on 2/27/01 9:52 PM, rlf9 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> on 2/27/01 9:56 AM, Greg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> Over the years I have come to the conclusion that Netscape (most
> if not
>>>> all versions) is faster if you turn the disk cache OFF by
> reducing its
>>>> size to 0. I have measured "before and after" on many occasions
> and the
>>>> cache always slows it down. The only way I can see that the
> Netscape
>>>> disk cache might be an advantage would be if you had a slow modem
> and
>>>> spent most of your browsing going to the same websites. But my
>>>> experience doesn't even show an improvement in that scenario.
> [snip]
>>>> I am curious to know of other peoples experience and opinion on
> this
>>>> subject. Hope I am not too far off topic!
>>>> Greg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Tell me, in your experience, does this eliminate that extremely
>
>>> irritating habit of NS to d/l & render the page and then when done
>>> rendering, BLANK THe SCREEN AND RERENDER THE ENTIRE PAGE AT THE
> SAME
>>> GLACIAL PACE??? (As you can tell, it get a bit worked up by this
>>> behavior.)
>>>
>>>
>>> - Eric.
>
>> Hi,
>
>> New to this list. Super informative so far... Regarding the big blink
> in
>> Netscape, there was a hack buried deep within ResExcellence (http://
>> www.resexcellence.com/) to stop that behavior with ResEdit. Check the
>> previous edits section first.
>>
>> James
>
> I'm unable to find this hack at ResEx. Where is it exactly?
>
> RF
>
I checked for quite a while today, poking into all the nooks & crannies, but
to no avail. Posted a question on their message board, but haven't checked
back to see about an answer...
- Eric.
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