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%.

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 ...

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.

Microsoft decided to use the Octane 2.0, developed by Google, to look at JavaScript numbers for the 64-bit versions of Edge, IE, Chrome and Firefox running on Windows 10: ...

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

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.

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 ...