703422 - Firefox 9 Performance Graph

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Marketing :: Design, task)

Description

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

Attachment: Perf Graph

We would like to do an updated version of the perf graph I have attached for Fx 9 blog post. (We won't need introductory text on the side, just talking about the graph part)

I'd like to do a comparison of Firefox 8 versus Firefox 9.  I know this means we'll have to label each one separately and that goes against our version numbers policy, but the win here is massive and worth calling the version numbers out. 

Lets keep the same order but add some labels: 


------------------------
Kraken (version 1.1)
Fx 8--3854.225
Fx 9--2784.125
(up to 30% faster)

V8 (version 6)
Fx 8--5767.25
Fx 9--7870.25
(up to 30% faster)

Sunspider (Modified version 0.9.1)
Fx 8--203.275
Fx 9--171.475
(up to 15% faster)

Note: Tests run on 32 bit, Windows 7 machine.

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We may need to change the "note" copy, but it works as FPO for now. 

Also, will need to localize this, so the sooner we get this, the sooner l10n (through Valerie) can get started. 

Fx 9 is December 20th, so great to have first draft for Dec 6th.

Comment 1

[Tara (musingt)]

Thanks Laura

Do you remember who did this graphic before?  Trying to see who has the files so it's easier to update.

Comment 2

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

It was a young gentleman by the name of "Lee Tom".

Comment 3

[Tara (musingt)]

ding ding ding !!  Lee wins this challenge :)

Comment 4

[Lee Tom]

It was actually not me! ...although I could help, of course :)

Comment 5

[Tara (musingt)]

Lee, do you have the source files though?

Comment 6

[Lee Tom]

Hey Tara - I don't have the source files. If I had them, it would save me a lot of time making the changes.

Comment 7

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

I found this: http://www.intothefuzz.com/leetom/Firefox/Firefox4beta/

I wonder if SilverOrange worked on the updated one. Steven?

Comment 8

[Lee Tom]

Yeah, that chart is pretty old-skool. It would be ideal to start from the source file of the latest chart, but I can do some PS cobbling, if we're in a bind...

Comment 9

[Tara (musingt)]

Yah, I don't have the latest PSD, not sure who does.  Is there an old bug LoMo, perhaps, that we can dig up on that particular graphic? I remember it, but don't know how to find it since it was so long ago and I can't remember what it was called or referenced by.

Otherwise, Lee, we may need you to cobble.

Comment 10

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

Attachment: Performance Chart Photoshop File

The version of the graph in the attached image is actually built in HTML/CSS. It was removed from the /firefox/performance/ page in r90680 (trunk). I can resurrect it from SVN and update the numbers/bars.

I also found the PSD version of the chart (attached). The numbers in the PSD aren't up-to-date, but the bars are vector objects, so it should be relatively easy to update.

Would an HTML/CSS version work for you for the blog post, or would you like an image version (or both)?

Comment 11

[Lee Tom]

Thanks, Steven. If you could update both versions, that would be very helpful.

Comment 12

[Tara (musingt)]

Hey Steven, thanks so much for offering to help.  If it's okay with you, I'll assign this bug to you. 
 Laura, Can you please answer his question in Comment 10?  Thanks!

Ping if you need anything :)

Comment 13

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

Attachment: Performance Chart Photoshop File

Comment 14

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

Attachment: Updated Performance Chart Photoshop File

Comment 15

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

Attachment: Updated Performance Chart PNG

Comment 16

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

Attachment: Updated Performance Chart (HTML version)

I've attached an updated Photoshop, PNG, and HTML/CSS version of the chart. The HTML version is fixed at 550px wide, but that value can be changed and the relative sizes of the chart bars will be preserved.

Comment 17

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

Thanks Steven. Sorry for getting to this late, but two quick changes:

1) It should say "Modified SunSpider" not just "SunSpider" in the title of the second graph. 
2) We need to add a "note" section below the graphs. 
"Tested 32-bit versions of Firefox on a 2.7Ghz i7 running 64-bit Windows 7."

Comment 18

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

Attachment: Updated Performance Chart (HTML version)

Comment 19

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

Attachment: Updated Performance Chart PNG

Comment 20

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

Attachment: Updated Performance Chart Photoshop File

Here are the PNG, Photoshop, and HTML versions, updated with the requested text changes. Let me know if anything else is required.

Comment 21

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

Hi Steven--thanks for this.  I can only see one of the attachments--the other ones seem to be blanck?

Also, https://bug703422.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=577573  has different font on the side than the original graphs, but maybe that was expected.

Comment 22

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

Attachment: Updated Performance Chart PNG

Comment 23

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

Attachment: Updated Performance Chart Photoshop File

Comment 24

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

(In reply to Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa] from comment #21)
> Hi Steven--thanks for this.  I can only see one of the attachments--the
> other ones seem to be blanck?
> 
> Also, https://bug703422.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=577573  has
> different font on the side than the original graphs, but maybe that was
> expected.

Not sure what happened with the attachments - should be fixed now. The font on the left (the "Firefox 8/9" labels) is intentionally changed. We had the version-number based wordmark in there previously, and we don't use an official wordmark with numbers anymore (given the rapid release cycle).

Comment 25

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

Thanks Steven--looks great! Makes sense about the fonts, thanks for clarifying and getting this done!

Comment 26

[Kohei Yoshino [:kohei]]

I think the v8 graph should have a note say "longer is better" to avoid confusion.

Comment 27

[Kohei Yoshino [:kohei]]

(In reply to Kohei Yoshino from comment #26)
> I think the v8 graph should have a note say "longer is better" to avoid
> confusion.

Like this http://www.mozilla.org/img/firefox/beta/4/perf-graph.png