[LINK] RFC: Web 2.0

[Kim Holburn]

On 2006/Nov/24, at 6:15 PM, Eleanor Lister wrote:
> Kim Holburn wrote:
>> 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.
>
> FF v1.* was pretty slow, but v2.0 is quite nippy

Not according to this:
http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html

I use firefox all the time but unfortunately I have found Firefox 2.0  
is not stable enough for me yet nor does tab mix plus work properly yet!


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