Firefox 3.5.1 still exposing bugs

Firefox 3.5.1 represents a step towards a faster browser.
Several benchmarks show Safari 4, Opera 10 and Chrome as the fastest browsers on the market - I heard "Webkit rules" - and they only seem to lack in the plug-ins feature.
I'm not taking into account IE X.x because... I think it already exists only because is bundled into the most common OS in the world. And there's no reason to use it.

Anyway... After the first exploit (more here) soon patched by Mozilla team, we got a bug in JavaScript engine, not well managed in 3.5.1.
The issue is well described here and this time it is not useful for executing code (at the moment), but "only" for a DoS.
Possible workaround? Disable JavaScript, No-Script plug-in or switch to the older JavaScript engine from about:config, disabling javascript.options.jit.content. Choosing the 3rd option, there will be a drop in the overall performances of Firefox.

Google Chrome browser SHORT review

Surfing the web by using GBrowser...
Fast, indeed. Uses Webkit, so webpages are displayed correctly... More or less.
Used memory is very low. That could be a great advantage on not very fast machines.
It is a BETA: it is not possible to manage bookmarks... No plug-ins. No extensions.
I think Google released this browser with the aim of provide a fast browser for netbooks and implement some optimization (and integration) with Google Apps (Google Gears).
It cannot replace Mozilla Firefox, now.

Official Google Blog: Google Chrome now live

Google Chrome

... Unexpected news from big G ...
Google Chrome will be released as Beta version within few hours from now.
Some features I caught on the net seem to be:

• optimized "Task - Process" management
• optimized JavaScript engine
• uses WebKit (as Safari and the Android Browser)
• designed from scratch, based on nowadays needs
• optimized Garbage collector
• (?) maybe based on VMs

Here you can read a clear and easily readable document, explaining why Google is releasing that browser.

Firefox alphas...

A new Mozilla Firefox Alpha version is out: you can read relase notes here.
It contains a little taste of the future Gecko rendering engine: an improved web standards compliancy.
W3C is a consortium developing and publishing web specifications, guidelines, software (etc.) to improve Web fruition in the most efficient way.
The W3C's core business is to standardize and make software, websites, protocols, browsers interoperable.


To check your browser W3C compliancy, let it take these 3 test:

• Acid Test I
• Acid Test II
• Acid Test III

I hope HTML5 will solve issues and remove the old HTML retrocompatibility burden.