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Archie Comics for November 2009
- Posted by Johanna on December 16, 2009 at 10:31 pm
- Category: Archie Comics
Archie & Friends #137
It's trademark protection time! The gang goes to visit Chuck, who's working at the local comic shop. Like many store workers, he's pleased to get a discount on his purchases… but unlike them, he also gets to store some of his collection at the store. That just seems a really bad idea, with the risk of his books getting confused with store inventory. I've also never known a comic shop with enough storage space to share. Most of them are stuffed to the gills.
Anyway, after the requisite plug for how good comics are because they're so imaginative, a meteor hits the store, which brings to life all kinds of old characters from the company's publishing history: Cosmo the Merry Martian, Captain Sprocket, Super Duck, Pat the Brat, and many many more. The problem is, I'm a fan of Archies and their history, and I've never heard of any of these folks.
It would have been really cool if they'd included some history pages, explaining who these were, where they first appeared, who created them, all that background info. Or at least a web address where this information could be found. I mean, what's the point of doing this kind of story if the vibe it gives off is "you're much too young to know who any of these people are?" Without more information, they're just wacky-looking nostalgia moments. I did recognize a few of the other cameos, including Wibur, Seymour, and L'il Jinx, but most of them are incredibly obscure. Dottie, with her horse Rang-a-Tang, is my new favorite.
Archie and Chuck want to get the characters back where they belong, but the visitors are more interested in exploring this new world. Oh no! Will the guys be able to restore the status quo in the next issue? (Of course they will.) Note that this is all under something that's almost an infinity cover. Archie's reading the same comic he's part of.
Archie #603
The six-issue imaginary marriage story that's gotten so much press here enters its second phase. Instead of being married to Veronica, now Archie is proposing to Betty. Only she barely figures into this issue. Most of it is taken up by the gang graduating college and partying afterwards at Pop's. Even when he proposes to her, it feels like she's second choice, with Archie talking to Veronica first. When she reveals she's moving to Paris, he settles for the home-town girl.
Veronica throws a hissy fit, which again takes the focus away from where it should be for this to make sense as a love story. We don't get a sense of why Archie made that choice, although I'm uncomfortably led to the conclusion that he's settling, not bothering to reach for something outside his comfortable home town. Like the previous installments, this chapter of the saga continues to be poorly written and disappointing, relying on the reader to bring their own logic and explanations to make sense of it.
Don't get me wrong, I think Betty's the better choice for Archie, but it would be nice if it didn't feel like she was second prize.
Betty #183
Now this was just what I needed to perk my Christmas spirit. Betty is decorating her tree with clothespin people. In case you don't know what these are, you take the old-fashioned single-piece clothespins, the kind without springs, and dress them up with felt and ribbon and trimmings as though the round top was a head and the sides of the pin were legs. They're wonderfully nostalgic for me, because I still have a set of them that my parents made when they were first married back in the 60s. I even have some of the same ones Betty has: a ballerina, a soldier, a clown, an angel… I really could relate to how lost in her decorating Betty got.
And that's the story, Betty is enjoying the memories her ornament dolls brings, while everyone else thinks she should pay more attention to them. I was very pleased to see that the end revolved around others realizing the value of Betty's creativity, and how great that is. I don't think you have to have the same kinds of ornaments to relate to the magic of Christmas traditions shown here, although for me, it added another layer of wonder.
The other stories are similarly seasonally themed, with Betty and Veronica throwing holiday parties; Betty having to clear away snow, and enjoying the rewards that come after hard work; and family visiting and sharing fond memories.
(The publisher provided review copies.)
8 Responses to "Archie Comics for November 2009"
- ADD Says:
December 17, 2009 at 9:48 AMI had no idea those were real characters in the comic shop story either, and I've been reading Archies literally as long as I have been reading comics, since 1972.
I wish they'd taken the opportunity to make the story something special and substantial, because it really felt like it could have been just that. Maybe part two will be an improvement, although there's little reason to think so based on part one…
- Reeve Says:
December 17, 2009 at 10:06 AMThere was an issue of Laugh from the late 80s-early 90s that featured Super Duck, but aside from him and Lil' Jinx, none of those sound familiar to me. In the case of the Laugh issue, I think they did explain somewhere who Super Duck was; it's a shame that they didn't do the same this time around.
- James Schee Says:
December 17, 2009 at 2:05 PMWow those are some really odd looking characters in that first comic. Guess its a decent try to see if any strike fans fancy, so Archie might try and give them a better look down the road.
The fact that Betty doesn't get the attention/respect for a story of Archie proposing to her doesn't surprise me. The whole premise of so many Archie stories all seemed to be about how, even though Betty is a nicer/better person. Archie really wants Veronica, but will fall back to Betty if Veronica doesn't want him.
Maybe its good for the brand that the stories aren't being written well though. I remember there was a show, oh a decade or so back. I can't remember its title, but had a certain mystery plus tragic "I can never be happy until I solve this" theme to it.
They did a a two parter though where the mystery was solved, and the character found happiness that was really well done. Right up to the end when it was revealed to all be a dream/memory implant. Then they tried to go back to the mystery and tragic formula, but I just wasn't into it after having such a good ending. (even though it turned out to not be "real")
- some other chris Says:
December 18, 2009 at 11:26 PMHaving grown up reading Archie digests, almost all of those characters were familiar to me, thanks to the reprints. Captain Sprocket, for instance, was in nearly every issue of Mad House Digest — but nowhere else. Super Duck also seemed to have a story in nearly every issue of Laugh Digest.
Ask Tony Isabella about Cosmo the Merry Martian.
- Archie Gets Some Rock'n'Roll Action » Comics Worth Reading Says:
January 7, 2010 at 8:35 AM[…] do you do with your flagship character after you've married him off — twice! — even if it was an imaginary […]
- James Edward Says:
January 31, 2010 at 7:13 PMWhen Archie Comics published it's Best of the Decades series, Volume one, the very first Archie story featured a black man (train porter?) with over exagerated black features (Big lips, etc.)
Another Archie "best of the 70's" volume could include all the Chuck Clayton/ Coach Clayton stories that preached racial harmony.It's 2010. When will there be a gay character at riverdale high?
While the "Archie gets Married" stories have been hugely successful, sadly, Archie comics neglects the real world of diversity we all live in today.
It took 30 years for blacks to be portrayed positively in Riverdale. Will it take 30 years for Gay teens to even be aknowleged??High schools accross the country now have gay/straight alliances. Riverdale High has a Swedish immigrant Janitor.
I'm tired of the slurs and discrimination. We live in a country where comic book characters can get married, but gay and lesbian citizens are denied the basic civil rights to get married.
Will Archie choose Betty or Veronica? How about will Archie choose Regie or Jughead?
- Archie Plans to Release Two New Graphic Novels a Month in 2011, Starts New Subscription Program » Comics Worth Reading Says:
November 26, 2010 at 1:08 PM[…] under the Archie & Friends All-Stars umbrella title, including a Jughead book, the "Night at the Comic Shop" story full of historical characters, "Archie Babies", and the return of […]
- Archie Comics for January 2010 » Comics Worth Reading Says:
October 14, 2011 at 8:49 PM[…] I reviewed the first part of this two-part story, in issue #137, I complained about the lack of background explanation, history notes or the like to explain who […]


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Performance Comparison of Major Web Browsers
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268 Comments
Matthew Heidenreich
I still have to stick to good ol' firefox when it all comes down to it.
Mike Smith
Looks like Chrome hits the nail on the head in just about every category. Firefox seems to run almost as slow as IE. nice chart. Thanks for posting it. I've downloaded it.
While I see that testing machine stats in the full-size graphic, I think it's important to note in the story which machine and OS this is based on.
Eric B.
Interesting to know. I'm pretty sure that performance would be affected by any addons installed, though.
Adam Fitzgerald
According to the charts, Safari beat Firefox 4 out 6. Why is it that they are listed equal 2nd? Are some of the charts weighted more heavily?
Mark Aplet
Interesting test results. I would be curious to know what the results would look like for a Macintosh comparing FF, Safari, Opera, and Chrome (beta)
Steve J.
I assume these tests were done on a Windows computer. I wonder how Safari on a Mac compares to the others (minus Explorer, of course). Any chance you could do the same tests on a Mac?
My gut-feeling is that Safari on a Mac is much faster than Firefox for most things.
Dane Ash
And Chrome is victorious, that's great to see that Google can help push innovation in Browser Applications after just a few iterations. Did you have a Mac or PC? I'm curious if the Mac development version of Chrome numbers differ from the Windows version?
Yes a mac comparison would be a wonderful idea since I have used both safari on windows and on mac and it is considerably better on a mac.
Disappointed lousy IE….I wonder why people still using it. It department in the Big company, please force your staff to shift. lol
Yes, I used Google Chrome everyday, and Firefox with various plugin for web development. Thanks…
This is all well and good for Joe User, but when it comes to web development, Firefox is still the Gold Standard, even if it occasionally decides to eat up a gig of my RAM. I haven't seen nearly the breadth or depth of useful add-ons for any other browser yet. (And I apologize to the apologists, but Chrome's Inspector doesn't even touch Firebug.)
I did a SunSpider test on Mac with Chrome (pre-release) and Safari 4 last week and Chrome's JS engine is about 1.5x faster than Safari. I did not do all of the other benchmarks however.
Doug S.
Not sure why Safari and Firefox are tied. If you look at the scores Safari is usually pretty far ahead of Firefox and only loses twice by a very close margin.
To me what this test really says is WebKit is king and if you use it in your browser it's going to be rocket fast.
I love Chrome as a web user. So its great to see it on top. Great job Google. But as a web developer,I think firefox is the best.
Thank you, it's a nice chart
The Javascript speed difference is definitely noticable
Synthetic benchmarks mean nothing in terms of browsing speed. Try loading up a couple of sites from identical machines via scripts and time them. So tired of this crap being put out there, if you actually try the browser you'll notice Opera feels faster startup, shutdown, etc… than all the rest. If you want to benchmark it go ahead.. I prefer to actually use my browser.
thank you for that comparison. What would be the conclusion for the "normal" user concerning performance?
It would be interesting to see how the results differ on different OS's.
Obviously it wouldn't be possible to test IE on OSX, linux or Safari on linux for example, but Opera, Chrome and Firefox could all be tested.
I like how there's like 4 stats, with Chrome winning all of them – but when you look at page load time the thing that really matters you see that FFox is #1 haha
Interesting to see Chrome 3 is faster than Safari again. They seem to be racing against each other and constantly going faster.
It's only a good thing!
Don't see any major surprises here.. Nice tests, thanks for sharing them and confirming that IE is a **** browser.
I think that nobody notices any differences in real word browsing when using ff, opera, chrome or safari.
Interesting results, especially for real life page load times. I only see small problem: for 3 samples the confidence intervals (95%) are overlapping, so from statistical point of view all browsers are the same and those tests should not be used in "overall performance".
Can you increase the sample size for "Page load time" and "Browser cache performance"?
It really should be noted that Safari, in this case, is Safari for Windows. The performance difference between Windows and OS X is quite big, presumably because on Windows it requires considerable extra guff in the way of additional code to abstract away the Windows APIs.
The last two tests are worthless, since they are too dependent on network latency. A better test would be to check this on a local network web site.
Testing each browser three times and averaging the values is also well below what you need to make some real results. It depends on how much the averages are affected for each x times you do the test.
Optimally the tests should be run on each browser until the averages for each test normalize. The results presented here are therefore only indicative and not conclusive at all.
Opera 10.10 is now definitely the 2′nd fastest browser. There is no way Firefox loads pages faster than opera 10.10.
Linux And Friends
It is nice to know that in majority of the tests Google Chrome is doing quite well.
These charts are fun at most. Somehow the results are never the same as my own conclusion during everyday usage. I'm using Maxthon 2 (built on IE7) for normal browsing. It's completely customizable and quite fast, making it my favorite browser. I use Firefox for web development and have installed a few add-ons for this purpose. Firefox is extremely slow for me (loading takes over 10 seconds). Chrome and Opera are nice and fast browsers, but they don't have the good user experience Maxthon has, or the extensive set of plug-ins for web development that firefox has.
So, nice to see charts, but it all comes down to how a browser behaves in a specific area where it's needed.
Yap I love Google, I'm using chrome and firefox this browsers are the best today i think so.
Great post. Firefox should be in 3rd place though. Safari clobbers Firefox on many benchmarks which clearly proves the power of Webkit.
2nd: Safari
3rd: Firefox
The latest versions of the five major most web browsers? No, you are not using the latest version of IE8.
I'm using a later version of IE8 (8.0.7600.16385). Try to make the test again with the latest version of IE8.
Do the test on MAC and Linux – you would get a different resultat (as JDM states).
Chrome is semi-barebones for my taste. Simply put, there are add-ons and extensions for Firefox that I cannot live without. I wonder if Chrome is available in a portable version … hmmmm.
Carolus Holman
Funny, You got IE 8 to Load? I have to start the Browser 2x 3x to get it to load a single page…
firefox i think uses up more CPU than IE8 in my opinion.i have all the major browsers installed on my PC xcept tht i choose to run chrome 4 instead of 3.even then firefox is the slowest to start.IE8 starts way faster than firefox.my PC is Vista (32-bit), Pentium D @2.66 GHz and 3GB DDR2 RAM
Not at all surprised by these results. On my work PC, I generally use Chrome for general web-browsing, though I'll switch to Firefox to debug javascript (firebug, chrome's inspector just doesn't quite cut it) or fiddle with CSS.
only bad thing about chrome is no google toolbar.
i'm waiting for the convergence…..
chromium o/s.
chrome browser.
google voice.
google mail.
google wave.
then hang on for the changing of the guard.
old computer dynasties either change with the times or disappear, remember wang or digital equipment?
Chrome looks like a winner, but you left out the category of timing how quickly the browser can make itself completely vanish from your system without a trace. Chrome wins that one, too, and is the main reason I don't use it.
Nice chart. one of my classmates just did a presentation on chrome, and the data he used wasn't nearly as good as this. However, I'm a web developer, so I'm sticking to firefox because it helps me get things done quicker. maybe if google releases a mac version of chrome, and opened it up to third-party plugins (it's really hard to beat ff with fb as a web developer), I might consider switching. thanks for the info!
This article is very pretty and all but in the end its utter garbage.
You would need to test dozens of pages dozens of times to get anything even remotely concrete and even then its very questionable. But why bother actually going for accurate results when you can be lazy and warn people to use caution when interpreting the results…
Just another clueless tool making a quick and inaccurate comparison to get some page hits.
Mike J
"This is all well and good for Joe User, but when it comes to web development, Firefox is still the Gold Standard"
For many that's true, though I personally have come to champion Opera for development. In my experiences it's more accurate on standards ( as is Safari ) than either Chrome or Firefox, and it has developer tools just like Firebug that many have lauded as at least on par with Firebug.
I've encountered several items that have come up as CSS issues with Firefox and several Javascript issues with Chrome, which has unfortunately started to push both of them into the category of "update for" rather than "develop for" when it comes to web development – leaving my primary development to be done against Opera and Safari, then I do updates for Firefox / Chrome, and finally IE.
