Re: Firefox speed comparison?

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.

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