Now now, we all know AOL has been actively bloating ICQ into oblivion
since the takeover :)
DeMoN LaG wrote:
> "Sauron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:9mnkhc$qkk2
> @secnews.netscape.com, on 31 Aug 2001:
>
>
>>"Christopher Jahn" wrote:
>>
>>>And it came to pass that JTK wrote:
>>>[...]
>>>
>>>>3. Long startup times almost always translate
>>>>directly into system resource hoggage, and certainly do in this
>>>>case.
>>>>
>>>Your opinion, and not very solid - I use a couple of resource
>>>hogs that load up very quickly. So load time and resource usage
>>>don't necessarily indicate one another.
>>>
>>JTK didn't write "and vice versa". Do you use any slow-starting
>>programs that aren't resource hogs?
>>Your remark should imply that Mozilla could still be a resource
>>hog even if startup time is significantly improved.
>>
>
> First, JTK mentions "System Resources", and in the sense of the words on
> Windows, is irrelavant. System Resources are two 64k heaps of RAM on
> WIn 9x, and an application taking resources, even a lot, does nothing to
> affect performance.
>
> As for hogs of programs, anyone use ICQ? I have TWO people on my
> contact list, save no incoming or outgoing histories, and right now,
> while sitting in the background idle, ICQ has taken 14 megs of RAM.
> Mozilla preloading it's entire damned program into RAM, to the point it
> will open faster than IE on my system, takes 18 megs. That is bloat,
> it's a freaking instant messanger. AIM takes 3 megs to do the same
> thing as ICQ.
>
>
