On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:02 AM, David Boles <dgboles@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Arthur Pemberton wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 4:51 AM, David Boles <dgboles@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Arthur Pemberton wrote: > >> > 2008/3/7 Brian <Brian.Mingus@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> >> Sunspider: http://webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider.html > >> >> > >> >> This doesn't benchmark everything, but javascript is important to me as I > >> >> use apps such as Gmail constantly. Since these apps tend not to work in > >> >> Konqueror anyway, they may not be relevant to you. But anything Konq does in > >> >> javascript is way slower than other browsers. > >> > > >> > According to that test, Firefox is significantly faster than > >> > Konqueror, but as you noted that this for Javascript only. And I have > >> > to say, I seriously doubt the usefulness of this test. I know for a > >> > fact that Firefox on my Fedora machines is significantly _slower_ than > >> > Konqueror at rendering pages -- which to me is more important than > >> > rendering Javascript. > >> > >> > >> Arthur - see if this makes any difference with Firefox for you. I does for me. > >> > >> Try a site first to compare to later. Then, as 'root' edit /etc/profile > >> add this > >> > >> export MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1 > > > > SWEET! Firefox is working at Konqueror speed now. > > > > This Pango thing was an anchor. > > > Good. Glad that helped. > > Care for another Firefox tip? Sure... I still like Konqueror though.... not a big fan of Gtk for that level app. But Firefox is a much more "understood" online -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com )
