Google Chrome Speed Tests

Google Chrome · 9.3M views · 2010-05-04 · 2:10

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Overview

Google's 2010 Chrome ad filmed web page rendering with a high-speed camera, comparing it with a potato gun, a pirate ship and lightning. It presented browser speed as Chrome's key selling point.

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HN cites it as an example of Chrome's speed-focused marketing and of how fast Chrome seemed at launch compared with other browsers.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2010–2021

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Web development Tech company stories & documentaries Product, marketing & sales

What people said

brezina · 2010-05 · Recommendation
welp, i'm back after using nowmov. thanks to nowmov i found one of the coolest youtube videos i've seen in a while [VIDEO] Google Chrome speed tests
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mgh2 · 2021-12 · Reference
I still remember their ads: [VIDEO] But Chrome had a clear advantage those days compared to other solutions Microsoft's value proposition? PDF users and memory consumption?
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perryizgr8 · 2021-05 · Reference
Remember this video? [VIDEO] Chrome was seriously fast when it launched. It made everything else seem a decade old.
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