[Gllug] Do modern webpages kill older laptops/PCs?

[- Tethys]

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 1:33 AM, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker
<ilmari at ilmari.org> wrote:

> Also, whatever you do, don't install the Firebug extension unless you
> _absolutely_ have to. It slows down Firefox to a crawl, even if you
> disable it except for particular pages. You need to disable it
> completely in the extension manager to avoid the slowdown.

This is only true for certain versions of Firefox, although I have to
say, it's been true for every version I've personally used. I've seen
others using it without the slowdown, though, so it's not just a
rumour.

Tet

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