Eyes to the Skies. wrote:
> I'm running a slackware linux box with 2.4.4 kernel. The machine is a
> pretty slow P200 with 128M ram.
>
> I had tried mozilla in the past (M17 last one) and found it beyond too
> slow to use. I got the May 01 nightly, and WOW what a difference! I was
> truly worried that I'd never be able to run mozzilla. My faith is
> renewed. OUTSTANDING work on the speed of the interface! It is still
> very slow to me compared to stable apps, but its at a point where i can
> use it in most every day situations.
You should see it on Windows. With a few exceptions, it's hard to tell
it from an all-native UI (in performance, that is).
M17 is extremely old, so lots of things have been optimized or rewritten
in the meantime, and performance has been a pretty high priority in
recent months.
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