While Microsoft admits it doesn't care much for synthetic JavaScript benchmark tests, it did use two of them (Octane 2.0 and Jetstream 1.1) to show that its Chakra improvements allow Edge to lead ...

Microsoft says that the JavaScript performance for its new Microsoft Edge web browser is already beating Internet Explorer, Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox in two benchmark tests.

In testing Edge with JIT disabled, Norman said users rarely noticed a difference in daily browsing, but the JIT-less Edge was hosed in benchmark tests, with performance reduced by as much as 58%.

Microsoft open sources ChakraCore, Windows 10's Edge web browser JavaScript engine. More amazing still, Microsoft will port it to Ubuntu Linux.

Learn how to enable or disable JavaScript In Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Opera browser on your Windows 11/10 computer. Browsing speed will improve, but you will lose out on functionalities.

Of course, Edge isn’t exactly setting the world on fire. It only has a 2.25% market share, according to NetMarketShare.com, well below the estimated 10% that Windows 10 has accumulated.

The Edge browser that comes with Windows 10 shows a marked improvement in performance, particularly in the area of JavaScript performance. Now Microsoft wants to amp up performance even more, and ...

At release, the code will be Windows-only, but Microsoft will be working to make ChakraCore cross-platform—just as it did when making .NET open source.

News Microsoft to open source Edge browser’s Chakra JavaScript engine ChakraCore will be available in January on GitHub By Jeremy Kirk Dec 7, 2015 5:07 am PST ...