Browserscope Launch at TAE
- 2. BrowserscopeOpen-source, community-driven project for profiling browsersGoals:foster browser innovation
- 3. be a resource for web developers Based on UA Profiler
- 4. key characteristicsmore of a matrix than a benchmark
- 5. reproducible results – boolean vs. milliseconds
- 6. extensible framework – easy to add new tests
- 7. historical trends – uncover regressions
- 9. results are crowdsourced!crowdsourcingUsers running the tests is key for Browserscope's longevity, accuracy, and currency.no dedicated test resources – project runs in perpetuity
- 10. wide variety of real world test conditions
- 11. aggregating results reduces biases
- 12. new browsers show up immediately This is where you come in!
- 14. (current) test categoriesNetwork PerformanceSteve Souders' original UA Profiler testsconnections, caching, downloads, etc...Acid3Ian Hickson's tests, added by Jacob MoonJavaScript, CSS, renderingSelectors API Test SuiteJohn Resig's tests, added by Lindsey SimonquerySelectorAll DOM retrieval syntaxRich Text Edit Modecreated and added by Annie Sullivancut and paste, w/ bold, italic, formatting, etc.future: reflow, cookies, security, ???