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

[webazoid]

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?

[Noir]

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

[Lylej2k]

Originally Posted by Noir

btw skyfire is the fastest browser loading pages in under 10 seconds....much faster than the safari

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

[bairice]

Seconded on opera mini!

[AndyCR512]

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.

[pdx77]

Originally Posted by Noir

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

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

[bestjudge]

Cant wait for firefox mobile

[diomark]

Originally Posted by pdx77

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

Nope, they don't.
-mark

[webazoid]

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

[pjsnyc]

Originally Posted by diomark

Nope, they don't.
-mark

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