Google, Apple and Mozilla Will Develop a Better Browser Benchmark
The previous version of the benchmark was developed by the Safari team.
The previous version of the benchmark was developed by the Safari team.
Google, Apple and Mozilla are collaborating to develop a better web browser benchmark. Mozilla tweeted about it. Speedometer 3 will be a new test model which that balances the companies' visions for measuring responsiveness.
Unlike some past benchmarks, Speedometer 3 is being started as a cross-industry collaborative effort.
— Mozilla Developer 👩🏾💻 (@mozhacks) December 15, 2022
Building this will be hard work, and working together gives us a chance to build the best version to help make the Web faster for years to come. https://t.co/lZyegpIAeW
Speedometer's development policy assumes a flexible decision-making system. For major changes, the consent of all three companies is required, but for "non-trivial changes" the consent of one of the competitors is sufficient. This model of work is designed to speed up the work of the group members and get a higher level of consensus.
Speedometer 2 was developed by Apple’s Web Kit team. The new version of the benchmark is still in its infancy. That’s why a group of developers recommended using Speedometer 2.1 until the project is further along.
Chrome, Safari and Firefox are three of the four most-used browsers today. The last popular browser is Microsoft Edge, but it doesn't run its own engine. It’s based on Google's open-sourced Chromium with Blink.
