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Re: Objective data instead of subjective wooliness (was Re: Slow web browsing redux)



On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 08:34:16PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 06/04/07 18:36, Carl Fink wrote:
> >So today I tried k-meleon on my XP laptop.
> >
> >It's like lightning.  Subjectively it's 2-3 times faster than FireFox.
> >
> >All web searches indicate that the closest equivalents under Linux are
> >Galeon and Epiphany.  Both are enormously slower than k-meleon, and neither
> >has the key feature of supporting FF addons.
> 
> Maybe I'm just used to the pain (like Windows users are used to 
> malware), but I don't see any real problems using iceweasel.
> 
> Maybe some timings on how long it takes to render a page would help.
> 
> For example, I pressed ^R on http://slashdot.org and it took 5 
> seconds to load on my broadband cable modem system.
> 
Try http://bugs.debian.org/wnpp

That is a great "benchmark" page for any browser.

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sánchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com

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