Re: Firefox speed comparison?

In article <e2346a844d.harriet@xxxxxxxxxx>,
Harriet Bazley <bazley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2 Jul 2005 as I do recall,
> george wrote:


> [snip]
> > Based on daily use of FF since its release on a Kinetic and an Iyonix, I
> > wouldn't consider browsing with FF on anything less than a S/A RPC
> > with at least 128Mb of memory + 2Mb VRAM, and the Iyonix is an order
> > of magnitude brisker still. Without intending disrespect to users of
> > lesser machines (I used an A410/1 as my sole machine until 1997), nor
> > wishing to decry the developers' efforts to optimise FF, the fact
> > remains that those who want to get the most out of this
> > exceptionally capable app will need to gear up.

> For my part, I don't want to get the most out of it - I just want to
> know if it's worth sitting through a nine-megabyte download for the
> sake of getting back into a couple of sites whose 'upgrades' have shut
> me out of existing accounts! :-)

> However, it seems to be a moot point; having survived the download (by
> means of going off and watching a film while it was going on!) I find
> the program doesn't work here anyway. It doesn't go wrong, and the
> 'stderr' file is blank. It just starts up and never does anything at
> all. The disc whirs for a bit, but no window ever appears.

> I've tried creating a !UnixHome.home./mozilla directory within
> !UnixHome (the Beta2 archive doesn't seem to contain the advertised
> skeleton copy), and it's copied a directory and file into it, but that
> seems to be about it. I've upgraded the SharedUnixLibrary and Tinct,
> and HOME is unset - that's about as far as I can guess at.

Having suffered the same problem and some hours of frustration having done
what you describe I eventually got the thing working by the following
means:-
1)I set up a directory called FF in the root directory, ie the first one
that comes up.
2)Having opened the directory I put Firefox and UnixHome in side by side.
3)I then shut down the computer and went for a cup of tea.
4)On return I opened the directory, double clicked on Unixhome and then
on Firefox.
5)Lots of whirring for a while then everything worked.

Was it worth it? Yes if only for the satisfaction of getting it to work.

Donald, South Uist

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