Chrome = good but not 100%. and the way Google does the product life cycle probably willnot be out of beta for the next 5 years. FF has a stable base and has been the 'under dog' VS IE for sometime now. chromes got alot of ground to cover before it would be considered a contender.
As long the user is not user IE6 Im happy…
You didn't measure RAM usage, and that's the most important thing for people with old PCs in the end…
Sami Susiaho
This data is solid, but cannot be used as a test of which browser is the best. The benchmark speed of a browser has little to do with the usability. I am thinking of ease of use, available plugins, features embedded by default, security, stability and overall looks. The image of the company providing the browser is a major factor as well. Then there are the updates. While one might think that it is important to have frequent updates that are quickly in place to plug the security holes, the user might prefer less frequent updates and accept the increased security risk. That is, if the user cares at all.
Why there is no info reg what plugins and addons are installed in every browser?
This influence performance a lot! Don't U think so?
This information makes me realise why some people still hold on to IE, I'm seeing that Firefox is losing out to Chrome in most respects, yet I'm still unwilling to leave it because I like it.
I think in a couple of years time Chrome will be at a point where it'll be my default browser.
Andrei Patrascu
Great article as always Jacob! Anyway chrome may be faster but I still like Firefox. Also Opera is a good alternative :).
Burak Erdem
It's so obvious that Google Chrome is the new king of web, and to tell the truth it really deserves this. For years I used Firefox just for its extensions. And now I'm very happy with my Chrome. I only use Firefox when I write HTML because of Firebug. Other than that I never start my Firefox.
Thank you Google for making such a great browser, and Microsoft for making our lives so hard…
Opera runs alot faster on some sites with javascript off (onemanga!). Though this doesn't let me browse sites that need javascript at the same time =/.
I still use opera because of some small opera features.
Eric Lau
I love Google Chrome but it keep gave me blue screen from time to time….any one can help? I am on XP Pro
I use Internet Explorer mostly only because I find that most websites look better in it. It is slow however but I am finding Firefox is getting just as bad. And I don't use Google Chrome as it limits my search to Australia and for my online business I need to be able to search the US.
firefox. Safari always drop the connection. (i'm on OSX)
Chrome is in development for OS X.
Very interesting, didn't realise chrome was such a bad ass when it comes to general performance… Personally though I find safari and firefox the best as I'm a mac boy. My websites always look better in these browsers. But surely there are many factors, like computer speed, broadband speed etc?
results will vary depending on what your using.
carry out the same tests on a 3.06Ghz iMac with 4GB Ram and a really good broadband connection?
i really like mozila and safari, IE have many problems they don't solve yet, as a designer i always prefer both my favorite browsers, also accept comparison.
"Resolving Host" still a big problem for Chrome. I don't see how it can win any speed test as long as the problem exist!
Valdeir Gomes
Hi I live in Brazil and here we use mozila firefox for enter BANK LINE cause his safety.
SO you can say any thinnk about security, which web BROWSER is more security.
PS. Nice article
Yeah pretty good result and article . but sometime i got bad experience from all over the browser. that is all consumed 100% cpu as well memory too. then it will automatically stuck.
Ali Qayyum
thanks for the information, i like firefox due to it's customization features. i love it's add-on. i got few tips from this link http://bit.ly/1nI8B1
Oliver Mezquita
Very interesting article. One more article to have handy when trying to explain why users should use IE as less as possible. I mentioned it in my blog.
yeah we can say google top everything but i have google chrome, i get crashes so far… i dont like it
a point millisecond difference of speed is not an issue to me thats why im sticking the Firefox; btw i manage to tweak my firefox memory issue using: about:config. plus ff is more reliable and also you have a wide choices of add-ons
Based on my experience, Chrome is the fastest browser. However, Firefox's features surpasses Safari and Chrome put together. To be fair, an average user won't be able to tell significant difference between the 3 browser.
And now… IE. I'm sorry to say this but IE really really REALLY sucks BIG TIME. I hated it then, I still hate it now.
Anyway… I use all 3 browsers. I really appreciate Safari's "Top Sites". It gives a more sophisticated feel. Firefox's add-ons are unparalleled. I find managing bookmarks in firefox the easiest. Speed and simplicity are Chrome's selling point.
Thanks for your review… =)
Nice but you did not mention anything about memory consumption. So I did it:
Personally I use Opera and I find it quite fast though not as fast as Chrome at some tasks. That said, I find a couple of problems with this test. Please let me know if I am mistaken.
- CPU usage is measured when running Sunspider JavaScript test. That seems to be only one way to measure CPU usage and the task manager also seems a less scientific way of determining CPU load
- Page loads test is only tested on yahoo.com frontpage. This is far too limited a selection.
- Page cache performance is also only done for 1 page when browsers like Opera have very evolved page caching mechanisms.
wow, never try any other browser except fire fox and IE, and its more confortable using firefox than IE. but this post made me curious to try the 2 others (Google Chrome, Opera 10.0)
Wow- guess I'll have to try Chrome again. Still like my Firefox though, and no surprise with IE – oink oink!
It would be interesting to see how standards complient all these browsers are in conjunction with a test like this.
Mike J made the statement of using Opera for development, I have to agree with him I do the same.
Obviously standards will not affect performace and memory etc. but it would give you a nice "overall view" of capabilities.
PS – Nice job.
Performance is only one functional criteria. Chrome dosen't have a 508 compliant interface and doesn't have an proper rendering engine to handle all the varaitions in html markup.
Firefox it is for me and has been for the last few years.
Had a brief look at chrome before and may have another look based on that performance.
One thing to bear in mind for this test. Chrome is not the typical browser compared to the rest. I mean as part of Google's plan, eventually Chrome will be the window (no puns intended) to their cloud infrastructure where applications will be hosted. So its not the normal firefox/IE browser.
You neglect one area: memory usage. Chrome is a huge memory hog on Vista, which is ultimately why I switched back (ironically) to Firefox.
I use Mac Firefox almost exclusively. I've had some stability
issues, and it uses too many resources, but with Adblock Plus and Flashblock, it has the best mix of performance and features.
Very interesting graph. Although I knew already that IE would probably be the worst I was actually pretty surprised that Chrome overpowered Firefox. Until now I was pretty sceptical about Chrome.
I tired of seeing these kind of benchmark when FF and Safaria have huge memory leaks… How many time did I have to close and open them to free almost 1GB of memory… When using 1GB, the whole OS become slow and FF and Safari freeze for a while then come back… Please I don't care about 1ms of CSS rendering… but I care about the long minutes FF or Safari freeze then comes back and the long minutes I spend restarting my browsers…
Dear Jacob I must disagree with you because I consider this test a little irelevant and here's why :
Google Chrome may perform better than other browsers on a single OS.
What about testing the same browsers on different computers with different amount of RAM, CPU etc. and also on different OS such as :
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows 7
Linux ( all major distros )
Mac OS X ( different versions )
As far as I know Google Chrome is being optimized for the web experience but doesn't have all the features of other browsers.
It's my personal opinion and I could be wrong but I don't think so.
Kim H
Only issues I have:
1) Chrome does not come for mac.
2) Firefox crashes far too easily.
I've generally been using mostly Safari; I just don't like that it doesn't tend to save my tabs like other browsers do. At other times I use Opera, but I greatly dislike its apparent slowness in rendering JS.
Other thing is, I like Firefox's plugins, so I tend to use it most for developmental work than I do other browsers; it's really nice being able to edit code and troubleshoot in the same browser.
Nice work.
I'd like to see benchmarks run for XP and 7…
Friends don't let friends use Internet Exploder…
How true. the only i us Firefox for long session on the web and Chrome for short. Firefox's plethora of add-ons just make a long session easier and put every thin i am interested in in a few clicks (and thus the least amount of time) possible.
But if i just nee a Movie look up off IMdB or a recipe i hit up Chrome.
If i want to have suicidal thoughts i will go with IE… nit i do no want suicidal thoughts.
You should throw Epiphany in the mix and see if chrome still comes out on top.
Jonathan Harley
Crazy, IE 8 doesn't feel that slow – but I use Chrome when I can anyway..
Maybe it's not surprising because most of the differences (as opposed to the biggest differences) are in 10s of milliseconds; barely enough time to blink..
Few surprises here. But why does a developer of Microsoft's calibre, with their experience, market share and, presumably, the pick of the graduate programmers consistently produce such a lousy web browser? Seriously, I cannot get my head around this at all.
If in the results there is a joint second shouldn't the next place be forth not third?
This just confirms that IE is actually internet exploDer!
I think i´m still going to use Firefox because of the amount of addons you can have.
I'd have to disagree on some of the results. I run an older single core computer and actually Firefox has a much worse page load time then chrome and opera.
To improve the results of this, I'd run the tests on more then just one computer on more then one platform.
I currently use opera, since firefox ran very slow on my older computer.
In terms of CPU usage on OS X, it looks like Safari < Firefox < Opera < Chrome.
The current release of Chrome uses quite a lot of CPU time on the Mac implementation, but it's early days. I stopped using it after the first try, having opened up all the same tabs I had open in Opera (about 30), when the collective CPU usage of all the Chrome processes hit around 30-40%.
And Opera uses quite a lot of CPU already.
Also missing from this comparison is physical memory use – Opera on my 2 gig Macbook is currently taking up 374 MB, and often goes somewhat higher, but I have a lot of tabs open. Firefox and Safari OTOH tend to use significantly less RAM. Important if, say, you have a laptop which, although produced in 2007, will only hold a maximum 2 gigs of RAM (thanks Apple, clowns), and you're programming in Eclipse or some other memory hog IDE!
I like Google Chrome for every day browsing but there are still some websites that don't work with it. I often find myself loading up Internet Explorer just so I can do a transaction.
Joseph Jaber
Why bother to test such a thing? Chrome and Safari have the superior rendering engines. Chrome is typically behind a little on their Webkit builds. Gecko doesn't hold as much sophistication and support for modern CSS or HTML5, Gecko still has display quarks. Trident is non-standards compliant. Whether or not the browsers could pass the Acid test or any real performance factors haven't been displayed.
Safari is out of element on the OS side, and Safari also has specular loading, so it's not going to pull data onto a page until it gets dependant effects and/or jquery scripts or spriting. (and this defense is coming from a Chrome user)
This isn't necessarily unhelpful, but it is certainly a straw man argument, that should, in no way, shape, or form, be considered by a web developer.
I see how easy it is to get carried away.
I do not agree with the superiority of Chrome's performance. I could not use it due to problems with it and rolled back to Mozilla Firefox.
Dev Basu
While I love Chrome's speed overall it still does not beat Firefox in terms of sheer versatility. When that day comes around, I'll be more than happy to switch.
Dude, it was tested on a Dell. I wouldn't trust this if I were you. Dells can't do crap.
Tried Chrome but something missing, not sure what.
By the way, who or what is Internet Explorer, are they new, are they any good !!
Zack Dynamo
Not a power user. Running XP on pentium4, Biggest computer error in last 10 years: allowing IE to upgrade to IE8. Now I'm singing "Wasted days and wasted nights" trying to do anything on the web. My neighbor's dog crapped a better browser on my lawn.
Zack Dynamo
Not a power user. Running XP on pentium4. Biggest personal computer mistake in the last 10 years: allowing IE to upgrade to IE8. Now I'm singing "Wasted days and wasted nights" trying to do anything on the web. looking for something better—better like in no lock-ups, crashes etc.
Renato Frota
Do you know why speedtest.net give me 2.25 to 2.5 mbps download result when using Chrome, if I'm under a phisically limited adsl connection of 1.72 mbps (I'm connected through an ATM dslan) while any other browser show correct results?
nice web browser comparision but i think the web browser difeers from what computer you are using for me i think the best browser for Mac osx is Safari and firefox and both are configurables (ff aboutconfig) and safari through terminal opera is the best in windows less crashes and stuff i sincerily tested chrome but is like browsing on a paper sheet too plain
Im not either a professional im just a student from college :)
Derek Watts
Interesting results. I found Chrome quite good until the updating and constant reporting kicked in soaking up my cpu power (single core processor) and causing pages to hang for up to a minute -rather different to the benchmarks. Had it been configurable then I might have continued but after being frustrated I removed it form both my desktop and laptop sorry but it makes a mockery of these results. Now well I have a choice of Opera, Firefox or if I suffer from incompatability issues IE
it will be interested with the newest version of browser (opera … ).
There has been a lots of improvements since these results.
one thing that isn't tested that really should be is safety. although i don't think it would change the results much. in my opinion chrome firefox and safari and all about equal in terms of safety and opera and IE are 2 browsers that should never be touched unless you don't plan on keeping your computer long.
in response to mikeeeee: i know you'll probably never read this but chrome can do everything that the google toolbar can do but in a more practical manner and without the ugly toolbar getting in the way. the URL bar doubles as a google search bar. upon entering a page written in another language chrome will as if you would like it to be translated for you.
i've honestly never been happier with a browser than i am with chrome. the only thing i would like to see is a functional FTP client add on like fireFTP on firefox but i'm sure that will come soon enough with the addition of extensions.
Just proved what I always thought. I use Firefox and Chrome most of the time, followed by SeaMonkey and Flock. Only until they are exhausted, do I consider that other browser.
wouldn't testing safari on a PC be different than Mac, which is what most safari users run it on??
firefox tweak to the limit is the fastest i've seen , i got my own tweaks and do not use the conventional tweaking , for me it's the only browser i love to tweak and the os doesn't matter
different browsers use different amounts of RAM. The more ridiculously fast a browser is the more RAM it takes……i prefer Safari on mac OSX. it's fast, smooth, and reliable. I have found Chrome, on the other hand, no matter how fast it is, to be unreliable on my macbook pro. I use firefox just to watch DIVX movies.
I've been using Firefox for quite some time now but of late it has mysteriously crashed, not opened pages in Google or Adobe. Despite having emailed them I have yet to receive a response, so what's the purpose of all these updates?
Chrome? They should name it Ruin, what a waste of time!
i would have to stick with firefox or IE for a powerful and robust experience. yet google chrome is a good for dev and jscript tools while Opera hits the charts in the netware and novell old at atx hybrid sys.
I am still not convinced as Google chrome has some bugs which are yet to resolve so i still prefer firefox over google chrome
Hi 5 all… super cool tool especially for newbies never to soon to really understand the power of and in software tools…
Wilson Cowden
I was having significant performance using Chrome when I installed some plug-ins. One of it is actually very annoying, when I switch between tabs, it takes some seconds the page to be display, which is not happened with Firefox even if its bloated with plugins. I don't know about Opera (every version I use always crash) or IE (testing only) though.
William Foster
Not suprised I don't see Seamonkey here. My favorite browser, but not a very popular one.
as a web dev i've had multiple browsers on my machine for years and my results differ from yours. From clicking on a browsers short-cut to having it loaded and on the desktop ready to use Firefox is by far the slowest followed by Opera – in the same time these take to load i can call up Maxthon and load a web page.
