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The slowness eventually drove me to chrome. And so far, not looking back...

by moe 17y ago

dragonquest 17y ago
If it wasn't for the checkbox bug, I'd be pretty happy with Chrome. However for now, Firefox it is. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=0551a15ebb64a498&hl=en http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=0551...
9oliYQjP 17y ago
The startup time of FireFox 3.0 through 3.5 on my MacBook Pro was horrendous... measured in tens of seconds. I just installed 3.6 and it is much better. It doesn't feel like I'm opening up Photoshop anymore, geez.
- Perceval 17y ago
  An ongoing project was started after Fx3.5 to improve startup time: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Projects/Startup_Time_Improvements https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Projects/Startup_Time_Impro... You can also read the blog of the lead engineer working on startup time improvement: http://autonome.wordpress.com/ http://autonome.wordpress.com/
Dauntless 17y ago
Why do chrome users have the need to keep telling us how they switched on every firefox story... please, we get it... good luck with chrome already.
cscotta 17y ago
It strikes me as a bit disingenuous to criticize the performance of a browser while openly admitting that you haven't tried it. I've been an avid Safari user for years, but switched back to Firefox at 3.6b5. The performance improvements they've made are incredible, and with the GrApple theme applied, it looks just like Safari. Plus, I get back some sorely-missed keyboard shortcuts, Firebug's awesome profiling support, and the "snappiness" that I'm used to in Safari. But until you've actually tried the latest release (genuinely - not 10 minutes working from a disk image), please consider refraining from commenting. An aspect of the software you used to hate might have been improved.
- moe 17y ago
  You are right, I should have tried it before. Now I did. It's still so slow as to make me wonder how I ever put up with it. No Idea what's up with the "hate" terminology. The only browser that can even invoke strong feelings in me would be IE. My comment was simply my spontaneous reaction to the headline, no reason to get all hot & bothered.

The slowness eventually drove me to chrome. And so far, not looking back...

by moe 17y ago

The slowness eventually drove me to chrome. And so far, not looking back...

If it wasn't for the checkbox bug, I'd be pretty happy with Chrome. However for now, Firefox it is. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=0551a15ebb64a498&hl=en http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=0551...

9oliYQjP 17y ago

The startup time of FireFox 3.0 through 3.5 on my MacBook Pro was horrendous... measured in tens of seconds. I just installed 3.6 and it is much better. It doesn't feel like I'm opening up Photoshop anymore, geez.

Perceval 17y ago
An ongoing project was started after Fx3.5 to improve startup time: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Projects/Startup_Time_Improvements https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Projects/Startup_Time_Impro... You can also read the blog of the lead engineer working on startup time improvement: http://autonome.wordpress.com/ http://autonome.wordpress.com/

Dauntless 17y ago

Why do chrome users have the need to keep telling us how they switched on every firefox story... please, we get it... good luck with chrome already.

cscotta 17y ago

It strikes me as a bit disingenuous to criticize the performance of a browser while openly admitting that you haven't tried it. I've been an avid Safari user for years, but switched back to Firefox at 3.6b5. The performance improvements they've made are incredible, and with the GrApple theme applied, it looks just like Safari. Plus, I get back some sorely-missed keyboard shortcuts, Firebug's awesome profiling support, and the "snappiness" that I'm used to in Safari. But until you've actually tried the latest release (genuinely - not 10 minutes working from a disk image), please consider refraining from commenting. An aspect of the software you used to hate might have been improved.

moe 17y ago
You are right, I should have tried it before. Now I did. It's still so slow as to make me wonder how I ever put up with it. No Idea what's up with the "hate" terminology. The only browser that can even invoke strong feelings in me would be IE. My comment was simply my spontaneous reaction to the headline, no reason to get all hot & bothered.