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New Iron-Version: 4.0.227 Beta
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:09 pm
by SRWare
Based on Chromium 4.0 we released a new Iron-Version.
New is a speed gain up to 30% and support for Bookmark-Synchronisation.
Additionally the Extension-System was improved, there is now a user-friendly control interface and you become warnings for potential harmful plugins.
Also the Windows 7 support is better in this versions: Aero Peek doesn't work yet, but the integration in the new start menu is already done.
Please notice:
This is a beta version - it's probably not as stable as the currently "official" version.
Download Installer:
http://www.srware.net/downloads/srware_iron_beta.exe
Download Portable:
http://www.srware.net/downloads/IronPortable_beta.zip
Extensions/Plugins:
http://www.chrome-plugins.info/en
Re: New Iron-Version: 4.0.227 Beta
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:41 pm
by old_navy
Hi!
I am a user of IRON for long time and this is my preferred browser. I like its speed. But last version is more slow than 3.0189 and 3.0197 versions. May it be fixed in stable version?
Link below is to my tests.
http://service.futuremark.com/peacekeep ... n?key=1tki
Thanks,
old_navy
Re: New Iron-Version: 4.0.227 Beta
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:13 am
by ilboso
Hi!
I've just tried the new v4 beta and I noticed that the AdBlocker doesn't work...
keep up your wonderful work!
Re: New Iron-Version: 4.0.227 Beta
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:25 pm
by iron_man
Hi,
So far so good. Iron 4.0 is faster than 3.0, at least according to my tests.
btw, ad blocker does work, however you have to update AdBlock.ini manually;
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http://fanboy.co.nz/adblock/iron/complete/adblock.ini
Re: New Iron-Version: 4.0.227 Beta
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:46 pm
by aqua
ok,just tried this beta version,looks good,my setup is xp-pro-sp3,using privoxy for ad-blocking=works good,,,
guys don't forget to check "use dns prefething for improve page load performance"..very fast too.
now still the bookmarks
http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=687
the bookmarks imported from IE.[IE8 only right?] should be at the "STAR ICON"--LIKE IE8" here we need to add another line to browse our favorities sites...and "it doesn't look good""looks outdated"
-does it only import bookmarks fom IE8?..what about firefox,etc?
-why in options "under the hood"--USE SSL-2.0 and CHECK FOR SERVER CERTIFICATE REVOCATION is uncheck by default?
i know you guys are doing a great effort and thanks for it..
Re: New Iron-Version: 4.0.227 Beta
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:10 pm
by Vibov
iron_man wrote:Hi,
So far so good. Iron 4.0 is faster than 3.0, at least according to my tests.
I ran the Sunspider benchmark
4.0:
1514.4ms +/- 3.7%
3.0:
882.4ms (+/- 7,4%)
JavaScript - nearly two times slower.
(Still faster than Firefox, though - 2070.2 ms).
iron_man wrote:btw, ad blocker does work, however you have to update AdBlock.ini manually;
Code: Select all
http://fanboy.co.nz/adblock/iron/complete/adblock.ini
Hang on, so do I get it right - every time I see one of these annoying flash commercials (I did download your adblock.ini file, but they still appear on the websites I visit), all I have to do is right-click on the flash ad, copy its address, open adblock.ini, paste the address, save the file and (after the browser is restarted of course) - voila!
That sounds very 2009
Man it's really annoying... I support the cause, but... v.3.0 couldn't get the bookmarks bar right (I complained about it in another thread), now I upgraded v4.0 happy to discover the bug does not exist - bang, the adblocker is gone.
Re: New Iron-Version: 4.0.227 Beta
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:21 pm
by iron_man
Code: Select all
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RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
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Total: 1285.0ms +/- 4.0%
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3d: 160.6ms +/- 22.2%
cube: 61.8ms +/- 19.1%
morph: 45.6ms +/- 40.7%
raytrace: 53.2ms +/- 27.4%
access: 72.2ms +/- 25.2%
binary-trees: 3.2ms +/- 42.6%
fannkuch: 25.2ms +/- 27.1%
nbody: 36.6ms +/- 23.6%
nsieve: 7.2ms +/- 39.4%
bitops: 69.4ms +/- 23.7%
3bit-bits-in-byte: 6.4ms +/- 10.6%
bits-in-byte: 15.2ms +/- 27.4%
bitwise-and: 16.8ms +/- 28.9%
nsieve-bits: 31.0ms +/- 25.7%
controlflow: 5.4ms +/- 20.6%
recursive: 5.4ms +/- 20.6%
crypto: 71.2ms +/- 22.5%
aes: 25.2ms +/- 23.5%
md5: 26.4ms +/- 22.2%
sha1: 19.6ms +/- 30.6%
date: 185.2ms +/- 14.4%
format-tofte: 92.0ms +/- 25.0%
format-xparb: 93.2ms +/- 10.6%
math: 90.2ms +/- 5.6%
cordic: 29.0ms +/- 29.5%
partial-sums: 46.4ms +/- 20.1%
spectral-norm: 14.8ms +/- 24.8%
regexp: 39.4ms +/- 28.0%
dna: 39.4ms +/- 28.0%
string: 591.4ms +/- 11.6%
base64: 67.4ms +/- 28.0%
fasta: 100.0ms +/- 25.4%
tagcloud: 141.2ms +/- 14.8%
unpack-code: 189.4ms +/- 4.0%
validate-input: 93.4ms +/- 31.0%
Sunspider, IRON 4.0
Well my friend, seems like there are other variables affecting the results.
Re: New Iron-Version: 4.0.227 Beta
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:42 am
by ilboso
iron_man wrote:btw, ad blocker does work, however you have to update AdBlock.ini manually;
Code: Select all
http://fanboy.co.nz/adblock/iron/complete/adblock.ini
I've re-downloaded adblock.ini and it's all right!
thanls!
Re: New Iron-Version: 4.0.227 Beta
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:51 pm
by jokerjokerer
I cannot set it as default browser. I use Windows 7 Ultimate X86.
The Iron it does not appears in the windows list of installed programs/browsers and inside the browser i can see that:
Srware cannot determine or set the default browser.
So any ideas how to set it as default to open links from other programs ?
Re: New Iron-Version: 4.0.227 Beta
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:45 pm
by SRWare
jokerjokerer wrote:I cannot set it as default browser. I use Windows 7 Ultimate X86.
The Iron it does not appears in the windows list of installed programs/browsers and inside the browser i can see that:
Srware cannot determine or set the default browser.
So any ideas how to set it as default to open links from other programs ?
This is a known Bug on 7, will be fixed in final.