Any Mozilla based browser is most likely to not show the page correctly as it dictates font type and size, and until recently struggled with divs, overiding the html of the website you visit, consequently this can lead to texts and objects not to show. eg – if a page has a div with a specific font and size followed by a button, Mozilla browsers overide the font settings so may show the wrong fonr at the wrong size which forces the button out of the viewable area. As such i find it to be too unreliable for normal use and i just use it to check my own work displays correctly.
I hate to say it but i just never have any problem with IE (apart from the fact it's made by MS), it always shows websites as they were designed to be seen. Older versions could be unstable which was why i started to use Maxthon as my main browser about 6 years ago.
In terms of usability and customisation Maxthon has had features which FF, IE, and Opera have only just caught up with.
Chrome reports everything you do back to google so i won't have that on my machine on principle.
Firefox has the most useful plugins etc.
Opera does seem to be the fatest for general sufing, but is the least configurable.
I'll stick with Maxthon as it's fast, reliable, and configurable.
Mike from Shreveport
I like Google Chrome for speed–but it's also the newest one of the group. My concern is that with feature bloat and code bloat they will "improve it to death" to the point that it's no faster than the others. Opera used to be "the fastest browser on Earth."
Well, we'll see; time will tell. They ARE Google.
Bache GDL
Forgot to mention that Google Chrome is the one that crashes most along with Exlporer, while it is extremely fast, there has been issues lately using gmail with the Google Talk, plug-in.
As for Firefox well have more than 4 tabs open and off goes your RAM
Perhaps the most pathetic part of all this is that IE, after its "head start" of being bundled into the operating system, still fared so poorly compared to the rest.
I switched to Chrome a few weeks ago and yes I miss the Firefox add ons but for speed and stability I will stay with Chrome.
I think the moral of the story is IE still sucks and any of the other browsers are adequate enough to browse today's internet.
I use IE8 with Windows 7 every day with no issues… ever. I've used/tried Chrome and Firefox. They are just not as good as good ole Internet Explorer. FireFox was constantly updating plugins. That was so annoying I had to uninstall it. I forgot why I uninstalled Chrome, but I'm sure it was just not as good as IE or I would have kept using it. IE can get real slow if you install a bunch of crap toolbars and plugins. I keep it tight with Google Toolbar, McAfee SiteAdvisor, StumbleUpon and that's it. It's fast as hell and never crashes. I can't see the need for any other browser.
Any idea how sensitive your results are to the OS, etc? Considering it is an uncommon setup, I wonder if translates to the browsing population in any meaningful way.
Safari was designed for MacOS, and Iphone, and surprisingly, it is reigning second in PC too ! It is tempting to see the comparison on MacOS or even Iphone.
I love Chrome! The only thing I'm waiting for is some of my favorite plug-in's from fire fox. Just a matter of time and I'll be running only Chrome.
I don't know how to choose a Internet broswer. But most of our friends will use the IE because it has been installed when we buy a PC. So now My coputer will use it but my office work's choice is firefox.
Beda Sorin
I still trust in Firefox (most disposable) follow by IE 8 and opera.. only mini for mobiles have some good points ..somehow weak then "Bolt lite"!
You might want to add a graph of which one crashes the most. And I think that would;d bring chrome down a notch. Anyway I prefer Firefox.
men i knew it…… !! google chromes d best…i would prefer google chrome over any website….;)
Bryce P
Yet some 70% or better of users, depending on geographical location of users of sites tested, stick with IE. Are there just that many people that don't care to find a better web experience or what? IE has been crap forever, I can only guess that most of those users just don't know they have another option.
Thank you for the comparison. Chrome might be the fastest, but especially for developer there is only one browser to choose: Firefox…. i love it.
I am a web dev and I never use browser plugins. Firefox WAS good… now it is much too slow. They are adding too many bling-bling to it. On a Mac I use Safari, but Chrome is interesting and a bit faster.
I would love to see a revised test with the latest versions to see if they still rank the same.
Chrome is the fastest
but cannot integrate with Internet Download Manager 5.17
it's sucks man! :(
if google could fix that only downside, I'll use Chrome anytime. Yeah
I usually use Firefox
Nikhil Sheth
Chrome and Firefox rocks. IE has a long way to catch up. Lets see if they can fare better with IE 9.
You should run a test on Linux and compare how much faster and smoother everything will be. ;)
Eco Freindly
THt's gr8 statistics
But I diasgree on one thing
FF makes maixmum utilization of CPU and memory compared to other browers. Its occupies atleast more than IE
Was there any need to test IE for performance.
Thats already sucks and we know it. :)
Great tests. Can we get an update with new browsers? (FFox 3.6, Opera 10.51, Chrome 4, etc.)
Great charts, this is just the kick i needed to try out chrome. I shared this fine browser roundup on facebook too, i had no idea chrome was so much faster than IE.
An update of this test with latest versions on Windows 7 64bit (mainstream PCs), and also same test on Win7 32bit (netbooks) would be great.
You know, those last two in Overall Performance should say 4th and 5th, not 3rd and 4th…
Great information very useful not just the test data but also your preferred use of FireFox and Chrome.
Jovino Margathe
I used your article as a basis on my article on 2010 browser comparison, using a more updated versions of the browser. I'm using 64-bit Win7 and surprisingly, IE wins on the startup time from cold-start.
Overall, Opera is the winner but somehow it just doesn't render webpages correctly.
I started using chrome on a full time basis approximately 3 months ago and will not turn back the clock. Chrome is a great Browser and everyone should convert.
On my PC, when I open more than 10 firefox tabs, it will crashes.
But, with more than 5 Opera windows with more than 20 tabs in each, It uses less than 200MB ram and less than 10% CPU usage.
But you say, Opera is as shit as IE?!
This benchmark is just like a joke!
Why the heck you would you test these browsers on such a shitty OS please try again on XP or 7 or even OSX. not that bastard child vista.
Nicolas Villaume
Great work. I am wondering if others have seen much inconsistency in Chrome layouts yet. Despite the high ranking, I have seen some strange behavior.
Why the hell would you test safari with a DELL?!?!?!?! Sorry, I think you're a freaking idiot.
Nicholas Norton
thank you for this valuable information.
personaly I prefer FF, it offer a lot of extension.
this is old information , right now Chrome and opera 10.50 are with the same speed !
This is a fine article. The graphs tell all.
I was wondering though, if you did the top FOUR browsers (minus IE) on a Linux and/or OS/X system what it would turn out to be?
Pablo Mendoza
Maybe it's time to update some data. Now Opera is faster than Chrome and Safari too.
you should have update your Opera to Opera 10.60 Beta and you'll see the difference.
Cool comparison! I wonder how much Safari 5.0 would improve it's performance against Chrome?
I guess CometBird beats them all. CometBird is insane brothers. I mean how could you ignore such an awesome website pals.
This all depends on the machine you use and your connection. If you have a slow connections certain browsers will work better.
Chrome just has a good feel to it. Google and Android are taking over, and I am going along for the ride!
I stick to Firefox because I'm used to it and I don't know if I can "survive" without its addons. Next would be Chrome, but with all these rumors about Google spying us…
The rest, Opera and then IE of course.
Good post, btw!
I dont know about these stats.. From personal experience I have used them all and I find Opera much faster than any of the others. Also I do not like thedata that google collects on people and their browsing activities. Sort of big brother and I am sure that there is a whole dtabase set up somewhere with all of our info that is sure to be leakedone day. You've been warned
All very well and good but despite performance GOOGLE IS STILL EVIL
Google is trying to take over the internet and for that reason firefox wins for me everytime. I will most happily sacrifice 500 odd ms in java loading in not supporting the wannbe monopolisers(sorry for spelling).
For many years, I use Opera and I still consider it the best option. I worked some time for Chrome and Firefox, but did not impress me.
