These speed tests were filmed at actual web page rendering times. If you’re interested in the technical details, read on!
Equipment used:
- Computer: MacBook Pro laptop with Windows installed
- Monitor – 24″ Asus: We had to replace the standard fluorescent backlight with very large tungsten fixtures to funnel in more light to capture the screen. In addition, we flipped the monitor 180 degrees to eliminate a shadow from the driver board and set the system preferences on the computer to rotate 180 degrees. No special software was used in this process.
- Camera: Phantom v640 High Speed Camera at 1920 x 1080, films up to 2700 fps
“Why does allrecipes.com in the potato gun sequence appear at once, and not the text first and images second? And why does it appear to render from bottom of the screen to the top?”
Chrome sends the rendered page to the video card buffer all at once, which is why allrecipes.com appears at once, and not with the text first and images second. Chrome actually paints the page from top to bottom, but to eliminate a shadow from the driver board, we had to flip the monitor upside down and set the system preferences in Windows to rotate everything 180 degrees, resulting in the page appearing to render from bottom to top.
“Why does the top one third of the page appear first on the weather.com page load?”
Sometimes only half the buffer gets filled before the video card sends its buffer over to the LCD panel. This is because Chrome on Windows uses GDI to draw, which does not do v-sync.
“The screen wipes are so smooth – how was that achieved?”
The screen wipes up in a gradated wipe because LCD pixels take around 10ms to flip and gradually change color.
More filming details below:
Chrome Browser vs. Potato:
We used a version of the web page allrecipes.com that is accessible when logged in. About four hours into the Potato Gun shoot we decided to use a locally loaded version of the web page to enable more precise synchronization with the potato gun. We finally got the shot we were hoping for after 51 takes.
Chrome Browser vs. Sound:
We loaded an artist page from Pandora.com, a streaming internet radio service directly off the web on a 15Mbps internet connection.
Chrome Browser vs. Lightning:
We used a locally loaded version of weather.com that was legally approved for use in this video (and all the standard website permissions procedures that goes into making videos!)
While we had a super fast 15Mbps internet connection in the studio, any live internet connection introduces quite a bit of variability. To run speed tests on page rendering times, saving locally and loading from the local disk can help reduce this variability.
For behind-the-scenes footage of how this video was made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oarMXGq3gI
Duration : 0:2:10
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May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
awesome
awesome
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
Uhm, cheaters? Look …
Uhm, cheaters? Look carefully at 0:50 – the mouse arrow is on the “forward” button.
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
actually, it does …
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actually, it does also depend on the servers of the website, and that is the most important factor. If a website doesn’t support your “epic” internet connection speed, then its useless to have that “epic” internet
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
Chrome is fast,but …
Chrome is fast,but opera is much better
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
nice!
nice!
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
Do you know why? …
Do you know why?Because there are no tool bars. Toolbars slows up you browser because all those apps on the toolbar have to be connect when starting up.
You cannot compare firefox with Google Crome
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
Cool
Cool
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
Аххахаха, плачу, …
Аххахаха, плачу, плачу, РЫДАЮ просто……. Ааааааааа…..
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
OKay, this is cool, …
OKay, this is cool, but seriously! it depends on your internet connection!!!!!
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
lol
lol
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
@OMG4975
Same with …
@OMG4975
Same with Internet Explorer and Firefox. Google just holds the info a couple months longer, but it’s anonymous. After a certain amount of months, whatever info is gone.
They don’t handout the info
Also, did you know that you AGREE to this stuff when you install it? IE, Firefox, Chrome. Even the Windows OS. Microsoft has the legal right to peak into -your computer if they feel like it. It’s all in the fine print. But if you dont do anything wrong then there is nothing to worry about!
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
really nice concept …
really nice concept and execution
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
Fake video. Chrome …
Fake video. Chrome was using in this video cached sites
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
@FantageLover916 …
@FantageLover916 lol, u wish
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
***Hey dudes, I’m …
***Hey dudes, I’m very excited rite now. I acquired a complementary $400 lpad, ‘N You should pick one up too. Ya’ll Could look it up on my Profile
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
The only reason one …
The only reason one could argue Firefox is better than Google Chrome is they have better OS/X support. Chrome is faster, and doesn’t slow down as you install addons.
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
safari is way much …
safari is way much better and easier to use than google chrome…
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
opera ftw
opera ftw
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
@orangedelivery : …
@orangedelivery : sure.. do a “Google” search on this: Google Chrome doesn’t respect your privacy
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
Using it, lovin it …
Using it, lovin it
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
WIN!!!!
WIN!!!!
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
look at 0:50 – …
but movie is still great 
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look at 0:50 – mouse is over forward button, and adress is to file on hard drive
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
@FantageLover916
…
@FantageLover916
if you like bloatware and useless addons (with a few exceptions), then yes
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
I vote for the left …
I vote for the left side of the video, not the right side ~~~~
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
@OMG4975 does it …
@OMG4975 does it realy