Comments on: Firefox vs. Opera on slow hardware http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/01/23/firefox-or-opera-on-slow-hardware/ Stay curious! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Arnold http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/01/23/firefox-or-opera-on-slow-hardware/#comment-13596 Arnold Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:34:22 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=86#comment-13596 I forgot to mention that the Swiftfox homepage is http://getswiftfox.com/ and the IceWeasel optimization build is named Swiftweasel and it's homepage is at http://swiftweasel.sourceforge.net/. I repeat again: this is for LINUX ONLY!!! There is no build for Windows. I forgot to mention that the Swiftfox homepage is http://getswiftfox.com/ and the IceWeasel optimization build is named Swiftweasel and it’s homepage is at http://swiftweasel.sourceforge.net/. I repeat again: this is for LINUX ONLY!!! There is no build for Windows.

]]> By: Arnold http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/01/23/firefox-or-opera-on-slow-hardware/#comment-13595 Arnold Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:29:38 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=86#comment-13595 If you really like Firefox (just like me :) ), you can install SwiftFox, which is an optimized build of Mozilla Firefox web browser. You can install SwiftFox especially for AMD computers or Intel Pentium III or IV, etc. There is another optimized build of Firefox which is made from the popular IceWeasel. These are for Linux only, though. I hope you will enjoy for it's "speed". :D :D If you really like Firefox (just like me :) ), you can install SwiftFox, which is an optimized build of Mozilla Firefox web browser. You can install SwiftFox especially for AMD computers or Intel Pentium III or IV, etc. There is another optimized build of Firefox which is made from the popular IceWeasel. These are for Linux only, though. I hope you will enjoy for it’s “speed”. :D :D

]]> By: Leon http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/01/23/firefox-or-opera-on-slow-hardware/#comment-13581 Leon Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:28:14 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=86#comment-13581 I loved reading your post. I came here from Google searching for an objective comparison on FF and Opera. And I'm glad to say I found one, on the first try no less! And as for Opera not being free software, if you don't pay for it, it's free in my book. I loved reading your post. I came here from Google searching for an objective comparison on FF and Opera. And I’m glad to say I found one, on the first try no less! And as for Opera not being free software, if you don’t pay for it, it’s free in my book.

]]> By: Lie http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/01/23/firefox-or-opera-on-slow-hardware/#comment-13397 Lie Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:10:18 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=86#comment-13397 If you want to surf faster in Firefox, you could disable some extensions that you don't need until you need them. Like the Web Developer Toolbar, you could disable them and reenable them when you need it, then restart. I've used Firefox on a damn slow laptop (on Windows XP), but a thing I noticed is, Firefox 2.0 is still much faster than IE7. IE7 is barely responsive in it, and Firefox is just a little bit slower compared to my other laptop, which is quite powerful and is on Vista. If you want to surf faster in Firefox, you could disable some extensions that you don’t need until you need them. Like the Web Developer Toolbar, you could disable them and reenable them when you need it, then restart.

I’ve used Firefox on a damn slow laptop (on Windows XP), but a thing I noticed is, Firefox 2.0 is still much faster than IE7. IE7 is barely responsive in it, and Firefox is just a little bit slower compared to my other laptop, which is quite powerful and is on Vista.

]]> By: Alex http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/01/23/firefox-or-opera-on-slow-hardware/#comment-5523 Alex Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:20:00 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=86#comment-5523 <p>Ooops, looks like I was wrong, entirely. The "Google Analytics" thing seems to be a script on the websites you watch, and Firefox only does what a browser is supposed to do. I just never noticed it before. But 10x slower than Opera FF still is.</p> Ooops, looks like I was wrong, entirely.
The “Google Analytics” thing seems to be a script on the websites you watch, and Firefox only does what a browser is supposed to do. I just never noticed it before.
But 10x slower than Opera FF still is.

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