Firefox 3.53 slower than Opera 10

I notice firefox 3.53 is slower then Opera 10. Firefox 3.5.3 takes
forever to load (And doesn't load some tabs). This is with very few
add on installed. I will keep firefox 3.53 installed, only for sites
that have problems with Opera. (Note, I am not using turbo feature
that Opera has.)

Does anyone know how to make firefox use more memory?

It looks like I will be switching to Opera for windows xp sp3

Greg

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38

"Greg" <invalid@invalid.net> wrote in message
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: Firefox 3.53 slower than Opera 10
:
: I notice firefox 3.53 is slower then Opera 10. Firefox 3.5.3 takes
: forever to load (And doesn't load some tabs). This is with very few
: add on installed. I will keep firefox 3.53 installed, only for sites
: that have problems with Opera. (Note, I am not using turbo feature
: that Opera has.)
:
: Does anyone know how to make firefox use more memory?
:
: It looks like I will be switching to Opera for windows xp sp3
:
: Greg

In news:7j6fs2F3340diU1@mid.individual.net,
Greg typed on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:48:27 -0400:
> Firefox 3.53 slower than Opera 10
>
> I notice firefox 3.53 is slower then Opera 10. Firefox 3.5.3 takes
> forever to load (And doesn't load some tabs). This is with very few
> add on installed. I will keep firefox 3.53 installed, only for sites
> that have problems with Opera. (Note, I am not using turbo feature
> that Opera has.)
>
> Does anyone know how to make firefox use more memory?
>
> It looks like I will be switching to Opera for windows xp sp3
>
> Greg

Firefox has always been the slowest and most memory leaking browser
since day one. And I too favor Opera v10 against Firefox any day. And I
count 13 critical vulnerabilities can be used to run attacker code and
install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing
just in FF 3.5.x alone.

http://www.mozilla.org/security/know...firefox35.html

--
Bill
Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2

On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:48:27 -0400, in netscape.public.mozilla.browser,
Greg <invalid@invalid.net>, wrote

>Firefox 3.53 slower than Opera 10
>
>I notice firefox 3.53 is slower then Opera 10. Firefox 3.5.3 takes
>forever to load (And doesn't load some tabs). This is with very few
>add on installed. I will keep firefox 3.53 installed, only for sites
>that have problems with Opera. (Note, I am not using turbo feature
>that Opera has.)
>
>Does anyone know how to make firefox use more memory?
>
>It looks like I will be switching to Opera for windows xp sp3
>
>
Greg, I used to use Opera (starting with Opera 8) when I was on dialup.
The difference in the rendering result makes it worthwhile to use FF-- at
least for me, YMMV.

Believe me, you *do not want* for FF to use more memory. But if you
insist, the lines to do so are in prefs.js or may have to be added. I
imagine you can find the params to increase it on the web, i found the
params and instructions to restrict it there............

FACE

On Oct 8, 10:48*am, Greg <inva...@invalid.net> wrote:


Hi, new here, but have an idea: have you tried installing Speedyfox??
I have WinPatrol open the browser at start-up & w/ this thing, Ff is
loaded before I hear the MSN "music."

You mean "not use more memory"??...I simply have got into the habit of
exiting & restarting Firefox after an hour or so.