbed "Octane" that has been specifically created to "measure performance of real-world applications on the modern web."
Changes to Google Cloud Print and the browser's start-up time have made Chrome faster, with Google also implementing automated tests designed to detect code that may potentially slow the browser down.
"Speed is one of our core principles," Verwaest said, "so rest assured we'll continue to make Chrome faster in every way possible."
*Claps enthusiastically*
*Claps enthusiastically*
Heh, I would be content if we convinced him to use "boast" less often...
All that said, I have been tempted to switch back to FF lately. The last major update brought a ton of instability on several of the computers that I use. Yes, it was fixed in a few days, but a release should not have been let out that was so buggy to begin with!
Also, as time has gone on, I have been bothered more and more about the thought of Google tracking everything that I do. I know they are not some nefarious company or anything like that, but it just takes one major breach to potentially compromise a lot of the services that I use... and that scares me a bit. What keeps me from switching over though is that I am not sure that MS or FF could do much better on that security front... but then again they are not tracking nearly as much information about me as Google is.
after a full day of surfing, I'm sure those 28 seconds you saved from faster browser would come in handy....
Except for the premise that Chrome likes its RAM.
Nothing intricately wrong about that, however, I do think they could optimize the program further to lower RAM use.
Amazing how Firefox announces 25% speedup and then comes Chrome saying 26%! speedup.
Easy, just have to upgrade his iphone 4 or 4s to iOS6 or should I say downgrade. He will throw his POS(piece of sh*t) to the wall. I've seen it happen, haha. That's apple's way of telling you, time to buy a new phone.
iOS upgrades/downgrades are a performance/battery curse.
Wait, crap. My mistake, actually what I need in a browser is privacy, now get lost.
Amen. IMO 99.9% of all browser crashing is Adobe's fault.
IE display pages properly? Don't make me laugh. I will tell you now, developing pages for IE is a nightmare. Pages that show exactly the same on Chrome, Ffox, Opera and Safari for some reason don't look the same on IE. It is because of Javascript lag on IE and poor rendering accuracy I switched to Chrome.