Chrome, Firefox, IE8: FIGHT!!!

Davey Winder
Thursday, 06 November 2008 15:23

IT Industry - Development

Battle of the Browsers postings are nothing new, but usually are based upon the opinion of a single reviewer. However, if there were cash prizes to uncover bugs in Chrome, FireFox 3.1 and IE8 you might get a broader and more interesting view. Welcome to the Browser Bug Battle...

No browser is perfect, especially those at the cutting edge of web exploration that carry the Beta mark of distinction. Google Chrome will probably be in Beta forever and early adopters will race to get the latest Firefox builds and early peeks at IE8.

Google Chrome has already been patched for a security fix; Firefox recently ran into trouble with Norton users and IE8 is either full of exciting new functionality or a web browser for wankers depending upon your viewpoint.

Now community based software testing outfit uTest has launched a Battle of the Browsers competition, not to find out which is the best but rather which has the most bugs.

Running from November 5th until 12th, the competition has already got off to a good start.

In just the first 12 hours, more than 500 entrants have uncovered a total of 248 new and previously unreported bugs in the three browsers.

Unsurprisingly, Google Chrome leads the bug list of shame at this point.

192 testers have already discovered an astonishing 120 bugs, and remember these have to be new, unknown and the first to be submitted related to any particular subject. Repeat bugs are excluded from the count.

Firefox ranks as the most tested with 222 testers taking part so far. Yet it is running a fair way behind (or in front, depending upon how you look at it) Chrome with 86 bugs uncovered after 12 hours.

The surprise so far is that 148 testers, admittedly the smallest bug hunting team of the three, have only managed to pinpoint 42 bugs in IE8.

What cash prizes are on offer for discovering what bugs exactly? How can you enter? All will be revealed on page 2...

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