Perhaps I shall go into greater detail: I test pages in multiple browsers for the website I manage. I'm often running BBEdit, Fetch, and a couple browsers at the same time, and maybe fifth app for good measure. When I switch from one app into another, there's often a significant delay (a few to several seconds) before I can place the cursor and start doing things. Sometimes it stops responding briefly when I've been in one app for a while. I guess it *could* be the connection speed; I'm more inclined to suspect that browsers are just resource hogs. Maybe they're fighting over the modem? Shades of IRQ conflicts from the days of DOS in PC-dom?
IE is the worst offender. Whenever I go into webmail to write mail--reading is fine--it immediately starts thrashing the HD and keystrokes get delayed so much that typing is excruciating. Needless to say, I don't use IE for webmail! I've canned prefs and caches around the board from time to time. Seems to make no difference. The browsers each get 15-20 MBs RAM space; seems to me like enough. VM stays off; it never even gets the 1MB setting. I will defrag the HD, though--it needs it anyway, I'm sure. Thanks for the input, Jesse > Since you are using different browsers and all are getting bogged down I > am > not sure suggesting giving more memory to a browser or clearing the > browser > caches and histories would be helpful. But I suggest it anyways! And it's > little memory you have really, try just running IE, give it plenty of > memory > in "get info" (select IE app, command+i) panel. Oh and defrag your hard > disk > and have some space spare in a block for VM and IE caches ... Try throwing > out browser prefs and caches. Are you really sure it is not connection is > bottled up? > > >> Subject: Re: Browsing on a WGS 7350 >> From: "Jesse R Lucke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> I use 3 different browsers: ICab 2.9.1 for everything it works for, IE 5 >> for everything else, and Netscape 4.7 when I feel like it. >> >> I frequently run ICab with one or the other. Hmm... Maybe that's it! >> >> Jesse >> >>> Hello, all- >>> >>> Anyone have suggestions for improving the browse-ability of my Mac? It >>> tends to bog down significantly when I'm online. I know it's not my >>> connection speed--it performs about the same whether I'm on a LAN or a >>> 33.6 dial-up. Would a CPU upgrade help, or is something else @ work >>> here? >>> >>> System: >>> OS 8.6 >>> 3 GB >>> 160 MB >>> 180 MHz 604e -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
