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Originally Posted by ntl customer
I think the speed is one of the most over hyped things about Firefox. I have Firefox installed on my PC but I hate using it - for the simple reason that it takes so bloody long to start up - 45 seconds, compared to the ultra fast 6 seconds IE takes to start up.
Another thing I hate about Firefox is its rather 'violent' processor usage. Whenever it loads a page, it the processor usage shoots up to 100% and causes any playing music to skip. Although IE does the same thing, it doesn't cause music to skip.
Call me cynical, but I think this is a way for AOL to take over the browser market - after all, AOL did invest quite a bit in Mozilla.  |
Sounds like you're a bit confused.
The speed in FF is the speed to download and render web pages, not the speed to start up.
IE is part of the OS, FF is not. So when you load Windows, core IE technologies are also loaded meaning IE takes less time to load. FF being not part of the OS (although that in itself is an inherent advantage) means all its components have to be loaded the first time you load it up. First time you load it unsurprisingly it will be slower, but when you ARE using it and when you load it again (before logging off) it will be faster.
Although it sounds like you have a slow machine- on my AMD 2000+ with 512MB RAM stashed full with stuff I probably don't need, it runs fast enough- and 2000+ processors are 2 years old. Even when I'm playing music.
AOL- don't make me larf!
MB- yes I have that plugin, it's cool when FF won't really open a page. If that happens very often- and there's another that you can get that tells FF it's really IE6 or something.
My FF is so full of hacks, tweaks and plugins it's a wonder it doesn't grind to a total halt...
