[LINK] RFC: Web 2.0

[Kim Holburn]

On 2006/Nov/24, at 2:32 PM, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 01:19:58PM +1100, Kim Holburn wrote:
>> I don't find JS makes sites slow in fact quite the opposite.
>
> read what i wrote again. it's not the SITE that is slow, it is the
> fact that JS makes firefox slow that is the problem. this is an
> easily observable and repeatable phenomenon: disable javascript (e.g.
> using NoScript). browse various sites. the browser will be fast and
> responsive, e.g. when switching tabs/windows. now go to any site that
> makes heavy use of javascript and enable JS. watch the browser  
> instantly
> slow to a crawl.

Isn't firefox the slowest browser?  I saw a comparison recently and  
firefox came out the worst of the major browsers.

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