Re: Long startup times for applications
Arnie Goetchius wrote: stan pierce wrote: stan pierce wrote: I've been having trouble for a few weeks. When I invoke things like FaceBook and LiveJournal, there is an indication that much information is being downloaded before the application actually is ready for use. Usually the Task Manager Application shows Not Responding. Sometimes if I wait a minute or two, the application finally gets started. I tried these with IE and they work fine. Oh yes, disabling add-ons does not solve the problem. I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. 2. On Facebook, the problem does not exist if I am on my Timeline. I only see it on the Newsfeed when the bottom of the screen shows continually loading data from somewhere like akamailhd.net (sp?). This goes on forever on the XP machines but stops almost immediately on Win 7. On the XP machine, Task Manager shows SM using 90-95 % of the CPU so everything grinds to a very slow pace. 3. I have limited success using IE Tab which lets your browser emulate the IE browser. This is an improvement but still not anywhere near as good as using IE or Google Chrome directly. 4. I have tried using a brand new Test profile using the SM defaults, disabled all add-ons, starting in Safe mode. Nothing helps on my XP computers. As I said earlier, there is no problem on my Win 7 machines. inevitably, someone will tell you to leave XP behind... while you do need to move on to something fresh and more secure, this slow lagging Seamonkey issue is not just an outdated software issue... i have a very up to date laptop running a version of linux that receives updates weekly... the browser in Seamonkey slows to a crawl with facebook, twttr and a few graphics intensive blog pages... been using chromium more and more, SM is just too frustrating... sean -- ... A bird in the bush usually has a friend in there with him. * TagZilla 0.066 * http://tagzilla.mozdev.org ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
stan pierce wrote: Arnie Goetchius wrote: stan pierce wrote: stan pierce wrote: I've been having trouble for a few weeks. When I invoke things like FaceBook and LiveJournal, there is an indication that much information is being downloaded before the application actually is ready for use. Usually the Task Manager Application shows Not Responding. Sometimes if I wait a minute or two, the application finally gets started. I tried these with IE and they work fine. Oh yes, disabling add-ons does not solve the problem. I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. 2. On Facebook, the problem does not exist if I am on my Timeline. I only see it on the Newsfeed when the bottom of the screen shows continually loading data from somewhere like akamailhd.net (sp?). This goes on forever on the XP machines but stops almost immediately on Win 7. On the XP machine, Task Manager shows SM using 90-95 % of the CPU so everything grinds to a very slow pace. 3. I have limited success using IE Tab which lets your browser emulate the IE browser. This is an improvement but still not anywhere near as good as using IE or Google Chrome directly. 4. I have tried using a brand new Test profile using the SM defaults, disabled all add-ons, starting in Safe mode. Nothing helps on my XP computers. As I said earlier, there is no problem on my Win 7 machines. I just tried using IE for FaceBook as well as a few other things like Live Journal and Huffington News and they all start right up in IE. This suggests a problem with SeaMonkey, doesn't it? I have the same problem with FireFox 27. I have now installed FF 3.0 on a test computer and it works fine. I will work forward to find out in which version slows it down. Will do the same with SM to see where the problem starts. For regular work in Facebook, I'll use IE or Google Chrome (Opera and Safari also work fine) until SM is fixed. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
On 3/11/2014 9:27 PM, Dennis wrote: hawker wrote: On 3/11/2014 12:36 PM, WaltS wrote: On 03/11/2014 11:43 AM, Ray_Net wrote: cyberzen wrote, On 11/03/2014 09:01: Le 10/03/2014 02:14, Paul B. Gallagher a écrit : Arnie Goetchius wrote: I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/03/08/millions-of-computer-may-be-at-risk-of-attack-next-month/ Think about it. think about Linux If you like to be a geek :-) No need to be a geek despite my geeky instructions to lxuser in m.s.firefox. I can give you the GUI instructions if interested. More like need to not be using any real world applications and be less productive with the simpler Linux equivalent of the others. 