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Re: [SLE] Firefox going down or what?
- From: "Kai Ponte" <kai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:09:50 -0800
- Message-id: <E1FGhZ8-0000Rt-2F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> On Tuesday 07 March 2006 11:15, Kevanf1 wrote:
> > On 07/03/06, Roman Protsiuk <roman.protsiuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hi.
> > > After all that we've been through with different browsers and stuff it
> > > seemed to me that some people (like me, for example) came to Firefox
> > > as a pretty convenient and stable tool for browsing. And now i'm
> > > feeling strange, because of...
> > >
> > > one question: is it really impossible to make Firefox under Linux
> > > (SuSE 10.0) a little less SLO-O-OW? Its awful how this
> > > just-what-i-need browser locks up when opening page with flash
> > > animation, opening page with who-knows-what-else, how long it takes to
> > > start and lots of other things. Why? Why is the very same browser
> > > works fast (and i mean really fast) under Windows on my desktop? I
> > > like Linux, and i dislike Windows. Seems to me that after i started
> > > Opera once (just to compare) i start to dislike Firefox too.
> > > Firefox 1.5 is great browser. And i don't know how to make Opera
> > > (8.52) have the same functionality. So i whant to use Firefox, but i
> > > just can't... wait all that time it "works".
> > >
> > > Does anyone has any comments or suggestions on how to make Firefox
> > > work fast or how to make Opera function like Firefox with FlashGot,
> > > RIP, Adblock, ForecastFox.
> >
> > Hmmm, I find this strange. In both SuSE 10 and Win 2000 I can start
> > Opera first then start Firefox...guess which actually loads first?
> > Firefox everytime. Perhaps it's the way I have my PCs set up?
> > --
> > ==============================================
> > I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not
> > deliberate. ==============================================
> > Xmas may be over but, PLEASE DON'T drink and drive you'll make it to
> > the next one that way.
> >
> > Kevan Farmer
> >
> > Linux user #373362
> >
> > Cheslyn Hay
> > Staffordshire
> > WS6 7HR
>
> Same for me. Firefox loads flash sites with no delays.
Try this...
http://www.hyundaiazera.com/
...or this...
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/underworldevolution
...or this...
http://www.nickjr.com/playtime/ (click on the wonder pets)
Let me know what you get, since all sites lock up firefox for me.
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kai ponte
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