Is Opera 10.50 Really the Fastest?
Good news for Linux users who love the Opera Web browser: After being snubbed for a big chunk of the pre-10.50 release cycle, Opera has finally started putting out snapshots for all platforms, including Linux. Now that we finally have our hands on Opera 10.50 development snapshots for Linux, does it live up to the hype? Is it really as fast as they claim? Don’t bet on it.
Opera Speed
Opera is billing itself as “The fastest browser on Earth” these days. Which brings to mind a few questions: Is it really faster, and by how wide a margin is Opera faster than the other browsers? What about other features? And does it really matter if Opera is the fastest browser when you’re browsing sites that are pokey about delivering pages?
Let’s start by asking if Opera really is faster than other browsers. Luckily, we have quite a few benchmarks to choose from these days. I used the V8 Benchmark Suite (note that this is v5 of the suite, and that might change by the time you read this) and the SunSpider suite.
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