Benchmark for Web App Responsiveness
Speedometer:
Benchmark for Web App Responsiveness
We are pleased to announce Speedometer, a new benchmark that measures the responsiveness of web applications.
Introducing the WebKit FTL JIT
Designed to bring aggressive C-like optimizations to the largest variety of JavaScript programs.
Overview of WebKit’s CSS JIT Compiler
Making CSS faster and more scalable is an area of research in the WebKit project.
Advanced Layout Made Easy with CSS Regions
CSS Regions is an exciting technology that makes it easier than ever to create rich, magazine-like layouts within web content.
WebKit and C++11
WebKit now requires our various ports to build with compilers that support some C++11 features.
Using References Instead of Pointers
We started converting WebKit code to using references instead of pointers when passing around objects.
Improved Support for Images on High-Resolution Displays
WebKit now supports the srcset attribute on image elements to specify higher-quality images for your users.
Binary Size Matters
Unusual Speed Boost:
Binary Size Matters
One of my concerns last year was that while WebKit was getting faster on common benchmarks, some operations were getting slower as a byproduct of new features and optimizations.
State of Web Inspector
Last year, Safari 6 included a reimagination of Web Inspector that aligned the design and user experience with Xcode 4.
Announcing SunSpider 1.0
The popular SunSpider JavaScript benchmark suite was originally released by the WebKit team over five years ago, in December 2007.
On spinlocks and sleep()
Yes, we really did achieve a 3.7X speedup on a garbage collection benchmark by removing a call to sleep().