90% of the applications I need to use every day for work have no Linux equivalent. For home use I could pretty much move to Linux but not even close for work. I would still have to run some sort of PC OS. Linux just does not have industry recognized business applications, electrical engineering applications, CAD apps, PCB layout apps or targeted embedded processor apps. All of which I use daily. Same issue with Mac. If your statements are in fact true, you are in a very small minority of the work force. I wish people would stop spreading FUD about linux. I would wager that 90% of the workforce could be transitioned to linux with no major problems. Dennis To make that statement you clearly have no idea what programs the business, sales and engineering community uses. There really are no substitutes for most of it. Even programs like Open Office can't do a huge percentage of the things that people who use Office every day need to do - Especially when it comes to constant formatting of Word and Larger issues with Excel. Almost no large scale Sales or MRP/ERP programs exist in Linux. Certainly no main stream accepted ones. Almost no CAD or Engineering programs (outside of software) exist for Linux. No main stream multimedia or graphic programs exist (GIMP is a toy). The software that designs all those Linux boxes (PCB Layout - embedded programing tools, Industrial design tools etc) - exists on PC only. I have worked with many a die hard Linux (and Mac) head they all either move to PC or run Windows in a VC once the reality of the working world hits them. The business world lives on Oracle, ACT, Quick-books, Office, PhotoShop, Outlook, and a whole host of industry specialized applications (such as ACAD, Pro-E, Solid Works, PADS) for each industry, all of which have no Linux recognized equivalent and even if it did it would have to seemlessly interface with those apps since the rest of the world uses them. Even the fact that I try to use Seamonkey rather than Outlook is a major stumbling block to me interfacing with the rest of the world in a business sense since I get lots of e-mail incompatibility issues. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
Arnie Goetchius wrote: stan pierce wrote: stan pierce wrote: I've been having trouble for a few weeks. When I invoke things like FaceBook and LiveJournal, there is an indication that much information is being downloaded before the application actually is ready for use. Usually the Task Manager Application shows Not Responding. Sometimes if I wait a minute or two, the application finally gets started. I tried these with IE and they work fine. Oh yes, disabling add-ons does not solve the problem. I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. 2. On Facebook, the problem does not exist if I am on my Timeline. I only see it on the Newsfeed when the bottom of the screen shows continually loading data from somewhere like akamailhd.net (sp?). This goes on forever on the XP machines but stops almost immediately on Win 7. On the XP machine, Task Manager shows SM using 90-95 % of the CPU so everything grinds to a very slow pace. 3. I have limited success using IE Tab which lets your browser emulate the IE browser. This is an improvement but still not anywhere near as good as using IE or Google Chrome directly. 4. I have tried using a brand new Test profile using the SM defaults, disabled all add-ons, starting in Safe mode. Nothing helps on my XP computers. As I said earlier, there is no problem on my Win 7 machines. I just tried using IE for FaceBook as well as a few other things like Live Journal and Huffington News and they all start right up in IE. This suggests a problem with SeaMonkey, doesn't it? ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
stan pierce wrote: Arnie Goetchius wrote: stan pierce wrote: stan pierce wrote: I've been having trouble for a few weeks. When I invoke things like FaceBook and LiveJournal, there is an indication that much information is being downloaded before the application actually is ready for use. Usually the Task Manager Application shows Not Responding. Sometimes if I wait a minute or two, the application finally gets started. I tried these with IE and they work fine. Oh yes, disabling add-ons does not solve the problem. I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. 2. On Facebook, the problem does not exist if I am on my Timeline. I only see it on the Newsfeed when the bottom of the screen shows continually loading data from somewhere like akamailhd.net (sp?). This goes on forever on the XP machines but stops almost immediately on Win 7. On the XP machine, Task Manager shows SM using 90-95 % of the CPU so everything grinds to a very slow pace. 3. I have limited success using IE Tab which lets your browser emulate the IE browser. This is an improvement but still not anywhere near as good as using IE or Google Chrome directly. 4. I have tried using a brand new Test profile using the SM defaults, disabled all add-ons, starting in Safe mode. Nothing helps on my XP computers. As I said earlier, there is no problem on my Win 7 machines. I just tried using IE for FaceBook as well as a few other things like Live Journal and Huffington News and they all start right up in IE. This suggests a problem with SeaMonkey, doesn't it? Possibly, but wait a week and SeaMonkey 2.25 should be released and your problem possibly fixed. Possibly, maybe, might be a problem with your Cache options. Mine are set to let SeaMonkey manage the cache, compare when the page is out of date, and to prefetch. Edit Preferences Advanced Cache Do you have hardware acceleration enabled? Have you tried disabling it? Edit Preferences Appearance Content ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
