At 6:55 AM -0400 7/17/2009, Lawrence David Eden wrote: >Firefox 3.5 on my G4.
OS? memory? HD space free? >This version of the browser is so slow Use one of RPM's optimized Firefox builds. <http://www.rpm-mozilla.org.uk/index.html> We've had a number of discussions about using the fast fast fast optimized builds on these LEM Lists. If you search a bit you'll find them. Also, there are features in the new browsers (Firefox and Safari) that check each and every url against a list of "known evil" sites. This is being done in a feeble (but great PR!) move to protect Windoze users from malware. Turning off those features often speeds browsing up considerably. I believe the settings are in Preferences, probably in the Security pane. Another thing that can greatly speed up browsing is to limit the number of add-ons you've installed. And be sure to install an ad and flash blocker. >that I thought there was something wrong with my ISP. FF takes a >very long time to load pages. Issue these commands in Terminal and paste the complete results into your reply here: dig www.speakeasy.net traceroute www.speakeasy.net Then run this speed test and tell us the results: <http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest> - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
