-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ian Malone wrote: > David Boles wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Ian Malone wrote: >>> taharka wrote: >>>> How do again, >>>> >>>> On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 16:28 -0200, Clodoaldo wrote: >>>>> 2006/11/30, Scott van Looy <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>>>>> Today Clodoaldo did spake thusly: >>>>>> >>>>>>> 2006/11/30, taharka <res00vl8@xxxxxxxxxx>: >>>>>>>> How do, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 15:28 -0200, Clodoaldo wrote: >>>>>>>>> 2006/11/30, Ian Malone <ibmalone@xxxxxxxxx>: >>>>>>>>>> Okay, I've had this problem for a while and I'm beginning >>>>>>>>>> to wonder why. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Firefox sometimes responds very slowly, especially when >>>>>>>>>> rendering Wikipedia and a few other pages (mostly wikis >>>>>>>>>> actually). I don't mean connecting to the internet, I mean >>>>>>>>>> responding to the user; e.g. I run a mouse gestures >>>>>>>>>> extension which can become unusable with a couple >>>>>>>>>> of Wikipedia tabs open. Booting the same machine into >>>>>>>>>> Windows Me and running Firefox I don't have this problem. >>>>>>>>>> System is FC5, Athlon 1.3GHz, 1GB RAM, GeForce 3 Ti200 >>>>>>>>>> with Nvidia drivers. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> So: >>>>>>>>>> Does anyone else have this problem? >>>>>>>>> I have. Any site javascript intensive makes FF consume 100% CPU >>>>>>>>> for a >>>>>>>>> few seconds at each click. Gmail is one of them. >>>>>>>> So, how bout installing the noscript extension & enabling >>>>>>>> javascript for >>>>>>>> sites where it is absolutely necessary? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> You are a genius. What a wonderful solution. I each site i just >>>>>>> go to >>>>>>> Edit -> Preferences -> Content -> Enable JavaScript. And them >>>>>>> wait for >>>>>>> each click or page scroll. I have a better one: Why not just use >>>>>>> Opera >>>>>>> in instead of FF? This one is much better: If you have nothing worth >>>>>>> to say why don't you just shut up? >>>>>> Or, alternatively, why don't you bite the hand that helps you? >>>>>> https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/722/ >>>>> Could you elaborate on how that fixes FF slowness on javaScript sites? >>>>> To make it clear: I need Gmail *with* javaScript enabled. Blocking >>>>> javaScript is not a solution when javaScript is necessary or just nice >>>>> to have. >>>> I suggest you go to the link Scott provided you & read the >>>> documentation >>>> for that extension for yourself. If it's still unclear, there's a link >>>> to the authors site. His site will tell you anything you want to know >>>> regarding the noscript extension ;-) Plus, you can email him. >>>> >>> I'd agree Clodoaldo's response wasn't really necessary, >>> however he's right that the JavaScript heavy sites tend >>> to be ones like Gmail that need it. I'm also not really >>> happy with use Konqueror/Opera/A Mac type answers because >>> I know FF on the same machine under windows works fine, >>> and I doubt that it's windows causing the difference. >>> >>> I've just tried the binary version of 1.5.0.8 from >>> Mozilla and it won't run (seemingly library problems), >>> maybe I'll give 2.0 a go. >> >> >> Get the Firefox 2.0 from Mozilla. It is much improved over 1.5.0.8 and >> the Mozilla Firefox runs and displays much faster than the Fedora rpms. >> >> After you have installed Firefox run it from a terminal window and it >> will tell you what compat library file it is missing. >> >> yum what provides <name> >> >> will tell you the exact name of the compat library package that you need >> to install. >> > > The Firefox 2.0 binary JustWorks. I had tried 1.5.0.8 for the > sake of direct comparison, but the error message at the terminal > is not very useful, just "bus error" with a number and the line > from mozilla-run.sh that called the binary. (And I do have > compat-libstdc++-33 installed) > > You are right that the 2.0 binary has much better performance > than the FC5 1.5 RPM. You did have the libary installed then. Good. As you poke around Firefox 2.0 you will notice many new features too. Here is a good site for some common Firefox tweaks: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live-top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php Same site with shorter URL in case the long one is broken: http://tinyurl.com/ykrj4p and here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_FAQs_:_About:config_Entries is the Mozilla site with all about:config settings. - -- David -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) iD8DBQFFb2PVrItTyWRhT1YRAnMgAJ99qscIKRUoUDpFHTU5QY0l3p7DgACgo68O zwgjqvI9fznqXhLq2qguu0Y= =So2x -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
