Google last night unveiled an early version of RoboHornet, of a general-purpose browser speed test that company engineers hope will shed light on something besides just JavaScript.
There are plenty of JavaScript speed tests, Google's new Octane among them, and for good reason: the programming language is used to turn static Web pages into interactive Web apps. But there's more to fast browsing, and Google hopes others will get involved to flesh out RoboHornet with a full suite of tests.
"It's a living, dynamic benchmark that aims to use the collective efforts of the Web development community and ultimately get browser vendors to fix real-world performance pain points," said RoboHornet leader Alex Komoroske said in a blog post.
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