New Firefox 3.6 See how fast it goes . . .

Castout · 01-28-10, 09:45 PM

Umm this video made a comparison between Firefox 3.6 and IE8

I would love trying Open system OS but I need the windows environment for gaming too . . .

kiwi_2005 · 01-30-10, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Castout

I would love trying Open system OS but I need the windows environment for gaming too . . .

Ah yes but you go Dual boot brother... dual boot. You then got Ubuntu for the web and that nasty thing call windows for games

Castout · 01-30-10, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Ah yes but you go Dual boot brother... dual boot. You then got Ubuntu for the web and that nasty thing call windows for games

Umm my harddisk is rather limited with only 250Gb of size perhaps for my next machine....sometime next year

Skybird · 01-31-10, 08:58 PM

Is it still as ressources-hungry as the early 3.x versions? I tried it then, only to see that it kept the HD spinning all the time like crazy even when no animation or scrolling took place, and system monitor showed constant spikes of up to 70% of the CPU's reserve being used. I tried the version 3 release, and left it behind, and tried again when the first major upgrade was available, and had the same effect, and again left it behind, like I left FF1 and 2 as well, for other problems. Others back then were complaining, too.

Is this now history, or is FF still behaving as if it is the centre of the digital universe...?

Castout · 02-02-10, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Is it still as ressources-hungry as the early 3.x versions? I tried it then, only to see that it kept the HD spinning all the time like crazy even when no animation or scrolling took place, and system monitor showed constant spikes of up to 70% of the CPU's reserve being used. I tried the version 3 release, and left it behind, and tried again when the first major upgrade was available, and had the same effect, and again left it behind, like I left FF1 and 2 as well, for other problems. Others back then were complaining, too.

Is this now history, or is FF still behaving as if it is the centre of the digital universe...?

MMmm Firefox is not hogging my system at all Skybird it easy on my CPU

Skybird · 02-04-10, 05:28 AM

Tested 3.6 this night. And I still cannot understand the hype around it, even more so since the problem I mentioned above (and which several people on this board coinfirmed when 3.0 was released) is still existent. I then checked in the task manager and saw that the browser was listed with taking a hopping 1.2 GB of my 2 GB RAM !!! At that time, after maybe 10-15 minutes of browsing, my system already was extremely slow again and stuttered, with my HD working overtime shifts, and as a further investigation (via IE8

) and Googling revealed, the symptom is existing for sure. Some refer to it as a memory leak, which it obviously is, others try to declare it as a feature. Well, no matter what priorities amazing features like bogging down the system have in Firefox, I surely do not tolerate any brwoser, ever, being such a system hog, feature or not.

Since I tried 3.0 and 3.1 (or 3.2, I am not sure), both RAM bars and memory size, graphics card, HD, DVD have changed over here. Also several system reinstalls.

Ah, and after I deleted Firefox again and scanned my system with having forgotten to delete the Temp folder first, my scanners gave me 5 alarms again. Which happens almost never when using IE8 in high security settings and Java and active script deactivated, and the temp folder also not deleted (which it usually gets, when closing IE8).

This was probably the last time ever I tried Firefox, I did so with several versions, even early one (2), and all tests were very quickly very disillusionising. To me it just is hype, sorry. Chrome is no altermative, since it is a Google data kraken, leaving them knowing more about yourself than you know yourself. So for the forseeable future I stay with IE8. Against popular belief, over here it has shown to be the safer and more trouble-free browser, and repeatedly so.

01-28-10, 09:45 PM	#1
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	Umm this video made a comparison between Firefox 3.6 and IE8 I would love trying Open system OS but I need the windows environment for gaming too . . . __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

01-31-10, 08:58 PM	#4
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,698 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Is it still as ressources-hungry as the early 3.x versions? I tried it then, only to see that it kept the HD spinning all the time like crazy even when no animation or scrolling took place, and system monitor showed constant spikes of up to 70% of the CPU's reserve being used. I tried the version 3 release, and left it behind, and tried again when the first major upgrade was available, and had the same effect, and again left it behind, like I left FF1 and 2 as well, for other problems. Others back then were complaining, too. Is this now history, or is FF still behaving as if it is the centre of the digital universe...? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

02-04-10, 05:28 AM	#6
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,698 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Tested 3.6 this night. And I still cannot understand the hype around it, even more so since the problem I mentioned above (and which several people on this board coinfirmed when 3.0 was released) is still existent. I then checked in the task manager and saw that the browser was listed with taking a hopping 1.2 GB of my 2 GB RAM !!! At that time, after maybe 10-15 minutes of browsing, my system already was extremely slow again and stuttered, with my HD working overtime shifts, and as a further investigation (via IE8 ) and Googling revealed, the symptom is existing for sure. Some refer to it as a memory leak, which it obviously is, others try to declare it as a feature. Well, no matter what priorities amazing features like bogging down the system have in Firefox, I surely do not tolerate any brwoser, ever, being such a system hog, feature or not. Since I tried 3.0 and 3.1 (or 3.2, I am not sure), both RAM bars and memory size, graphics card, HD, DVD have changed over here. Also several system reinstalls. Ah, and after I deleted Firefox again and scanned my system with having forgotten to delete the Temp folder first, my scanners gave me 5 alarms again. Which happens almost never when using IE8 in high security settings and Java and active script deactivated, and the temp folder also not deleted (which it usually gets, when closing IE8). This was probably the last time ever I tried Firefox, I did so with several versions, even early one (2), and all tests were very quickly very disillusionising. To me it just is hype, sorry. Chrome is no altermative, since it is a Google data kraken, leaving them knowing more about yourself than you know yourself. So for the forseeable future I stay with IE8. Against popular belief, over here it has shown to be the safer and more trouble-free browser, and repeatedly so. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.