On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Geoffrey wrote: >Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 09:29:02 -0400 >From: Geoffrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >List-Id: General X Discussion <xpert.XFree86.Org> >Subject: Re: Re: Is the XFree development stuck in a dead end? > >Mike A. Harris wrote: >> On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Christian Berger wrote: >> >> >>>> Netscape is much faster than Mozilla. I think it's just that some >>>>design decisions in the X version of Mozilla, which is probably much >>>>different than the Window's version, are suboptimal. Having seen enough >>>> >>>Well I doubt Mozilla for Windows is faster than Mozilla for Linux. >>> >> >> You've not tried it then. Mozilla for Windows running on my box >> on one processor runs faster than Mozilla in Linux running on >> both processors. (Win98SE). Application startup time is faster >> for Mozilla in Windows, as is runtime execution. Not measured or >> benchmarked mind you. It is visibly noticeable. > >I'm really hoping this thread dies soon, but I've got to chime in here. > There is absolutely no comparison between the windows gui and X. I >routinely have 10-15 windows open, which would include at least 2 >mozilla mail windows and minimally 3-4 browser windows. I also have 2 >desktops with 3 virtual desktops each. You just don't get that kind of >functionality with a Windows gui and if you tried to have that many >windows open on win95, win98, nt, win2k, it would purely meltdown. I >have no experience with winxp and don't plan to, but I suspect it's no >different. The above argument appears to revolve around Mozilla, not X.
I think perhaps you've misinterpreted what I've said. My above claims did not really have anything at all to do with comparing X to Windows. What I was saying was that Mozilla is slower in Linux than it is in Windows, and that the reason for that is a Mozilla issue, not an X issue or a Windows issue. Mozilla shares code between Windows and X11, however the Windows specific Mozilla code is more optimized than the X specific Mozilla code. Basically, the fact Mozilla is slower in Linux/X has nothing to do with X, and is no indicator that X is slower than Windows. The entire Mozilla discussion is a sidetrack from the $topic actually. I just wanted to set the record straight that Mozilla *is* faster in Windows contrary to the given hypothesis that it would not be faster in Windows. I mostly use Mozilla in Linux, however any time I get stuck in a Windows environment and need a browser, that browser is Mozilla, and since I use it all the time, seeing it start up and run several times faster than I'm used to in Linux, is a noticeable thing. I've never assumed that this was due to Windows being faster. IMHO, any slow GUI code running in X, is more likely to be a poorly written *application* or an unoptimized app, or unoptimized toolkit or similar. In the end however, only true profiling can be the judge in any particular case of a slow app. -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
