Test your Browser Rendering speed(page load)..

Hi All,

Today, i came across an very interesting website which allows to measure website page load (rendering) speed. It is webwait.com

Find the attached screenshots for IE9,FF 4.0.1,Chrome 12.

I think, chrome's process isolation and webpage pre-rendering makes it snappier than firefox.

Note: Sorry i mistakenly removed FF'x first run of cnn.com site.

Thanks,
Harsha

 

Obviously Firefox blew them away. However, while a test site like webwait can give some indication of performance, there are far too many variables that will come into play daily.

 

The service tested -http://mahemoff.com/- which is apparently a malicious website according to Norton DNS.

 

Interesting, neither MBAM or Avast said a word about it.

 

Only Norton and Browser Defender (from same company) detects this.

 

wow!! thats an interesting thing.

Yes, this just determines just a page load performance. Mainly process isolation is major drawback for current firefox. Hope Electrolosys comes by EOD this year.

 

Would it matter that Chrome has ABP enabled whereas it is not clear that it is enabled (or not) in Fx.

 

Yes both (Fx and Chrome) have ABP enabled (but Fx ABP would have more rules than chrome's ABP rules..i guess) and in IE tracking filtering is switched on (fanboy's list).

 

Whether a browser renders + or - a second isn't important to me. The fact that my FF took 26 seconds to load cold on my old computer, and takes 4 seconds on my new computer is what interests me.

 

http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mahemoff.com

Seems like that website isn't very secure and probably got hacked. 3 drive-by's on record. Definitely not an FP.

 

i guess its what addons make firefox slower startup. i don't have that problem. i just have one addon and it takes me around 4 sec for a cold start...

try creating a new profile in your old computer and see if that makes a difference...

 

MBAM never says something about a domain name.
According to IPVoid the IP is clean.

Gerard

 

would loading webwait.com is triggering any alerts for any one? I don't have alerts showing up. I guess it is only with mahemoff.com which is shown as defualt entry in the webwait.com

b/w i use Norton DNS.

 

I allowed both websites in Noscript last night, and never once got redirected or hit with anything. MBAM would have blocked the website from loading even if Avast didn't. Whatever was there is gone..and here again is why I don't like these DNS services.

Edit: P.S, I'm behind Sandboxie so I wasn't that worried to begin with.

 

Not me. After startup, browser rendering speed is very important. Imagine every website 26 seconds slower. Just looking at the sheer numbers proves what is more crucial.

harsha_mic do you remember the CNN load time? Can you test it again?

 

Let's be realistic though, 26 second website loading time is an indication there is a lot more going on than browser rendering issues. Dial up aside, if 5 or 6 seconds is too much time for someone, they should probably get out a bit more.