Re: Is it just me [Firefox resouce drain]
On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:43:25 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> I've been logging on to verizonwireless periodically for a good while
>>> and never saw this kind of pull down. Only this new page seems to be
>>> a heavy hitter.
>>
>> You can also try to load the same site with another browser and see if
>> you experience a difference with it :-?
>
> Yes, as part of this thread I did try iceweasel but same problem... I
> guess no surprise since iceweasel is a form of Firefox.
Yes, they share basically the same source.
> Trying konqueror now:
>
> Much less of resource draw but then a good part of the page is simply
> not loaded.
>
> Everything in the top maroon colored area is just missing. And no
> error messages or any other messages. No login is possible with
> Konqueror. That stuff is just missing.
Konqueror always had a poor support for non-standard compliant programmed
websites, and this can be such case. It's not konqueror's but web
designers fault who think they can make whatever they want >:-)
> Now trying opera: Wow, what a vast improvment roughly 1/3 the power
> drain.
There you have it: blame the browser :-)
You can also try Google Chrome, it is also known to be fast.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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