One thing I didn't take into consideration with my response...I have a
good number of Firefox Extensions running. That may explain why I'm
running so slow.
Dave
Mario Lombardo wrote:
> 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
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