On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 13:06 -0800, Allen Halsey wrote: > When I launch Firefox from the Applications Menu, there always appears a 2nd > button on the Window List bar saying "Starting Firefox Web Browser". It > stays there for about 15 seconds. And the mouse pointer is busy during this > time. > > This gives me the impression that Firefox starts very slow on Fedora. (F9 > and F10). > > Just now I discovered that if create a new launcher and remove the %u option > from the command, Firefox starts up immediately! > > Why is the %u launcher option causing this poor user experience? > > Allen > The %u is not needed. I don't know why it is there by default. > -- > View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Firefox-launcher-option--u-cause-of-%22Starting-Firefox-Web-Browser%22-button--tp1596367p1596367.html > Sent from the fedora mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > -- ======================================================================= The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet. -- Damon Runyon ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines