[LINK] OGG in Firefox...Re: Firefox users shown to be safer ((but slower!))

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> Rick Welykochy wrote:
>>  David Boxall wrote:
<snip>
>>  The bad news is that FF 3.0 runs *slower* on Mac OS X than the
>>  earlier versios. I think it be bloated, mates. Safari is faster, but
>>  I still prefer FF because of its stricter standards compliance and
>>  extra features. (I have found many CSS bugs with Safari ... Apple?)
>>
>>  Heavy web users on Windows who know the ropes tell me that they find
>>  IE much faster than FF and they are often frustrated by the latter
>>  when it comes to speed and memory usage. One Web 2.0 developer I know
>>  in California knows what he is talking about. The social networking
>>  site he is developing hobbles along when using FF compared to IE.
>>
>>  The IE - FF differences on Windows are most likely due to several
>>  things:
>>
>>  (a) Microsoft has privileged use of hidden APIs in Windows
>>
>>  (b) FF is one code base written for three vastly different platforms,
>>  which suffers the consequential lowest common denominator effects.
>>
>>
>>  What have Linkers found? Is the new FF 3 slow and bloated?
> On Linux, I haven't noticed slowness. On Windows XP, FF 3 is a horror.
<snip>
> (When I broke the screen on the Linux box last week, I found another 
> reason to like Linux. When I had to record a podcast on a borrowed Mac, 
> it suffered a horrible memory problem at about 15 minutes, rendering the 
> audio unusable. Audacity + Mac is bad news. On an underpowered Linux 
> lappie, no problems.)
> 

There was a bit of discussion, last year, about the Mozilla/Google deal where 
firefox defaults to Google.

Also, FF has also incorporated OGG video and audio support. OGG was dropped from 
the draft HTML5 standard ealier this year.

OGG Vidoe seemed to be working well on a French Laptop over wireless in Istanbul 
a little bit back.

Linkers might like to sample some Canadian Radio

http://www.cbc.ca/livemedia/cbcr1-toronto.m3u
http://www.cbc.ca/livemedia/cbcr2-toronto.m3u
http://ms2.radio-canada.ca/EspaceMusique.ogg

or choose from:

     http://media.hiof.no/streams/m3u/nrk-stortinget-128.ogg.m3u
     http://www.slovakradio.sk/inetportal/sounds/sro4_64kb_ogg.m3u
     http://www.slovakradio.sk/inetportal/sounds/sro5_64kb_ogg.m3u
     http://audio-ogg.ibiblio.org:8000/wcpe.ogg.m3u
     http://stream.stadtradio-goettingen.de:8000/stadtradio.ogg.m3u
     http://firewall-ogg.frequence3.net:80/frequence3.ogg
     http://www.rozhlas.cz/audio/download/ddur_highogg.m3u
     http://media.hiof.no/streams/m3u/nrk-alltid-klassisk-128.ogg.m3u
     http://radio.cesnet.cz/cgi-bin/cro6-128-ogg.pls
     http://vorbis.nm.cbc.ca:80/cbcr1-toronto.ogg
     http://www.rozhlas.cz/audio/download/radiowave_high_ogg.m3u
     http://ms2.radio-canada.ca/PremiereChaine.ogg.m3u
     http://www.rozhlas.cz/audio/download/d-dur-special-max.ogg.m3u
     http://media.hiof.no/streams/m3u/nrk-petre-128.ogg.m3u
     http://live.radiol.li:8000/live.ogg
     http://media.hiof.no/streams/m3u/nrk-mpetre-128.ogg.m3u
     http://www.slovakradio.sk/inetportal/sounds/sro8_64kb_ogg.m3u
     http://www.slovakradio.sk/inetportal/sounds/sro7_64kb_ogg.m3u
     http://vorbis.nm.cbc.ca:80/cbcr2-toronto.ogg
     http://www.smgradio.com/core/audio/ogg/live.pls?service=vrbb
     http://www.smgradio.com/core/audio/ogg/live.pls?service=vxbb
     http://www.smgradio.com/core/audio/ogg/live.pls?service=grbb
     http://ms2.radio-canada.ca/EspaceMusique.ogg.m3u
     http://www.rozhlas.cz/audio/download/radioCesko_ogghigh.pls
     http://media.hiof.no/streams/m3u/nrk-p1-128.ogg.m3u
     http://www.rozhlas.cz/audio/download/leonardo_highogg.m3u
     http://www.play.cz/radio/plzen.m3u
     http://media.hiof.no/streams/m3u/nrk-p2-128.ogg.m3u
     http://www.slovakradio.sk/inetportal/sounds/sro1_64kb_ogg.m3u
     http://www.slovakradio.sk/inetportal/sounds/sro3_64kb_ogg.m3u
     http://www.smgradio.com/core/audio/ogg/live.pls?service=vcbb
     http://www.dradio.de/streaming/dkultur_hq_ogg.m3u
     http://www.slovakradio.sk/inetportal/sounds/sro2_64kb_ogg.m3u
     http://www.dradio.de/streaming/dlf_hq_ogg.m3u
     http://www.play.cz/radio/pardubice.m3u
     http://media.hiof.no/streams/m3u/nrk-alltid-nyheter-128.ogg.m3u
     http://radio.cesnet.cz/cgi-bin/cro-region-128-ogg.pls
     http://radio.cesnet.cz/cgi-bin/cro2-128-ogg.pls
     http://radio.cesnet.cz/cgi-bin/cro-regina-128-ogg.pls
     http://radio.cesnet.cz/cgi-bin/cro1-128-ogg.pls
     http://radio.cesnet.cz/cgi-bin/cro3-128-ogg.pls

Podcast:

     http://www.cbcradio3.com/podcast/ogg/

Marghanita
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