On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:40:40 +1030 Luke Vanderfluit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Heracles wrote: > > Firefox for AMD64 has to be the worst piece of crap ever written; > > just use epiphany (if you run gnome) or konqueror (if you run KDE). > > I used to love firefox on my old system; it was fast and easy to > > use. The new version just uses up ALL my processor and memory as > > soon as it is started and brings the system to a standstill. I have > > to switch to a command line to stop it after which everything > > returns to normal. > > > > What happened to it between 1.5 and 2.0? My current version is > > 2.0.0.2 but the problem has existed since 2.0. I am now using > > epiphany and occasionally konqueror (without flash) and don't have > > the hassle. > > > I don't know exactly but I have been experiencing strange things too. > -E.G. flash plugin crashes the browser on several sites (something in > a flash swf must cause this) > -Browser freezes and dies unpredictably. > > I've gone back to using 1.5.0. > > This is on FC5 32bit. I'm using Iceweasel 2.0.0.2 on Debian testing (32 bit). No problems at all, at all. I have the flash plugin. Cheers, Alan > > Kr. > Luke. > > > > Heracles > > > -- > Luke Vanderfluit > Analyst / Web Programmer > e3Learning.com.au > 08 8221 6422 > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
