On 06/05/2006, at 10:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Robert,
Another suggestion to improve Safari's speed in OSX10.4 :
10.4: Possibly improve Safari's speed by disabling RSS
<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?
story=20060408001318879&query=safari>
Use an application like Safari Enhancer to enable Safari's Debug
menu. Then launch Safari, go to the Debug menu, then select Turn
Off RSS Support, and follow the instructions. Optionally, go to
your bookmarks and select RSS feeds from the sidebar. Delete them,
or copy them to an alternative RSS reader.
I agree with Ronni's idea that disabling RSS feeds is worth a try in
speeding up Safari. I have done so and believe it has made some speed
improvement. However I have enabled the Debug menu through a terminal
command. I would always rather use the OS's own apps where I can than
add a third party app which is basically only a GUI wrapper for
terminal commands. AFAIK Safari Enhancer is just such a GUI wrapper
and has itself been suspected of causing some slow down of Safari by
some users. No, I can't give you exact references but if you search
the Apple Discussion boards you will find many references where
Safari Enhancer is suspected of such slow down. But, as usual, if it
is working fine for you, then OK.
To enable the Debug menu here is the Terminal command:
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1
You need to quit Safari, type in the command, hit Enter, then
relaunch Safari.
To remove the Debug menu; same procedure but change the 1 to 0.
I think you can also do this with Tinker Tool but I do not have that
app.
To Bill Cole:
Thanks for the info about the multiple messages. I don't have IPv6
turned off so that can't be the reason. Lately there have been a few
instances where I have received duplicate emails [same date, time,
from address] on a few lists including this one. Only occurs
sporadically. Undoubted voodoo.
Cheers
.........
Peter Sealy
Thurgoona AUSTRALIA
