Gervase Markham wrote:
>
> > Well I'd hope so, given how much memory it hogs. Again, over 22MB *TO
> > DISPLAY A BLANK PAGE*.
>
> I tell you what - we'll make a pre-app that brings up a GIF of Mozilla
> showing a blank page. Then, when you click on it, it loads the real thing.
> That way, you can have your blank page with almost no memory. How does
> that sound?
>
Actually, I'm surprised there isn't work being done in that wise. I'm
sure now that you've floated the notion, there will be. Anything to
avoid solving the real problem.
> The memory usage for a blank page is a useless measure.
Not when it's over TWENTY MEG it isn't.
> Browse a chosen 20
> sites in the two browsers (of equal HTML and CSS functionality), then
> check the memory usage.
>
Ah, Mr. Markham, do you *really* want me to do that, and report back
with the results? Yeah, I didn't think so.
> I'm not saying Mozilla's memory usage is necessarily good - but your
> measure certainly isn't.
>
"My measue" is only the tip of a very ugly iceberg Mr. Markham. And I
can't help but notice a complete lack of "your measure"s being posted
anywhere, be they good, bad, or ugly.
> Gerv
