wat?!! i thought they said minefield was the fastest browser (or is that not included in the test). and wats tracemonkey?
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xJonny said:
Also, to use existing extensions, make extensions.checkCompatibility true in about:config too (NB: May make a terrorist kidnap your daughter, amongst other things)
i can't find that (using minefield).
Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 with TraceMonkey = Firefox Minefield (Code name).
wiki.mozilla.org
TraceMonkey adds native code compilation to Mozilla’s JavaScript engine (known as SpiderMonkey). It is based on a technique developed at UC Irvine called “trace trees“, and building on code and ideas shared with the Tamarin Tracing project. The net result is a massive speed increase both in the browser chrome and web page content.
TraceMonkey is currently available and enabled by default for testing in nightly builds. If you want to modify the types of JavaScript that are executed using TraceMonkey:
* open a new tab
* type
about:config and hit enter
* read the warning and heed its wisdom
* enter
jit in the filter field
* change the value of
javascript.options.jit.content to enable (true) and disable (false). TraceMonkey for JavaScript in web content
* change the value of
javascript.options.jit.chrometo enable (true) and disable (false). TraceMonkey for JavaScript in XUL/chrome