Safari 3.1 - Insanely Fast?

[aphex]

Link from 9to5mac

I just spent a few hours running tests on the latest version of WebKit for Computerworld.

Conclusion?

The upcoming builds of WebKit/Safari are really realy fast. The unoptimized WebKit is often twice as fast as the current standard Safari in page load times. And Safari is supposed to be the fastest desktop browser out there!?

According to the WebKit surfin' Safari blog, the speed increases are largely due to Javascript handling improvements.

Whenever the new WebKit code gets pushed into Safari (soon?), you'll notice these significant speed increases and possibly even more after the code is optimized. Download the latest WebKit here, compiled for both Mac and even PC to get a preview or check the article for more results.

Oh and Firefox users (like myself) should also see similar speed improvements in coming versions.

Looks promising. I always found Safari to be faster than Firefox, but the lack of any real plugin support always made me sway towards Firefox exclusively.

I have however been finding Firefox more and more laggy, even bone stock. If this pans out, it may be the final thing that pulls me back.

You can try the webkit here; http://nightly.webkit.org/

 

[Oil]

Looks great but is there a Adblock type plugin for Safari? Its the only reason I use Firefox as my primary browser

 

[hotsoda]

Originally posted by: OSx86
Looks great but is there a Adblock type plugin for Safari? Its the only reason I use Firefox as my primary browser

Link.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: OSx86
Looks great but is there a Adblock type plugin for Safari? Its the only reason I use Firefox as my primary browser

http://pimpmysafari.com/plugins/pith-helmet

Sounds like it dosen't work with the webkits, but does will the full version. Pretty sure it only works on Safari for Mac though, not Windows.

 

[Oil]

Yeah, both only work for Mac. Are there any that work with Windows?

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: OSx86
Looks great but is there a Adblock type plugin for Safari? Its the only reason I use Firefox as my primary browser

Yeah I mean the speed difference they're talking about is milliseconds. I can tell a difference between speeds in different browsers (IE7 on my XP PC is actually faster than FF3), but it all loads nearly instantly, so I'm sticking with Firefox for all the great plugins

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: OSx86
Looks great but is there a Adblock type plugin for Safari? Its the only reason I use Firefox as my primary browser

http://pimpmysafari.com/plugins/pith-helmet

Sounds like it dosen't work with the webkits, but does will the full version. Pretty sure it only works on Safari for Mac though, not Windows.

Yea but Safari AdBlock is free, last i heard, Pith Helmet is not.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: TheStu

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: OSx86
Looks great but is there a Adblock type plugin for Safari? Its the only reason I use Firefox as my primary browser

http://pimpmysafari.com/plugins/pith-helmet

Sounds like it dosen't work with the webkits, but does will the full version. Pretty sure it only works on Safari for Mac though, not Windows.

Yea but Safari AdBlock is free, last i heard, Pith Helmet is not.

True.

Anyone know of any Safari adblocker for windows?

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: TheStu

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: OSx86
Looks great but is there a Adblock type plugin for Safari? Its the only reason I use Firefox as my primary browser

http://pimpmysafari.com/plugins/pith-helmet

Sounds like it dosen't work with the webkits, but does will the full version. Pretty sure it only works on Safari for Mac though, not Windows.

Yea but Safari AdBlock is free, last i heard, Pith Helmet is not.

True.

Anyone know of any Safari adblocker for windows?

It might be possible to adapt Safari AdBlock for use on Windows. I have read that Apple has been known to include quite a few additional things along with their Windows applications, so it might be possible to find an InputManagers-esque folder