ZPurpleHippo
join:2009-05-28
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Re: [FireFox] I only care about one thing: Initial Load speed.
said by ReVeLaTeD  : CHROME LOADS JUST AS FAST AS IE. Yes, it's a lighter browser, which is what I want Firefox to be because I know it can be!! Why is this hard for folks? My FF 3.5 opens just as fast as Chrome does.
If you want faster, then try the Firefox Preloader which keeps FF in memory: »sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/
If you want to complain about how long FF takes, then complain to the developers. They can be reached at the following places:
news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox
»groups.google.com/groups/search?···safe=off
but the best place to get their attention is on bugzilla: »https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ |
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DataDoc
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The only version of Firefox that ever loaded in less than 15-20 seconds was Minefield (0 add-ons).
On the other hand I often run it non-stop for days, with hours of usage every day,with no problems.
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ReVeLaTeD
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join:2001-11-10
San Diego, CA
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said by ZPurpleHippo :said by ReVeLaTeD : CHROME LOADS JUST AS FAST AS IE. Yes, it's a lighter browser, which is what I want Firefox to be because I know it can be!! Why is this hard for folks? My FF 3.5 opens just as fast as Chrome does. If you want faster, then try the Firefox Preloader which keeps FF in memory: » sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/If you want to complain about how long FF takes, then complain to the developers. They can be reached at the following places: news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox » groups.google.com/groups/search?···safe=offbut the best place to get their attention is on bugzilla: » https:// bugzilla.mozilla.org/ I'm sampling the Preloader...but as I also looked at K-Meleon, I see it adds the Preloader as an option during its install. I seem to recall Netscape and Mozilla both doing the same thing, which makes me question why this app is not included with the Firefox application as an optional (recommended) install. Seems like a no-brainer to me..but whatever.
Anyway, the Preloader seems to be doing the job. I won't know though until I restart my computer which won't be for a while. I'll report back my results. At the end of the day though, users should not be forced to run a separate application to get Firefox to run the way it should run from the jump. They really need to look at lightening this browser and trimming the fat - or at least offer a "Lite" version of the browser without that database and all of that crap that a web browser really does not need. |
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ZPurpleHippo
join:2009-05-28
| said by ReVeLaTeD :I'm sampling the Preloader...but as I also looked at K-Meleon, I see it adds the Preloader as an option during its install. I seem to recall Netscape and Mozilla both doing the same thing, yes, it was called Quicklaunch, and SeaMonkey has it, too.
which makes me question why this app is not included with the Firefox application as an optional (recommended) install.
because they didn't want the bloat
They really need to look at lightening this browser and trimming the fat - or at least offer a "Lite" version of the browser without that database and all of that crap that a web browser really does not need. what they need to get rid of is the .sqlite files, they're constantly updating themselves, which can bog down the operation. |
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anon0709
@megapath.net | FYI, SeaMonkey is dropping the preloader in the upcoming version 2.0. It was deemed too buggy to keep. |
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ReVeLaTeD
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OK, so I tried it out on a rebooted laptop...and while it's not AS slow, it's still slow. So even the preloader can't help it. Didn't try without extensions, as the ones I have installed are critical to my browsing experience:
NoScript
Redirect Remover
ProxyButton
Linkification
Tempomail
Enhance Gmail 2
DownThemAll!
Download Helper
CustomizeGoogle
AdBlock Plus
As you can tell, I'm not keen on various Google ads all over the place. I'm also not keen on random scripts and redirection links sending me to where I don't want to go only to present popup windows. Right now my Firefox navigates quite solidly and I can't imagine the web without every one of those apps...with the possible exception of ProxyButton, which is basically for convenience purposes (Mozilla had the ability to add a button for Proxy, if I recall correctly.)
So here's my question. Without having to research, does anyone know any initial load issues with any of those plugins? |
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