RE: Firefox is a slow pig
- From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:14:02 -0500
Hi Troy,
I'll check that out!
Re: RTFM, that was a bit tongue in cheek I know how we are around here ;)
Tom
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Troy Radtke [mailto:TRadtke@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:53 AM
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> Subject: [isalist] RE: Firefox is a slow pig
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> Between the 5 or 6 computers I've installed FF on, I've never
> had an issue with uninstalling it. That would be on W2k Sp4
> professional and XP sp1. I uninstall the old version before
> I upgrade to a new version. I've always used the .exe and had
> it set to the default browser.
>
> Tom - FF does not have components loaded by the system ahead
> of time. IE "borrows" some of it's functionality from other
> Windows subsystems which are loaded at boot time. Once FF is
> loaded, opening a new tab is almost instant, versus opening a
> new window with IE, which takes a few seconds on my system,
> and causes my other apps that are running to "lag" for that
> stretch of time.
>
> And to the RTFM comment, newbies to this place tend to get
> the response of RTFA - Read The Fine Articles. Everyone does it.....
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amy Babinchak [mailto:amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:28 AM
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> Beware the uninstall. I had to reset the file extension
> associations through an entire cad department. They all
> decided that FireFox was the thing then decided that they
> didn't like, all in mass. It left a big mess behind.
>
> Amy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:56 AM
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> Subject: [isalist] Firefox is a slow pig
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> Hey guys,
>
> OK, I finally gave in an downloaded Firefox to see what the hubbub was
> about. I configured it to use the autoconfig script and it appears to
> actually understand it, as it is working as a Web proxy
> client based on
> observing the real time logging on the ISA firewall.
>
> However, compared to IE, the thing is a slow pig! I noticed that there
> wasn't an option to configure it to use HTTP 1.1 through proxy
> connections. Anyone know if this is a default setting, not a default
> setting, or something I have to spend hours on open sources
> sites trying
> to find the answer to after being pummeled with RTFM responses?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tom
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