Philip Treacy
Cool comparison. So many of my clients still use IE, they just don't know any better and have never been offered an alternative
Excellent information
In future also continue to furnish this type of information
Please provide me with free down load of operating system
Well, I wonder how Opera can perform so poor, as far as overall user experience is considered I found it the fastest, even in terms of opening the tab, I have also found it to be taking the least memory when a lot of tabs are opened.
It would be nice to see the memory comparison and the existing tests when Opera Version 10.61+ is used.
Opera works very well on my Wii but I have to agree with this comparison for a desktop running Windows 7 Ultimate, Chrome is the fastest thing out there
I'm a web developer and i use all of them to check our websites. The Opera (10.61)is the much faster than any other browser.
What this chart doesn't have is any indication of what the scale of the overall issues are. For example, if all 6 tests were applied on rendering one page, would the the slowest browser take several seconds longer than the first to render? Or fractions of a second? Performance is important, but just putting things on a scale doesn't really indicate if the difference is truly signifigant or just a difference that users could care less about.
We still love Firefox, but definetly looks like Chrome is taking big strides!
I'm using W7/HP with IE8/M.S.E. are running fast and smooth. no issues at all. that what Bhushan say.
Jørgen Reitan Sivertsen
Good article, but when will we see an update? Opera claims to be the fastest browser on earth now, we need a new test!
this is so inaccurate!
cute comparison. i decided to switch over to chrome after reading how much less cpu it used. i was tired of firefox eating up 60%+ CPU on my mac. at first chrome was looking good, with only 20% among all it's threads… but then when a flash page was opened, i scrolled down and saw that the "Shockwave Flash (Chrome plug-in host)" was using 90% of the CPU!!! total crap. is there no browser out there that can consistently use less than 25% of CPU with lots of tabs open?
You have done a great job with this browser comparison. However The current date is October 2, 2010. All the browsers have undergone revisions. Would you please be thoughtful and revise the browser performance figures please. Thank you
I agree with Warren – I would love to see how IE9 / Chrome / FireFox4 stack up!
Tried chrome, firefox, seamonkey, chrome much much slower on downloading files it does not have an option to continue on failed downloads nor firefox I prefer seamonkey on downloading files as I could pause or continue on a file later on. seamonkey wins. imho…
I see this is old, you should see how awesome chrome is now since they are on like vers 5.0 now!
Chrome might be fast but it skews many websites all over the place. Well written websites included. Simply yelling that any website that doesn't display perfectly in Chrome is poorly written is insane. Chrome is poorly written. I don't like it.
Robert Bradbury
Two tests which are critical for any browser (a) How much memory is consumed with a large window/tab load and (b) How much CPU is consumed (when idle) with a large window/tab load?
Wimpy single page load & display times do not reflect *real* world browsing and research activities which can involve 50-100 open windows and 500-800 open tabs. Sessions of those sizes are those which press on virtual memory performance as well as CPU overhead. It is very easy to bring even a modern machine to its knees if a browser session size reaches 50-75% of available RAM or if many tabs include scripts which require "active" polling. This generally effects all of the browsers listed with the exception of Safari (which I do not use). These statements apply to common machines like HP Pavilions from 3-6 years old. If one has to upgrade ones PC to use a "modern" browser then it isn't a very good browser.
Google is very fast, yet I prefer the desin and functionality of Firefox! IE always had too much security leaks.
Show the people why they should avoid using Internet Explorer:
Well everything makes sense except CPU usage…… i am not an expert but the taskbar shows multiple chrome tabs as seperate processes, when i did a comparison on memory usage of these, i found maxthon to be the lightest browser followed by opera and then firefox. i had 5 tabs open, google.com youtube.com, zapak another and redbull website, clearly chrome showed a lot more memory and CPU usage.
I will continue to use chrome though, it gives my less problems with scripts, which eventually is the most important factor
I've changed the pipelining information on my firefox browser which makes it incredibly faster.
Run Firefox. Type in "about:config:" search "pipelin"
Change "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
Change "network.http.pipeling.maxrequests" to "30″
Change "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
Right-click, Do "new-integer"
Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set it to "0″
It will make Firefox faster, not sure how it would work against Chrome though.
These results are not surprising to any regular Chrome user. :) I never have a problem with a page not loading correctly. When Chrome was new I would have to carry around two browsers, but that is not necessary now.
Sync bookmarks. Use the omni bar. Browsing bliss.
I've been using Opera for the last few years and I was very pleased. There were inconsistencies in viewing web pages, but I managed to live with it. Since Chrome came, I forgot about Opera. Chrome beats all other browsers. Chrome is fast and clear – all what I expected from a web browser.
Heh nice results. I agree with them.
Note that I am using Firefox, Chrome and Opera on my computer so there's no "bet browser".
Actually IE is so slow for me so I am NOT using it
Conveniently left out the fact that chrome's cpu goes up 100% for every new tab opened…
Nam Tien
This article's useful with fair & statistical info.
Currently, i'm a fan of Chrome. Vote for Chrome !
No broswer is better than IE for me, Specially IE.v9 for fast speed and more secure an easy to use :)
Benchmarks from more current versions available here.
Darren Mercer
No browser is better than Firefox in my view, because Firefox has several features that other browsers are still missing.
i think the latest version of firefox that is 5.3 beta is a better option than chrome if you concentrate on speed it loads pages faster than google chrome but firefox is lot behind on downloading speed
Kuzey Güney
Yes, I used Google Chrome everyday, and Firefox with various plugin for web development. Thanks…
Kuzey Güney
Google is very fast, yet I prefer the desin and functionality of Firefox! IE always had too much security leaks.
Impeach Blobama
If IE were Obama it would be blaming everything on Firefox and Chrome. lol.
it loads pages faster than google chrome but firefox is lot behind on downloading speed
Kuzey Güney
Chrome is the fast :) chrome but firefox is lot behind on downloading speed
This is a wonderful content. I will bookmark this site and visit again. It is very informative. Thanks for sharing.
I am a Chrome user for about 1year now, I have no any problems with Chrome, this is the best browser next to Firefox and Opera, the rest are garbage.
Great analysis. When was this benchmark created and do you update it regularly?
I always use firefox.Its super browser.Have some minor bugs but they always updating their software.


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Leading up to the release of Assasssin's Creed III, Ubisoft spoke openly about the power of the AnvilNext engine. Graphically, the engine delivers a landmark result for the firm. Boston, as described above, looks beautiful – with some streets featuring an abundance of NPCs going about their daily business. There's also new weather effects in place that accurately portray the respective seasons. Take for example Boston during the winter – players can expect to see the streets peppered with snow, rooftops caked and a general chill in the air as you crunch your way through the snowfall. Removed from civilisation slightly, the frontiers will see the ground thick with the white stuff and navigation reduced significantly. Factoring in all that detail, one could argue that one of the most impressive highlights for the engine sorrounds the opening mission as Haytham. Set in an opera house, the room is alive with bodies and the scene is literally a hive of activity. Without going into technical details, the opera house itself is sumptuous and extravagant to the eyes with texturing, mapping and design all key points of interest here. While the area proves to be a little on the dark side to show off all of its detail, the feeling of life and commotion is very real.
With such a vast list of changes in place, you might be wondering how combat fares? While a mixed bag if truth be told, it still works well. If you're a fan of the franchise, there's one change you'll notice immediately: how much closer combat feels. Enemies won't stand around in a wide-ranged circle anymore, but in fact, they'll come much closer to you during combat. While this helps to cement a feeling of danger and intimidation, it does however feel very claustrophobic very quickly. In fact, it feels claustrophobic to the point where it starts to feel rather uncomfortable to the player. Settling into the game means this feeling fizzles away progressively, but never really disappears. Targeting is a thing of the past, which means that gamers only need face an opponent to initiate prospective combat. The counter system is now revamped so enemies can be countered – but not necessarily killed. You can counter-kill, counter-grab, counter-disarm or simply just perform a counter. But with so many bodies surrounding you, there's generally a feeling of disorganisation and confusion mixed into the fray, rather than a sense of ownership.
