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Title: Making the Google Chrome Speed Tests
Added: May 3, 2010
Author: googlechrome
Duration: 4:34
Description:
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.We'll be releasing the results of these speed tests:http://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/05/pedal-to-chrome-metal-our-fastest-beta.htmlhttp://www.google.com/chrome
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Youtube Comments: 632
dardess Says:
Oct 6, 2011 - Damn i wished i worked for Google.. That is like so funn to do for your job.Chrome is btw awesome, like all the Google products! 60% of all my computer time involves Google products! (and well 100% of mobile time because of android)
looopdalooop1992 Says:
Oct 20, 2011 - Great creativity and a refreshing use of imagination, just wondering what speaker/amplifier set up is used for the Chrome Browser vs Sound experiment?Many thanks,L
justslim99 Says:
Oct 25, 2011 - Fantastic. How is it compared to Firefox? I am used to Firefox for years but will try chrome after seeing this.
MIA1on9 Says:
Jan 8, 2012 - GC IS THE FAST WEB BROWSER XD
Tomm0509 Says:
Jan 16, 2012 - "Equipment used: Macbook pro with windows installed"
rodkill100200 Says:
Jan 22, 2012 - i lol'd when i read that.
iToasterman Says:
Jan 25, 2012 - Nice clicking hte forward button and loading from teh cache. now load from the internet
coolpop18 Says:
Jan 28, 2012 - Thumbs up if you are watching this in Google Chrome.
19greg96 Says:
Jan 31, 2012 - Lol, it's a lie.. what kind of fucking website loads from footer to header?
AllTheDamnPancakes Says:
Feb 26, 2012 - Greg's mom loads from header to footer.
N3aWajhey Says:
Mar 13, 2012 - N.E.R.D.S.
sprigs08 Says:
Mar 16, 2012 - Some ppl have too much time on there hands ... Apple build the iPhone ..... Goggle chrome build the spud cannon ..:) :)
sprigs08 Says:
Mar 16, 2012 - Some ppl have to much time on there hands !! Apple launch the iPhone !! .... Goggle chrome launch the spud !!! :) :)
MJQ0690 Says:
Mar 25, 2012 - yeah! cool.!
ZeelivePvP Says:
Mar 30, 2012 - Haha nice man TTTT!!!! Help out my channel :D!
TheMegakid300 Says:
Apr 9, 2012 - That was awesome :D
lutzjamesa Says:
Apr 11, 2012 - From the description: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.
lutzjamesa Says:
Apr 11, 2012 - 1. that's what Windows comes with2. which shows that people don't like it!
19greg96 Says:
Apr 11, 2012 - and what about it animating?
peternoordijk Says:
May 1, 2012 - that was obviously the point of that entire comment so you don't need to correct it >.<
JackRendar Says:
May 14, 2012 - How fun it must be to be a Google Employee :D
BleachByakuyaKuchiki Says:
May 18, 2012 - Opera ftw
JohnnyJackPompolla Says:
May 20, 2012 - I live in Agrentina. Here it doesn't matter what software you use, the internet will always be slow, as long as you do not own a high-tech company.
neowild1 Says:
Sep 21, 2011 - it toke me 1 sec to load up a site CHROME B3AST.......i have to force my mom to use it know lol stuiped internet explore u have no match against google chrome mwahahahahahahahahahhahaahahahahah thumps down if u wont lol i want to resive a lot of thumps down tehe