If that is true why does Nutscape 6.0 load the Java VM (again this is on the win2k
version, my linux workstation is scrubbed so I cannot compare)? It might not be the
renderer but some part of Nutscape is using the Java VM.
Also its renderer is not even in the same ball park as NS 4.75 let alone IE. Its slow
crap. I'd much rather use Konquerer or IE or Opera or plane old 4.75. It renders
pages far better then standard NS though but its still very buggy and very slow.
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On 12/24/2000 at 11:57 AM Mike MacCana scribbled:
>Netscape 6s rendering engine is NOT written in Java. This is complete bullshit. Its
>written in XUL, a DTD for XML. Yes, Netscape 6s UI is slow [its rendering is faster
>than IE], and requires RAM. Mozilla 0.6 seems *much* faster in the UI department. If
>you want fast HTML rendering with full standards support, go for
>Mozilla 0.6, Galeon, or the Mozill KPart announced last week.
>
>Mike
>
>Scott Tyson wrote:
>
>> Netscape 6.0 rendering engine is written in Java. When you load a Java based
>program it must load the Java Virtual Machine which is not fast and eats about 25-32
>megs of ram (at least on a win2k workstation it does). If you don't have 128+ megs
>of
>RAM Nutscrape 6.0 will be almost intolerable when it comes to speed.
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>> On 11/25/2000 at 10:32 PM Eduardo Mazoni Andrade Marcal Mendes scribbled:
>>
>> >Hello
>> > I have installed Netscape 6.0 only to be convinced that it is the
>> >worse nightmare ever. I am running in P 1333 with 32 MB. Old netscape
>> >would run without a trouble but this new one it is so slow that I can go
>> >for a drink before the whole thing is loaded. What do netscape
>> >developers have in mind when releasing such a piece of software?
>> >Perhaps I am doing something so wrong and it is not netscape's fault.
>> >Please help me out!
>> >
>> >Many thanks
>> >
>> >Eduardo
>
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