What is the fastest web browser?

A science fair project

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Specifically applying to Science Fair

What is the effect of different web browser on how fast the page loads?

Purpose

Hypothesis (based on research)If I use Google Chrome, then the page will load faster.

Hypothesis

Experimental Design

Materials and Procedure (may not work on all Windows PCs)

1. Start the browser you are testing in Safe Mode (and clear the private data - for Google Chrome it is incognito mode)

2. Start Camtasia Studio and click “Record”3. Type in the site URL address bar4. Wait for it to completely load. The head back to Camtasia Studio and click “stop”. Then save

the file as an HQ AVI.5. Open Adobe Premiere Pro6. Open the recorded file and trim it into frames you need (from pressing the go button to the

time the progress bar disappears or when the has completely loaded)7. Take note of the total time it took and record it.8. Then repeat steps 4 to 8 if you are doing a round of sites. If you want to start a new round

of sites or switching browsers, close your browser and go back to step 1.

Materials: (HP Pavilion w/ Windows Vista SP2 PC Requirements:)

Procedures:

Web Browsers, Camtasia Studio (or any high-frames video studio), Adobe Premiere Pro (or Premiere Elements/Windows Movie Maker), and an internet connection

Charts and GraphsTrial 1

Trial 2

Charts and Graphs

Trial 3

Images

Images

Images

Bonus Images: Minefield after I finished the experiment

• January 27, 2010 (below)

April 16, 2010

April 16, 2010

Results

As I did this experiment, I noticed that Google Chrome had been faster than any other browser (Although Wyzo was the fastest, it is in alpha and it’s very unstable-it crashed 30+times when I tested the browsers)

Conclusion

• During this experiment, I tested 10 browsers to see which one is the fastest during this experiment. I learned how to measure browser speed.

• My results from my experiment proved my hypothesis right. Problems that may have affected my experiment is that too many people may be on YouTube when it I tested Internet Explorer, since it took 5 seconds to load.

• Another discovery that was made is that not all pages load at the same time.

• Because I think that I did everything correctly and the results were pretty accurate, the experiment went very well.

Works CitedGoogle "Under the Hood." What Browser? 17 December 2009. <http://www.whatbrowser.org/en/more/>.

Microsoft "Measuring Browser Performance [outdated]." Microsoft Downloads. 2 December 2009. <http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/1/E/41E87D81-DA93-4FCF-A8C8-1C098F0B848C/Measuring%20Browser%20Performance.pdf>.