hawker wrote, On 12/03/2014 15:23: On 3/11/2014 9:27 PM, Dennis wrote: hawker wrote: On 3/11/2014 12:36 PM, WaltS wrote: On 03/11/2014 11:43 AM, Ray_Net wrote: cyberzen wrote, On 11/03/2014 09:01: Le 10/03/2014 02:14, Paul B. Gallagher a écrit : Arnie Goetchius wrote: I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/03/08/millions-of-computer-may-be-at-risk-of-attack-next-month/ Think about it. think about Linux If you like to be a geek :-) No need to be a geek despite my geeky instructions to lxuser in m.s.firefox. I can give you the GUI instructions if interested. More like need to not be using any real world applications and be less productive with the simpler Linux equivalent of the others. 90% of the applications I need to use every day for work have no Linux equivalent. For home use I could pretty much move to Linux but not even close for work. I would still have to run some sort of PC OS. Linux just does not have industry recognized business applications, electrical engineering applications, CAD apps, PCB layout apps or targeted embedded processor apps. All of which I use daily. Same issue with Mac. If your statements are in fact true, you are in a very small minority of the work force. I wish people would stop spreading FUD about linux. I would wager that 90% of the workforce could be transitioned to linux with no major problems. Dennis To make that statement you clearly have no idea what programs the business, sales and engineering community uses. There really are no substitutes for most of it. Even programs like Open Office can't do a huge percentage of the things that people who use Office every day need to do - Especially when it comes to constant formatting of Word and Larger issues with Excel. Almost no large scale Sales or MRP/ERP programs exist in Linux. Certainly no main stream accepted ones. Almost no CAD or Engineering programs (outside of software) exist for Linux. No main stream multimedia or graphic programs exist (GIMP is a toy). The software that designs all those Linux boxes (PCB Layout - embedded programing tools, Industrial design tools etc) - exists on PC only. I have worked with many a die hard Linux (and Mac) head they all either move to PC or run Windows in a VC once the reality of the working world hits them. The business world lives on Oracle, ACT, Quick-books, Office, PhotoShop, Outlook, and a whole host of industry specialized applications (such as ACAD, Pro-E, Solid Works, PADS) for each industry, all of which have no Linux recognized equivalent and even if it did it would have to seemlessly interface with those apps since the rest of the world uses them. Even the fact that I try to use Seamonkey rather than Outlook is a major stumbling block to me interfacing with the rest of the world in a business sense since I get lots of e-mail incompatibility issues. I agree with you .. linux men did not realise what's outside their world. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
Le 10/03/2014 02:14, Paul B. Gallagher a écrit : Arnie Goetchius wrote: I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/03/08/millions-of-computer-may-be-at-risk-of-attack-next-month/ Think about it. think about Linux -- cyberzen ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
cyberzen wrote, On 11/03/2014 09:01: Le 10/03/2014 02:14, Paul B. Gallagher a écrit : Arnie Goetchius wrote: I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/03/08/millions-of-computer-may-be-at-risk-of-attack-next-month/ Think about it. think about Linux If you like to be a geek :-) ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
On 03/11/2014 11:43 AM, Ray_Net wrote: cyberzen wrote, On 11/03/2014 09:01: Le 10/03/2014 02:14, Paul B. Gallagher a écrit : Arnie Goetchius wrote: I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/03/08/millions-of-computer-may-be-at-risk-of-attack-next-month/ Think about it. think about Linux If you like to be a geek :-) No need to be a geek despite my geeky instructions to lxuser in m.s.firefox. I can give you the GUI instructions if interested. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
On 3/11/2014 12:36 PM, WaltS wrote: On 03/11/2014 11:43 AM, Ray_Net wrote: cyberzen wrote, On 11/03/2014 09:01: Le 10/03/2014 02:14, Paul B. Gallagher a écrit : Arnie Goetchius wrote: I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/03/08/millions-of-computer-may-be-at-risk-of-attack-next-month/ Think about it. think about Linux If you like to be a geek :-) No need to be a geek despite my geeky instructions to lxuser in m.s.firefox. I can give you the GUI instructions if interested. More like need to not be using any real world applications and be less productive with the simpler Linux equivalent of the others. 90% of the applications I need to use every day for work have no Linux equivalent. For home use I could pretty much move to Linux but not even close for work. I would still have to run some sort of PC OS. Linux just does not have industry recognized business applications, electrical engineering applications, CAD apps, PCB layout apps or targeted embedded processor apps. All of which I use daily. Same issue with Mac. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
Interviewed by CNN on 11/03/2014 12:43, Ray_Net told the world: cyberzen wrote, On 11/03/2014 09:01: Le 10/03/2014 02:14, Paul B. Gallagher a écrit : Arnie Goetchius wrote: I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/03/08/millions-of-computer-may-be-at-risk-of-attack-next-month/ Think about it. think about Linux If you like to be a geek :-) By the way, the Linux Foundation parnered with edx.org to make available for free an introductory Linux online course (normal price: US$ 2400.00). Details below: https://www.edx.org/course/linuxfoundationx/linuxfoundationx-lfs101x-introduction-1621 -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Franklin Translator. * Added by TagZilla 0.7a1 running on Seamonkey 2.24 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
