Freeciv As Benchmark of HTML5 Canvas Javascript Performance 246
Andreas(R) writes "The Freeciv.net crew has benchmarked their web client, which is a rich web application using the HTML5 canvas element. This shows how fast Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer perform using the latest HTML5 web standards."
That's hardly a benchmark (Score:3, Funny)
Now someone just needs to port the Quakes over, for a real benchmark. None of this turn-based strategy nonsense. :p
Re:That's hardly a benchmark (Score:5, Funny)
Make it 320 columns wide and 240 rows deep, for old-school flavor, with all cells empty, and just treat each cell's background color as a pixel value...
What could possibly go wrong?
In case anyone was wondering... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Not fast (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That's hardly a benchmark (Score:2, Funny)
here's conway's life in a fullscreen 20x20 table: http://etcet.net/projects/conway.html [etcet.net]
it gets about 2-3 fps on my atom box. 100x100 is about 10spf
Re:Not fast (Score:3, Funny)
"And yet, the NeXT systems had a reputation for beautiful graphics."
Sure. Both users agreed.