The introduction of multiplayer to the franchise is something that was generally received well by the fans, and while the multiplayer this time around retains much of the same, there's some nifty changes in there that aim to keep you playing well past the sell by date. The premise, again, is rather simple: players are dumped onto a map with the aim of stalking and assassinating each other – with more points earned through stealth than all out attacking. The multiplayer, it has to be said, feels more in tune with the single player this time around with the music, menu system and more complimenting the overall experience. There's a greater sense of progression this time around too with XP built on almost all of your functions – be it assassinating, stalking, escaping etc – so you really feel rewarded for your actions. There's also an expanded social element to the multiplayer with kills, escapes and rewards all synchronised onto an international/friends based database. This encourages you to better yourself and ultimately, better your gameplan. One of the complaints about the previous multiplayer inclusions was the lack of skins for players and thankfully, this has been addressed as there's a much broader collection of skins to earn through XP, as well as to purchase direct from the menu system. The actual gameplay incorporates new changes like taunts, more blending options and a expanded whisper feature. As enemies get closer to you, you'll start to hear a whispering sound effect. This, as Ubisoft instructs you through tutorials, means you should keep an eye on your surroundings as an assassin is close. Ignoring this means potential death and you'll have to drag your name up the leaderboards instead.
Attackers can be potentially semi-countered, and now, Ubisoft has revamped this split second decision to feature a worthy kill element. Let's propose you hear whispering around you. You know an enemy is near. Scanning the crowd you set eyes on a character drawing closer. Taking the initiative you press the counter button – not to be confused with stun. While the attacker will naturally have the upper-hand, as outlined by the rules of multiplayer, your counter will see the killer slightly disabled after the kill for a moment and face a collective reduction in points because of your attempt. The reasoning behind this? You anticipated the attack.
One of the more frustrating elements that overshadows multiplayer is not a design flaw, per se, but a player driven one. TGL's time with Assassin's Creed III's multiplayer featured an all too common problem faced by previous Assassin's Creed games: people ascending to greater heights and running around the map – effectively ignoring the stealth. It's not something you can enforce sadly and once it happens, it spoils the concept of stalking and assassinating immediately. What essentially happens at that point is the players in question deconstruct the very fabric of the intended gameplan issued by Ubisoft. This in turn reduces the actual concept behind multiplayer to ashes. If the community continues to engage the multiplayer in this fashion, the stealth element will die – and so will the multiplayer. Admittedly, it's a little frustrating to see that Ubisoft has done nothing significant to reduce/prevent it this time around.
All positives aside, there's no denying that there's still bugs in there. Booting the game, prior to launch meant it updated twice (a total update of 25mb). Bugs, at the time this review goes live, include some characters that vanish off the screen while walking through Boston for example, missing audio cues and erratic AI. There's also issues like repetative voice acting, obvious narrative gaps that will frustrate those that really appreciate and respect the lore, as well as issues with subtitles being very hard to see and horses not responding well to even the smallest rock or obstacle. These issues might not be detected by some, but they're worth a note.
A final note must be paid towards the composition by Lorne Balfe. The music in Assassin's Creed III is yet another element to the game that helps shape a worthwhile and endearing experience. The combat music, the ambient tracks, the menu music, the Native American chanting as you meet Connor – it all helps to create a sense of purpose, and ultimately a more rounded and engaging experience.
Ultimately what Assassin's Creed III has brought to the table demonstrates Ubisoft's intent for the franchise. This reinvention of both aesthestics and gameplay ushers in a new sense of direction, conviction and intention by the firm. Assassin's Creed III is bold, vicious and beautiful.
TGL Score 9/10
Format: Xbox 360 (reviewed), PlayStation 3, PC
Developer: Ubisoft
Publisher: Ubisoft
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By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
You know your car is a gas hound. But what about the water it requires?
Keeping a car clean, whether you rinse it off in your driveway or get it scrubbed at a professional wash, uses buckets of agua, more than you might realize.
If you're careful, washing your car at home might use 10 gallons of water, but probably more like 25 or 50. A car wash can use much more, in the range of 75 to 100 gallons.
The International Car Wash Association says car washes are not a problem because the water consumed at car washes is recycled and reused. Water is properly disposed of via the sewer system where it can be treated and returned to circulation, the association says. (This is not the case with home car washing, which we'll get to.)
However, just as foregoing paper is more effective at saving forests than using recycled paper, the greenest car wash is the one that doesn't use water at all.
The cutting edge of the car cleaning biz has been spawning products that clean and polish your car without water, and lately, car washes that do the same.
Take Houston's new car detailing service and car wash, Eco-Suds Hand Car Wash.
This new service in Northwest Houston, uses a water-based cleaning solution that is non-hazardous and biodegradable. The formula dissolves dirt and the residue is easily wiped off with a microfiber cloth. The process doesn't scratch because polymers enwrap the dirt. The car is wiped clean and buffed, leaving it smooth and shiny (see photo above), says Kevin Dunn, co-owner of the Eco-Suds Hand Car Wash.
Dunn touts the service as eco-friendly on two counts — it avoids toxic runoff because the cleaning solution does not contain any oil, mineral spirits or kerosene, harmful chemicals that turn up in competitor's formulas. And, the process is virtually water-less (there's some water in the solution), saving the community dozens of gallons of water for each car and truck cleaned.
"According to our estimates, we believe we have saved roughly 90,000 gallons since we opened in mid-February," he said. "Not too bad for one single location in just three months."
As the Eco-Suds website notes, conventional car washes cannot compete with that level of water conservation because even their recycled water is typically mixed with 40 to 80 gallons of fresh water for each new car washed.
Eco-Suds is frugal with natural resources, but uses significant human capital, employing hand washers. It competes with both mass-market and luxury detailing services, with packages starting at $25 for an exterior wash and interior cleaning, ranging up to $225 for the "platinum package" with various levels in between.
Eco-Suds bills itself as the nation's "first full service, eco-friendly car wash and detail" — and it is a unique stand alone facility — but it is not the first enterprise to try to create a greener model for the car wash business.
Several have gone eco by switching to greener cleaning ingredients and polishes and adding water recapture capabilities, but they're still using large quantities of water.
A few select car washes are getting more aggressive about water use.
The Eco-Pit in San Diego is another virtually water-less car wash that uses a line of Earth-friendly products.
Seattle has Advanced Mobile, a car detailing service that uses biodegradable soaps and comes to clients, washing their cars at their location and reclaiming all the water used. The mobile aspect of this business throws a wrench into the process of assessing its carbon imprint (would it be more or the same as a drop in car wash?), but the EPA was impressed enough with its water conservation to award it a Water Efficiency Leader award in 2006. Advanced Mobile also has outlets in Portland and Chicago.
In Nevada, the Southern Nevada Water Authority promotes car washes that reclaim or recycle their water on its Water Smart program by offering coupons to these businesses on its website.
Now, about washing your car at home. The Environmental Protection Agency and some state agencies warn against it. At least, they tell us not to wash the car or truck in the driveway because the runoff is hazardous to the environment. The phosphates in some soaps can harm fish down the line, because they act as fertilizers, making algae grow and choking off oxygen for aquatic life. And that oily sheen you see in the rivulets running toward the storm drain (from undercarriage goo and petroleum distillates) can be a real problem for many life forms.
