Firefox slow compared to mozilla.org version

thephotoman rantman_2000 at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 29 04:16:14 UTC 2005


This is part of the reason why I use the official builds.  That, and I 
do some beta work for MoFo.

Ben wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed this? Try downloading the official installer from
> mozilla.org and comparing the speed it loads web pages with the ubuntu
> firefox (perhaps time some Slashdot pages with lots of comments).
> 
> On my two systems there's a massive difference between the two - the
> ubuntu version is painfully slow on my AMD-K6, but the mozilla version is
> fine. I wonder why?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ben
> 
> PS: Be aware that switching between two versions of Fx may
> mess up your profile directory. I'll probably have to wipe
> ~/.mozilla/firefox and re-install all my extensions now.
> 
> 





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