![]() Where are those numbers?Īlso, web developers don't curse IE because it's slow. It is especially unsuited in this case given the tiny number of data points and, oh, the convolution of these results with other factors like OS bundling (Windows/IE) and time on market (All 3, most significantly Chrome).Ī more interesting (and likely actually related) set of data would be browser performance vs. It's so unfortunate that researchers these days don't realize that correlation can easily be a coincidence, and not a real relationship between two variables. However, with the exception of Microsoft who's stuck updating JScript (haha, bundle FAIL!), all the other competitors can and are swapping out engines for faster and faster performance. (Including Microsoft.) It only makes sense that the older and cruftier engines would have a harder time competing with the newer and more nimble engines created by these upstart competitors. Every browser revision is trying to boost performance. ![]() Javascript is currently a hugely competitive area. (Speaking of which, isn't it a bit disingenous to compare Safari 4 BETA to the current version of Firefox? Why not compare the Firefox beta then? Smells of yeller-bellied journalism to me.) Some benchmarks suggest that it is highly competitive with V8 (Chrome) and SquirrelFish (Safari). Once IE's market share goes the way of the Dodo will web developers start cursing Firefox?ĭo the words "TraceMonkey" mean anything to the authors? It's the core Javascript engine of the upcoming revision of Firefox. However, there are all too many advertisements that violate those rules, which is why I do run adblock. Rule 7 explanation: That is to say, that advertisements like Hulu's and ABC.com's Full episode player are permissible. Rule 6 explanation: Once a user clicks on the advertisement, it may play video, play audio, overlap the page, etc. However reasonable vector based animation is fine. Rule 4 explanation: Those flicking adverts are obnoxious. Rule 3 explanation: Non of those double height horizontal advertisements. ![]() Further, no pseudo-popups (utiling CSS to create what looks like a popup, but is actually part of the page), unless they do not cover the page content. Rule 2 explanation: None of those flash adds that project an appendage over the page, that can only be closed after the animation is finished, and usually by explicitly clicking on some part of the advertisement. Rule 1 explanation: It must not be a popup or pop-under. Rule 7: Automatic video playing and audio are permissible despite rules 4 and 5 if the advertisements are part of video playback. (Simply moving the mouse over it is not sufficient), the advertisement may do any of the above. Rule 6: If a user chooses to interact with the advertisement by clicking on it. Playing video as a result of clicking on the advertisement is acceptable, as is a limited amount of automatic pre-buffering. Rule 4: While animation is permissible, rapid flickering of any sort is not permissible, nor is automatically playing video. Rule 3: The advertisements must be reasonably sized. Rule 2: The advertisement must remain entirely within a rectangle on the page that does not overlap the page content. Rule 1: The advertisment must be on the relevant page. Now, as for flash adverts, I've never had an issue with the download size, although sound is an issue.Īs for advertisements, if they fellow the following rules I don't mind them. The security implications of letting javascript run are actually pretty minimal. But what is up with noscript? I've pretty much never had javascript freeze the page or anything of the sort. Adblock is not surprising, since sites often fail to follow the common sense rules of advertising. I'm really surprised at the number of people who use noscript. ![]()
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