hawker wrote: On 3/11/2014 12:36 PM, WaltS wrote: On 03/11/2014 11:43 AM, Ray_Net wrote: cyberzen wrote, On 11/03/2014 09:01: Le 10/03/2014 02:14, Paul B. Gallagher a écrit : Arnie Goetchius wrote: I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/03/08/millions-of-computer-may-be-at-risk-of-attack-next-month/ Think about it. think about Linux If you like to be a geek :-) No need to be a geek despite my geeky instructions to lxuser in m.s.firefox. I can give you the GUI instructions if interested. More like need to not be using any real world applications and be less productive with the simpler Linux equivalent of the others. 90% of the applications I need to use every day for work have no Linux equivalent. For home use I could pretty much move to Linux but not even close for work. I would still have to run some sort of PC OS. Linux just does not have industry recognized business applications, electrical engineering applications, CAD apps, PCB layout apps or targeted embedded processor apps. All of which I use daily. Same issue with Mac. If your statements are in fact true, you are in a very small minority of the work force. I wish people would stop spreading FUD about linux. I would wager that 90% of the workforce could be transitioned to linux with no major problems. Dennis ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
Dennis wrote: hawker wrote: On 3/11/2014 12:36 PM, WaltS wrote: On 03/11/2014 11:43 AM, Ray_Net wrote: cyberzen wrote, On 11/03/2014 09:01: Le 10/03/2014 02:14, Paul B. Gallagher a écrit : Arnie Goetchius wrote: I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/03/08/millions-of-computer-may-be-at-risk-of-attack-next-month/ Think about it. think about Linux If you like to be a geek :-) No need to be a geek despite my geeky instructions to lxuser in m.s.firefox. I can give you the GUI instructions if interested. More like need to not be using any real world applications and be less productive with the simpler Linux equivalent of the others. 90% of the applications I need to use every day for work have no Linux equivalent. For home use I could pretty much move to Linux but not even close for work. I would still have to run some sort of PC OS. Linux just does not have industry recognized business applications, electrical engineering applications, CAD apps, PCB layout apps or targeted embedded processor apps. All of which I use daily. Same issue with Mac. If your statements are in fact true, you are in a very small minority of the work force. I wish people would stop spreading FUD about linux. I would wager that 90% of the workforce could be transitioned to linux with no major problems. Dennis For that staement to be considered valid you'd need to provide some basis. Many of my apps have no Linux distros. Sorry, Linux is NOT mainstream at all. Look at market share numbers. I'm glad you're happy with it. I wouldn't consider it in a heartbeat. And I have considered it in the past, more than once. I've posted here about this in the past, including a list of apps I depend upon that have no Linux releases. I'm all for rebels but this is a practical issue, not an emotional nor political one. Both Linux and Apple are niche products. Just look at market share. Call me when one of them takes over the computing world. -- Ed Mullen http://edmullen.net/ Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
Arnie Goetchius wrote: stan pierce wrote: stan pierce wrote: I've been having trouble for a few weeks. When I invoke things like FaceBook and LiveJournal, there is an indication that much information is being downloaded before the application actually is ready for use. Usually the Task Manager Application shows Not Responding. Sometimes if I wait a minute or two, the application finally gets started. I tried these with IE and they work fine. Oh yes, disabling add-ons does not solve the problem. I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. 2. On Facebook, the problem does not exist if I am on my Timeline. I only see it on the Newsfeed when the bottom of the screen shows continually loading data from somewhere like akamailhd.net (sp?). This goes on forever on the XP machines but stops almost immediately on Win 7. On the XP machine, Task Manager shows SM using 90-95 % of the CPU so everything grinds to a very slow pace. 3. I have limited success using IE Tab which lets your browser emulate the IE browser. This is an improvement but still not anywhere near as good as using IE or Google Chrome directly. 4. I have tried using a brand new Test profile using the SM defaults, disabled all add-ons, starting in Safe mode. Nothing helps on my XP computers. As I said earlier, there is no problem on my Win 7 machines. I'm on VISTA and a fast Acer computer but sounds like a similar problem. I'm thinking of buying a new computer with Windows 7 or 8 but dreading the switchover. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
