why is safari and gphone browser faster than opera/ie?
 

I've tested out the iphone and tmobile's gphone. in both cases, the browser seems more responsive w/ loading pages. is it because those browsers are better, the cpu are better, or the gsm network is better compared to sprint/tp/opera/ie?

Re: why is safari and gphone browser faster than opera/ie?
 

neither
its called server filtering...3rd party server filters page so elements aren't dled like a desktop computer
btw skyfire is the fastest browser loading pages in under 10 seconds....much faster than the safari

Re: why is safari and gphone browser faster than opera/ie?
 

Opera mini 4.2 loads in way less time than that. Give it a try.

Re: why is safari and gphone browser faster than opera/ie?
 

Seconded on opera mini!

Re: why is safari and gphone browser faster than opera/ie?
 

Opera Mini is unique in that it has the Opera servers pre-process the pages, removing any high-bandwidth page elements, restructuring the page so that it fits the screen, and lowering image resolution. On Opera Mobile and such, the pages are processed client-side, which takes longer both to download and to render.

EDIT: Noir got to it first.

Re: why is safari and gphone browser faster than opera/ie?
 

I didn't think Safari on the iPhone used server side rendering.

Re: why is safari and gphone browser faster than opera/ie?
 

Cant wait for firefox mobile

Re: why is safari and gphone browser faster than opera/ie?
 

Nope, they don't.
-mark

Re: why is safari and gphone browser faster than opera/ie?
 

strange that the other two phones are so much faster when i tried them out.

Re: why is safari and gphone browser faster than opera/ie?
 

Could it also be because the iPhone basically doesn't allow multitasking? Basically giving safari most of the phone's resources to render pages?