Firebird -> Firefox

[Collins Richey]

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:26:56 -0500 (EST)
Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Collins Richey wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 08:38:12 -0500 (EST)
> > Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Collins Richey wrote:
> > > > I can't explain this phenomenon, but I get no speed difference
> > > > with firefox or kde 3.2.
> > >
> > > I think the key is KDE.  Perhaps stop using that, and everything
> > > else will run faster.
> > >
> >
> > That goes without saying!  I'm not a permanent kde user, but I try
> > it out whenever a new version is released, just to see what a lot of
> > people are experiencing.
> >
> > When I'm not running kde, right now I'm using PAWM which is a very
> > low overhead, single desktop WM.
> 
> And you still get the same slow startup times?
> 

Yes,

No difference between firebird and firefox, either initial loading or
reloads.  Also, firefox appers to be unable to print from the Mapquest
site; there is a problem handling fonts.

-- 
Collins - Denver Area - 
Gentoo stable kernel 2.6.2-rc1