On 3/10/14 10:57 PM +0900, stan pierce wrote: Arnie Goetchius wrote: stan pierce wrote: stan pierce wrote: I've been having trouble for a few weeks. When I invoke things like FaceBook and LiveJournal, there is an indication that much information is being downloaded before the application actually is ready for use. Usually the Task Manager Application shows Not Responding. Sometimes if I wait a minute or two, the application finally gets started. I tried these with IE and they work fine. Oh yes, disabling add-ons does not solve the problem. I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. 2. On Facebook, the problem does not exist if I am on my Timeline. I only see it on the Newsfeed when the bottom of the screen shows continually loading data from somewhere like akamailhd.net (sp?). This goes on forever on the XP machines but stops almost immediately on Win 7. On the XP machine, Task Manager shows SM using 90-95 % of the CPU so everything grinds to a very slow pace. 3. I have limited success using IE Tab which lets your browser emulate the IE browser. This is an improvement but still not anywhere near as good as using IE or Google Chrome directly. 4. I have tried using a brand new Test profile using the SM defaults, disabled all add-ons, starting in Safe mode. Nothing helps on my XP computers. As I said earlier, there is no problem on my Win 7 machines. I'm on VISTA and a fast Acer computer but sounds like a similar problem. I'm thinking of buying a new computer with Windows 7 or 8 but dreading the switchover. Moving from Vista and later to a new Windows computer is not much of a problem for most users. Profiles from Vista onward are pretty transparent. The big gotcha is to make sure you use MozBackup to pack up your SeaMonkey profiles; otherwise, you may not get the necessary SeaMonkey profile information written to the registry on the new system. A test migration of a user account using Windows Easy Transfer + MozBackup should give you a good indication of how to preserve your SM data. -- / // Trane Franckstr...@gol.comTokyo, Japan // Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Long startup times for applications
I've been having trouble for a few weeks. When I invoke things like FaceBook and LiveJournal, there is an indication that much information is being downloaded before the application actually is ready for use. Usually the Task Manager Application shows Not Responding. Sometimes if I wait a minute or two, the application finally gets started. I tried these with IE and they work fine. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
stan pierce wrote: I've been having trouble for a few weeks. When I invoke things like FaceBook and LiveJournal, there is an indication that much information is being downloaded before the application actually is ready for use. Usually the Task Manager Application shows Not Responding. Sometimes if I wait a minute or two, the application finally gets started. I tried these with IE and they work fine. Oh yes, disabling add-ons does not solve the problem. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
stan pierce wrote: stan pierce wrote: I've been having trouble for a few weeks. When I invoke things like FaceBook and LiveJournal, there is an indication that much information is being downloaded before the application actually is ready for use. Usually the Task Manager Application shows Not Responding. Sometimes if I wait a minute or two, the application finally gets started. I tried these with IE and they work fine. Oh yes, disabling add-ons does not solve the problem. I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. 2. On Facebook, the problem does not exist if I am on my Timeline. I only see it on the Newsfeed when the bottom of the screen shows continually loading data from somewhere like akamailhd.net (sp?). This goes on forever on the XP machines but stops almost immediately on Win 7. On the XP machine, Task Manager shows SM using 90-95 % of the CPU so everything grinds to a very slow pace. 3. I have limited success using IE Tab which lets your browser emulate the IE browser. This is an improvement but still not anywhere near as good as using IE or Google Chrome directly. 4. I have tried using a brand new Test profile using the SM defaults, disabled all add-ons, starting in Safe mode. Nothing helps on my XP computers. As I said earlier, there is no problem on my Win 7 machines. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
Arnie Goetchius wrote: I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/03/08/millions-of-computer-may-be-at-risk-of-attack-next-month/ Think about it. -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Arnie Goetchius wrote: I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/03/08/millions-of-computer-may-be-at-risk-of-attack-next-month/ Think about it. Amusing article. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Long startup times for applications
Paul wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Arnie Goetchius wrote: I have been struggling with this issue for nearly a month. 1. It is only a problem on my XP SP3 machines which also have less memory and slower cpu. I have no problem on newer, faster machines running Win 7. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/03/08/millions-of-computer-may-be-at-risk-of-attack-next-month/ Think about it. Amusing article. Whatever you think of the rest, the main point -- that XP users should seriously consider moving on after 12 years -- still stands. -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
