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    wowowowow ff3 vs chrome uploading

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by zfactor, Dec 13, 2008.

  1. zfactor

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    i am currently uploading a few files. with the upload service (i tried 3 different ones!!!) ff3 gets me to about 208 max.... i then went to chrome and tried it and it uploading at almost 900kbs!!!!!!!! thats awesome. i stopped both and re started them and same result. i tried on A DIFFERENT PC not on the same router or network SAME RESULT.... WOW..
     
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  2. fusionsenses

    fusionsenses The Unbannable

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    i have been using chrome once it's out, same as ff back then.
     
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    Are you sure the upload speed in chrome is displayed correctly? Software is not always right, I've seen NewsLeecher, for example, to show 5Gb/s download speed for a 6mbit connection...and of course these 5Gb/s weren't real.
    Chrome cannot speedup your upload speed, especially not 4x. This sounds like a Chrome bug ;)
     
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  4. frazell

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    Agreed.

    The upload speed calculators you typically see in a webpage are javascript files that try to measure upload amounts over a span of time then calculate from there.

    It is harder to do accurately on really small files and the speedup in Javascript in Chrome could be buggy for the site's script.

    Can your line upload at 900K a second? That would be near 5 megabits upload speed...
     
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  5. zfactor

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    well i can say for sure the file that is 200mb uploades at least 5-6 times faster than it does in ff... so yeah its 100% for sure that much faster it took over 30 min in ff and about 17 in chrome for the same file

    i have a 20down 10up line
     
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    Then something should be wrong with FF..something is limiting it. It makes no sense a browser to give you 4x times faster speed than other browser. Try in IE.
     
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    What are your upload speeds using ftp?
     
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    Chrome is your basic browser without add-ons while FF3 is bloated with extras.
     
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    I'd hardly call FF3 "bloated" :-/
     
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    ie is about the same if not a bit slower then ff3...i uninstalled and reinstalled ff3 unblocked it turned of firewall etc same results
     
    zfactor, Dec 13, 2008
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