WebKit's JetStream browser benchmark hits version 2
by from The Tech Report on (#4BZ8S)
I prefer applications that you download and run on your local machine, but I guess I'm old-fashioned because it seems like even most of those run in a browser these days. Browser performance on a lot of computers now is virtually synonymous with whole-machine performance. For that reason, we pay pretty close attention to browser benchmarks. Tests like Speedometer and JetStream help us gauge how quickly a machine can complete internet tasks-which is to say, most tasks. Not to belabor the point. In any case, we're pleased to see that the JetStream benchmark has gotten its second release.
...