Re: [SLUG] Can Firefox run any slower?

From: David R. Meyer (david@davidmeyer.org)
Date: Wed Jan 17 2007 - 11:55:10 EST


Hi Mario,

I've had similar issues, but when I switched to Opera, they went away.
Seems like the new Firefox code has some issues, because it is slower
than I remember 1.5.x being.

Dave

Mario Lombardo wrote:
> Seriously, I'm wondering how people run this browser. I have it on a
> Duron 950MHz with 768MB of PC100 SDRAM. Ok so it's not a speed demon.
> Other programs don't have an issue with it. The only reason I'm
> going to upgrade the hardware is because of Firefox! It's just FF
> that runs slow as can be. I run extensions, but as I recall, the same
> issue occurs when I fire up the blank profile with no extensions. I'm
> so frustrated. Does anyone have a miracle cure or tip on performance?
>
> /mario
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