Dimitris 'sehh' Michelinakis wrote:
>
> On Sun, 04 Feb 2001 20:10:03 -0800, Frank wrote:
>
> >Netscape 2.02 ------------ 10 seconds.
> >IBM Explorer ------------- 10 seconds.
> >Netscape 4.61 ------------ 20 seconds.
> >Mozilla ------------------ 90 seconds.
> >Needless to say I regularly use 2.02.....
>
> yeah we know about that.
>
> my Netscape 4.61 loads in 1.5 seconds because i use 40megs cache (hpfs386).
>
> warpzilla still takes a few minutes even with that much cache. apparently its not
>slowing
> down because of the harddrive, or because of loading any files. The problem is that
> it does some internal processing that causes this.
>
> well its still beta, so i dont complain, but i hope the final release is not like
>you pressed the 'slow motion' button.
>
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I am sure also there is a lot of de-bugging code written in.
It is dissapointing to see the number of programs and websites
that are strictly "bloatware". They should all program on a 8088
so that they would optimize for speed.
I'm 70 years old and sometimes wonder if I will live long enough to see
something appear on the screen. :-)
Using Mozilla even my default homepage (residing on my HD) is very slow
in drawing, where others are instant.
Frank.
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