The IE8 browser took about 3800 milliseconds to complete the benchmark. In contrast, Platform Preview 2 had executed the test in under 500 milliseconds.

For end users, this means a faster experience on the web. Google's V8 JavaScript engine, which arrived in 2008, was an important shift in competition between browser makers.

An important component of delivering a fast browser is fast JavaScript execution. In Chrome, that job is done by the V8 engine which executes over 78 years worth of JavaScript code on a daily basis.

Mozilla has just rolled out OdinMonkey, a new module for Firefox's JavaScript engine that promises to speed up JavaScript execution beyond your wildest dreams. If you were drawn to Chrome because ...

We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Microsoft announced it is open-sourcing Chakra, the JavaScript engine that powers its Edge Web browser.

Javascript execution is surely more serious.” Users could be subject to account hijacking, spam and phishing attacks by simply opening an HTML email containing embedded javascript.

The Tor Project released Tor Browser 9.0.7 today with a permanent fix for a bug that allowed JavaScript code to run on the Safest security level in some situations while using the previous Tor ...

I feel the need JavaScript's wide usage has produced great pressure to make the language faster. Google's Chrome was the first browser to really tout JavaScript performance as a feature, and its ...