Re: Netscape/Lynx long startup time - why?
On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Brian C. White wrote:
> > Why does it take so long for Netscape or Lynx to start?
>
> It takes forever because they both read the entire file and run every
> single test condition they encounter.
>
> The latest mime-support (2.12) will work much better with lynx since
> it tries to use tests that lynx can recognize internally without forking
> an external process.
Where is 2.12 available. I can only find 2.11 on my nearest Debian
mirror.
Lynx takes so terribly long time form me to start that I wonder if
I should install a plain ASCII-reader in my Midnight-Commander for
html files.
Are there possibly other reasons for this behaviour?
Andreas.
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