How do you people cope?

[Barrucadu]

My regular web browser is Opera. The only browser installed on my media centre (:hearts: MythTV) is Firefox, it came preinstalled and I am going to keep it that way - as wasting space on a media centre isn't the best plan for success.
Anyway, whenever I have to browse the web through my media centre PC it feels like I am wearing lead boots! Everything is just so much slower, and the whole computer slows down to a fraction of it's usual speed. It can't be the hardware, as I am using the computer as a media centre - which required decent hardware. If I look at the processes list, FF is eating huge amounts of CPU and RAM. How do you cope with this? I assume it is the same on Windows. Opera uses a tiny fraction of what FF does, and is much much faster as a result.

 

[deleted984054565403]

I cope with it the same way you cope with all the inoperable and ill-displaying sites. Not enough people build websites that display properly in Opera for me to switch. I have tried it, though.

I've never had any problems with slowness using Firefox, though. Opera actually does seem to be faster from my experiences.

 

[Barrucadu]

Not enough people build websites that display properly in Opera for me to switch. I have tried it, though.

I've found that Opera tends to be much more forgiving with XHTML, and I have only found one site that doesn't work at all (abbey.co.uk, and it doesn't display properly in FF either - they support IE6 and Netscape 7.2)

 

[deleted984054565403]

I've found that Opera tends to be much more forgiving with XHTML, and I have only found one site that doesn't work at all (abbey.co.uk, and it doesn't display properly in FF either - they support IE6 and Netscape 7.2)

:bah:

I hate sites like that. I know (think?) Opera is better with Web standards -- which is great, if more sites would follow them!

I like Opera's "speed dial" page that has a tic-tac-toe board-looking page of sites you launch quickly. I know I'd use that.

 

[Ross]

FF works faster than any other browser i have tried on my computer. I simply hate IE except for somethings that just simply work better in IE. As for opera have not used it much so i dont have much to say about it.

 

[Gene]

Funny isn't it? Of the 3 browsers I have on my system(s), FF is much more responsive and fast.

 

[ApeXX]

If I look at the processes list, FF is eating huge amounts of CPU and RAM. How do you cope with this? I assume it is the same on Windows. Opera uses a tiny fraction of what FF does, and is much much faster as a result.

Perhaps you're having the same problem I am. After a certain amount of time browsing, Firefox takes up 100% CPU and completely freezes my computer. I've read it some sort of memory leak that (I think) is being caused by my AMD processor... Anyone else have a problem like this?

 

[Barrucadu]

It can't be caused by using an AMD processor - I'm using Intel. FF 2 has many known memory leaks and problems, FF 3 is much better, and I'm waiting for the stable version to be released before I upgrade.

 

[dgridley]

Finally!! Someone else who has the same problems with Firefox!! Which is why I still prefer IE over Firefox. (I use Windows)

If I look at the processes list, FF is eating huge amounts of CPU and RAM. How do you cope with this? I assume it is the same on Windows.

 

[notlikeyou]

Finally!! Someone else who has the same problems with Firefox!! Which is why I still prefer IE over Firefox. (I use Windows)

FF has gotten a bit bloated, I do hear that FF3 addresses some of these issues. Most say that the current Beta version of FF3 is very stable. Unless I can use the 8+ add-ons that I currently run in FF in IE I'll never switch back.

 

[Barrucadu]

If you use IE is it really necessary to say you use Windows? There are some people who use IE on Mac, and some blasphemers who use it on Linux, but I would think that 99.9% of all IE users use Windows.

 

[liquidcherry]

Mikor.....it comes very clear to me, looking at all your posts...you are a hardcore linux fellow..with one exception....a real hardcore linux guy is not bashing people wo are NOT using linux.....that just isn't their style...so just get over it, would you?( i am using ALL OS, so don't get at me like i am a windows prophet)

Regards,

Frank

 

[weblord]

Im using firefox on win98 with 512mb ram <bow>
anyone can verify this with management/staff if no one believes :lol:
:hearts:

 

[recluse99]

FireFox has a new update, please update to the newest, I got it yesturday.
http://firefox.com