[Liverpool] Iceweasel

[Vladimir]

i can't check this myself, as my gentoo desktop's (running ff) benchmarks
are way better then theones i find online. this is probably due to my
optimizations flags. and i don't have windows.
but the online search shows not *that* significant differences. yes, i
agree, this is the problem that should be addressed.

2009/9/5 oscillik <oscillik at gmail.com>

> Sorry, I have to agree with Simon on this with regards to any web browers'
> speed running under a Linux based system.
> I've used Firefox (3.0 and 3.5.2), Opera (v9 and 10), Midori (can't
> remember version number) and Chromium. FIrefox is terribly slow compared to
> the Windows version of Firefox.
>

simon is comparing windows FF to MSIE, shipped with windows7




> The only browser that seems to perform anywhere near it's Windows
> counterpart is Chromium. And even then, its still not as good.
>
> And this is running under Ubuntu.
>
> 2009/9/5 Vladimir <vladimir.jakubovskij at gmail.com>
>
>>
>>
>> 2009/9/5 Simon Johnson <simon.johnson at gmail.com>
>>
>>>  Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Iceweasel was mentioned at the last meeting and there seems to be a
>>>> continuing meme that the browser is somehow behind Firefox and was
>>>> branched off from on an old version (I shall mention no names as to
>>>> where this meme resides ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> One of the things that really lets desktop Linux down is the browser
>>> experience.
>>>
>> what? Opera, Chrome and Firefox are far more superior browsers to MSIE.
>> superior in security, page rendering speeds, general usability, etc.
>>
>>> It was so bad that I ditched my Debian install and went to Windows 7.
>>>
>> install debian, then apt-get install firefox. job done.
>> firefox is the fastest growing browser in the world.
>> is your bald statement suggesting that millions of lemmings are wrong (
>> http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp)
>>
>>
>>
>>> The browser is probably the single most important application in a modern
>>> operating environment*. Yet Debian has just about the worst browser of any
>>> modern OE.
>>>
>>
>> use firefox then.
>>
>>>
>>> The Windows version of Firefox is much more stable and requires fewer
>>> megabytes of memory than the Linux version.
>>>
>>
>> numbers, please!
>> they r not that significant.
>>
>>
>>> It uses less memory, it's faster, and has many features that are included
>>> as standard that would require extensions in Firefox.
>>>
>> what is wrong with using extensions?
>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> It's sad, because I enjoyed every *other* part of the Linux. But Linux
>>> without a half decent browser is practically useless.
>>>
>> calling Opera and Firefox (and soon, Chrome) *even not a half decent
>> browser* is at least stupid (no offence)
>>
>>
>> vladimir
>>
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