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FireFox slowness
Iceweasel is really boring me. And many plugins that work on firefox,
don't work on it, and it crashs frequentally.
I tried diferent versions, but I'm just tired too... gonna look for
another option.
On 5/31/07, Carl Fink wrote:
> Anyone else seeing absurdly slow responsiveness from iceweasel, like 30
> seconds to close a tab?
>
> Or am I just using too many plugins?
>
> Current Testing version.
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On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 19:46 -0300, Henrique G. Abreu wrote:
> Iceweasel is really boring me. And many plugins that work on firefox,
> don't work on it, and it crashs frequentally.
> I tried diferent versions, but I'm just tired too... gonna look for
> another option.
I'm getting annoyed too by iceweasel crashing often...
You might want to try out Kazehakase.
FireFox slowness
On 05/31/07 15:53, Carl Fink wrote:
> Anyone else seeing absurdly slow responsiveness from iceweasel, like 30
> seconds to close a tab?
>
> Or am I just using too many plugins?
>
> Current Testing version.
I'm running Sid's 2.0.0.0.3, and before that v1.5.0.10-dfsg3 and
tabs close just about instantaneously while using 6 plugins, even
when I've got dozens of tabs open.
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Ron Johnson wrote this at Thu, May 31, 2007 at 06:05:06PM -0500
> On 05/31/07 15:53, Carl Fink wrote:
> >Anyone else seeing absurdly slow responsiveness from iceweasel, like 30
> >seconds to close a tab?
I have about ~20 or so plug-ins installed, all running simultaneously
without problems of any sort. Speed is good, and there's no latency in
terms of closing down tabs, even when I have like ~30 active tabs with
mixed content (some of these with rather heavy pages). When I close a
tab, the tab just closes and the next tab is given focus with great
ease. What sort of plug-ins are you using? Are you for instance running a
lot of similar plug-ins, especially those that deal with tab preferences,
you might have conflicting plug-ins installed.
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On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 01:57:43AM +0200, Jostein Elvaker Haande wrote:
> I have about ~20 or so plug-ins installed, all running simultaneously
> without problems of any sort. Speed is good, and there's no latency in
> terms of closing down tabs, even when I have like ~30 active tabs with
> mixed content (some of these with rather heavy pages). When I close a
> tab, the tab just closes and the next tab is given focus with great
> ease. What sort of plug-ins are you using? Are you for instance running a
> lot of similar plug-ins, especially those that deal with tab preferences,
> you might have conflicting plug-ins installed.
It isn't just tab closings that are the problem. Loading a page freezes the
program (all tabs) for up to one minute(!) until the load and rendering are
complete.
Actually, I just uninstalled three plugins and everything seems to be
dramatically faster. I may have been right in my initial guess.
As for alternative browsers, I rather like Galeon and Konqueror, but I'd
miss the plugins. Adblock in particular makes many sites bearable.
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Carl Fink writes:
> As for alternative browsers, I rather like Galeon and Konqueror, but I'd
> miss the plugins. Adblock in particular makes many sites bearable.
Try Privoxy for blocking ads.
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On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 09:18:26PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Carl Fink writes:
> > As for alternative browsers, I rather like Galeon and Konqueror, but I'd
> > miss the plugins. Adblock in particular makes many sites bearable.
>
> Try Privoxy for blocking ads.
I used Privoxy for years, but having tried it I prefer AdBlock.
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On Thu, 31 May 2007 21:18:26 -0500
John Hasler wrote:
> Carl Fink writes:
> > As for alternative browsers, I rather like Galeon and Konqueror, but I'd
> > miss the plugins. Adblock in particular makes many sites bearable.
>
> Try Privoxy for blocking ads.
I use Privoxy, but one thing I miss is closer integration with the
browser. With something like Adblock, when an ad gets through, it's a
simple matter to add it to the blocklist via the browser; with Privoxy,
I have to copy the url and paste it into a file. Is there something
obvious that I'm missing?
> John Hasler
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On 05/31/07 20:53, Carl Fink wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 01:57:43AM +0200, Jostein Elvaker Haande wrote:
>
>> I have about ~20 or so plug-ins installed, all running simultaneously
>> without problems of any sort. Speed is good, and there's no latency in
>> terms of closing down tabs, even when I have like ~30 active tabs with
>> mixed content (some of these with rather heavy pages). When I close a
>> tab, the tab just closes and the next tab is given focus with great
>> ease. What sort of plug-ins are you using? Are you for instance running a
>> lot of similar plug-ins, especially those that deal with tab preferences,
>> you might have conflicting plug-ins installed.
