On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 01:13:22PM -0400, Bart Szyszka wrote: > > I wasn't exactly refering to its startup time (I'm not concerned if a > > given software that I use takes 18 or 22 seconds to fire up). > Startup time is very important if you're like me where you always have at > least 5 browser Windows open and constantly opening/ closing them. It can > really slow you down if you have to wait for the browser to come up each > time you want a new window. In Windows, MSIE comes up in 2-3 seconds and > Opera in 4-5. Well, all I can say that on my 64MB machine Konqueror takes 1-2 seconds, perhaps 4-5 the very first time after booting. I prefer a program that does not hog memory all the time, and gets out of my way (RAM) when not used to something like IE (which loads 80% of itself during boot, and uses up about 20MB of RAM *the* *whole* *fscking* *time*) any time. -- " ...screams erupted at a Seattle hotel where Microsoft founder Bill Gates was addressing an education and technology conference. (...)" -- cnn.com, Reportage über das Erdbeben in Seattle · http://www.hitchhikers.de/ - Die kostenlose Mitfahrzentrale für ganz Europa
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