If you must wash at home, park on grass or gravel, so the runoff can be reabsorbed by the soil, the experts say. And use a phosphate-free soap.
It's better to use commercial carwash, the EPA notes, because that water can be recycled and will be cleansed by local water treatment facilities before being returned to the water system or the environment.
Charity groups should do the same. Instead of setting up a DIY venture in a school parking lot, school and church groups should operate on grass or gravel, or partner with a local commercial car wash.
Even better — work with a commercial car wash that doesn't use water.
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32 Indicted In Broward Pill Mill Crackdown
Thirty-two people in Broward and Palm Beach County were indicted Tuesday in a pill mill take down that targeted four alleged pain management clinics.
Two Dozen Charged In Pill Scam At Palm Beach VA Center
More than a dozen people were taken into custody for all selling oxycodone and other drugs around a Veterans Affairs medical center in Palm Beach County.
New Data Shows Prescription Pill Deaths Up From 2009
Despite numerous campaigns to educate the public about he dangers of prescription pill abuse, drug deaths in Florida increased nearly 9 percent last year compared to 2009.
Miami-Dade Ordinance Cracks Down On Pain Clinics
Miami-Dade County is getting tough on pain clinics that operate in the county. Tuesday, the Commission approved an ordinance that requires all pain clinic owners in Miami-Dade to register their clinic with the Department of Consumer Services.
Doctors No Longer Allowed To Sell Narcotics
Florida law enforcement wasted no time in enforcing a new law that forbids doctors and clinics from selling narcotic medications. Tuesday, officials in Broward County went to multiple clinics to shut down the pill mills.
Sunrise To Crack Down On 'Pill Mills'
Sunrise city leaders are considering several measures to crack down on so-called 'pill mills' which they claim allow abusers easy access to powerful painkillers.
Gov. Scott Signs "Pill Mills" Bill In Ft. Lauderdale
Gov. Rick Scott was in Fort Lauderdale Friday morning where he signed a new law aimed at controlling the state's "pill mills".
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Broward Considers Pill Mill Ordinance
Broward County commissioners are asked for the public's input on a proposed ordinance which would crack down on so-called 'pill mills'.
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Neil Patrick Harris has been preparing to host this Sunday's Oscars for weeks, but he's still on edge about the show.
Utah's Derek Hough talks about what it will be like to be judged each week by sister Julianne Hough. Plus, two more Utahns glide onto the ballroom floor this season!
National Security Expert Tom Panuzio was in studio to discuss the new security developments out of Iraq.
Could bringing your dog to work be better for your health? Chris Dobson from Synergy HomeCare was in studio to discuss the benefits.
Studies show that the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) is said to prevent cancer, but the vaccination rates in Utah are still low. Dr. Ellie Brownstein joined us in studio to speak about the vaccine and why getting it is so important.
Page Neal from the Red Cross discuss the wide range of fire danger in Utah.
Students from University of Utah stopped by to discuss the "Alternative Breaks" program and their recent success.
Health Director Steve Mickelson stopped by Good Morning Utah to discuss the Pertussis (Whooping Cough) epidemic.
Movie Critic Tony Toscano was in studio for his weekly dish on the latest DVDs.
There have been fast moving developments out of Iraq in regards to increasing security at the US Embassy in Baghdad. The move comes after a request from the state department, as islamic militants are taking over parts of Iraq. The militants, part of a group known as ISIS, an Al Qaeda Splinter Group, is trying ti establish an Islamic state in a region that would stretch from Iraq into Northern Syria. Some Embassy personnel are temporarily relocating to other locations as the violence moves closer to Baghdad. National Security Expert Tom Panuzio was in studio to talk about the move to protect the Embassy.


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This hardly rates as a recipe at all. A simple process of melting chocolate with milk and stirring. I used a slightly less fussy method to the one in the book to reduce on washing up, but didn't do anything fancy. I used Green&Blacks white chocolate because it is particularly vanillary. It would be fun to experiment with other flavours though - chilli, citrus zest, nutmeg, cardamom, cinnamon, black pepper to name but a few.
This is how I did it:
- Broke up 100g bar of white chocolate (G&B) into a pan.
- Added 125ml milk.
- Placed on a low heat and left until the chocolate had melted.
- Stirred until smooth.
- Poured into a jug.


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Hearing in theater shooting held over until Friday
DADE CITY, Fla. (970 WFLA/AP) - A not guilty plea has been entered in a Pasco County courtroom for Curtis Reeves, the retired cop who's charged with killing Chad Oulson in a Wesley Chapel movie theater.
Before the arraignment, attorneys argued whether surveillance video of the shooting should be made public. Defense attorney Richard Escobar said no.
"This court has the power through the separation of powers to make sure that the most fundamental right that Mr. Reeves has and that is fundamental fairness to be able to pick a jury of his peers from this county. We can't make a mistake that affects that most fundamental right that Mr. Reeves has," Escobar said.
The judge will hold off releasing the surveillance video for 30 days so the defense can review it.
Meantime, Escobar is also arguing that Reeves should be released on bond pending his trial on second degree murder charges.
Among those testifying on behalf of Reeves is his daughter, Jennifer.
Jennifer Reeves Shaw said her dad suffers from several medical issues, include back and vision problems.
But witnesses who saw Chad Oulson get fatally shot inside the Grove Cobb movie theater last month said Reeves was agitated over Oulson's texting.
The testimony is part of Reeves' bond hearing in Dade City.
Wednesday's hearing concluded at around 6:45 pm. The judge says they will pick up again with more testimony Friday morning at 10.
An external hard drive containing hours of surveillance video was physically handed over to defense attorneys Tuesday during a hearing regarding the video evidence showing the January shooting.
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Leeds Middle School PE students shoot hoops in the gym. Enrollment in Leeds City Schools has increased by 13.5 percent in the last two years, putting Leeds Elementary School and Leeds Middle School over capacity. Superintendent John J. Moore said a new K-2 school is needed and hopes the school board can seek funding for it in conjunction with the city. (Frank email@example.com)
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Extended French
Students will focus on a number of aspects of higher-order and high-register French grammatical structures. Written activities will include a variety of translations (both into and out of the target language) and advanced grammar exercises.
On-Line from Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2015
Learning Outcomes
1. Heightened understanding of French grammar;
2. High-level sentence-construction skills;
3. Ability to adapt and utilize actively a range of written registers.
- Close reading of specific grammar problems in situ;
- Grammar exercises, including translation of short sentences;
- Series of grammar tests.
Assumed Knowledge
FREN3610/FREN3620 or equivalent.
Assessment Items
Written Assignment: 3 written assignments
In Term Test: 2 in-class tests
Formal Examination: Formal Exam
Contact Hours
On-Line from Callaghan
Online 2 hour(s) per Week for 13 Weeks
BlackBoard to be used as principal means of delivery. Occasional on-campus meetings to be arranged as necessary.


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Source: http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2013/07/07/bp-fights-to-halt-bogus-gulf-claims/
The article says, BP WILL go to court tomorrow to try to overhaul a landmark $7.8bn compensation deal, citing a flood of "absurd and egregiously inflated" payments that threaten to "irreparably harm" the company.
Extracts from court papers filed by BP:
"Plaintiffs' lawyers across the gulf region are now openly advertising that the settlement is a way for claimants to collect payouts even if they have no losses at all. If this travesty is allowed to continue, BP will be irreparably harmed, and future defendants will be reluctant to settle because they cannot be confident that settlement agreements will be construed textually and fairly.
In the interest of justice, and to provide efficient and responsible compensation to businesses actually damaged by the oil spill, this court should reverse the district court's decisions and correct its misinterpretations of the settlement agreement."
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