>
> It isn't just tab closings that are the problem. Loading a page freezes the
> program (all tabs) for up to one minute(!) until the load and rendering are
> complete.
>
> Actually, I just uninstalled three plugins and everything seems to be
> dramatically faster. I may have been right in my initial guess.
Sooo, which three plugins?
> As for alternative browsers, I rather like Galeon and Konqueror, but I'd
> miss the plugins. Adblock in particular makes many sites bearable.
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On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 05:05:00AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 05/31/07 20:53, Carl Fink wrote:
> >Actually, I just uninstalled three plugins and everything seems to be
> >dramatically faster. I may have been right in my initial guess.
>
> Sooo, which three plugins?
Media Pirate, the defunct Mozex, and ... um ... I have a really bad memory.
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On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 09:53:02PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote:
> It isn't just tab closings that are the problem. Loading a page freezes the
> program (all tabs) for up to one minute(!) until the load and rendering are
> complete.
>
> Actually, I just uninstalled three plugins and everything seems to be
> dramatically faster. I may have been right in my initial guess.
>
> As for alternative browsers, I rather like Galeon and Konqueror, but I'd
> miss the plugins. Adblock in particular makes many sites bearable.
Konqueror has filters accessed: 1) by clicking on an image and selecting
block 2) by reviewing/editing the list in options under the filter
(I forget what its called).
What plugins is Konq unable to use? I beleive there's a konq plugin
that lets it use zilla plugins.
Doug.
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On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 04:53:01PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote:
> Anyone else seeing absurdly slow responsiveness from iceweasel, like 30
> seconds to close a tab?
Yes, it happens to me also -- unfortunately, because I have gotten used
to having several tabs open, and I keep opening and closing tabs all the
time. Sometimes even switching tabs takes too long. :-(
> Or am I just using too many plugins?
Hmm, I have eight plugins...
> Current Testing version.
Unstable here.
J.
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On May 31, 4:00 pm, Carl Fink wrote:
> Anyone else seeing absurdly slow responsiveness from iceweasel,
Not that slow. But it's definitely much slower than running Firefox on
XP. It's a shame. On the other hand it might inspire me to try linx
and others and see what text browsing is like.
Anybody pure text folk have tips or recommendations for how to
proceed?
rd
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On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 09:40:03PM -0000, BartlebyScrivener wrote:
> On May 31, 4:00 pm, Carl Fink wrote:
> > Anyone else seeing absurdly slow responsiveness from iceweasel,
>
> Not that slow. But it's definitely much slower than running Firefox on
> XP. It's a shame. On the other hand it might inspire me to try linx
> and others and see what text browsing is like.
>
> Anybody pure text folk have tips or recommendations for how to
> proceed?
I've forgotton the previous story in this thread, but if you're looking
for a fast light-weight browser:
for text only, there's good ol' lynx.
However, for text or graphics, try links2. I started using this
on my small box when dillo stopped being useful (since it didn't
do java or https, which link2 does). I don't think it does
plugins, and while it does show the contents of frames they
don't get laid out the same as with zilla and konq.
The only thing about link2 is that when first started, you get a blank
screen. Its a little disconcerting. The keystrokes are supposed to be
similar to lynx but aren't really. F10 gets you the menu bar at the
top, while 'g' gives you a goto-url window.
Doug.
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BartlebyScrivener :
> On May 31, 4:00 pm, Carl Fink wrote:
> > Anyone else seeing absurdly slow responsiveness from iceweasel,
>
> Not that slow. But it's definitely much slower than running Firefox on
> XP. It's a shame. On the other hand it might inspire me to try linx
> and others and see what text browsing is like.
>
> Anybody pure text folk have tips or recommendations for how to
> proceed?
This was mentioned by others recently (many thanks!):
export MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1
As for pure text, I like w3m.
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On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 02:44:09AM +0000, s. keeling wrote:
> This was mentioned by others recently (many thanks!):
>
> export MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1
So turning off i18n makes the program faster? I just tested, and this makes
a very noticeable difference.
> As for pure text, I like w3m.
My favorite is elinks.
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