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Hardware Acceleration - IE9 Preview 3 vs. Firefox 4.0 pre-Beta vs. Chrome 5.0

by sara on Jul 28, 2010

Some of the most recent releases of Firefox and Chrome are no match for Internet Explorer 9 when it comes down to the performance delivered because of hardware acceleration capabilities. Back in June 2010, Microsoft threw Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 2 in the hardware acceleration arena against a set of rival browsers, and the next generation of IE wiped the floor with products traditionally perceived by the public as delivering superior speed. It’s now the turn of IE9 Platform Preview 3 Build 1.9.7.8.74.6000 to leave browsers like Firefox 4.0 pre-Beta 1 and Chrome 5.0 Stable in the dust.

While for the first set of hardware acceleration tests, Microsoft used the Flickr Explorer sample on the IE Test Center website, for the latest browser measuring content, the company leveraged the Amazon Shelf concept application which was released concomitantly with the third IE9 Platform Preview.

“Much like Flickr Explorer, Amazon Shelf is written using...Read More >>



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