Re: [SLUG] Can Firefox run any slower?

From: Mario Lombardo (mario@alienscience.com)
Date: Wed Jan 17 2007 - 12:21:48 EST


I'm running FF 1.5.x. For as long as I can remember, the Gecko engine
has suffered Down's Syndrome when it comes to rendering pages. Galeon
had a similar fate. That browser had basically the Tab Mix extension
built in and ran poorly, again Gecko under the hood.

Besides minimo, there's also Dillo (i18n version). Dillo is
rediculously fast, but it doesn't have all the bells and whistles. It
reminds me of Opera when it fit on a floppy :)

/mario

On 1/17/07, Levi Bard <taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I've had the opposite experience; 2.0 is a bit more responsive for me
> than 1.5 was, and doesn't consume quite as much memory. I run with
> about a dozen extensions.
>
> You could always build minimo if you'd like an ultra-lightweight
> firefox. If it'll run on the Nokia 770, with a 252 MHz ARM cpu and
> 32MB mem, you should be ok. ;-)
>
> --
> Just stop and take your secret journey, you will be a new box. --Leeta
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.html
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