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Testing news reader // CommunityshredNov 15, 2000, 2:27pm
Please ignore this, I just installed Netscape6. At first it was laggy
as all get out, but that was because Netscape decided to include this funky "skin" with the program. I disabled the skin and went back to classing mode, and everything's fine now. tony56Nov 16, 2000, 12:07am
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------=_NextPart_000_0116_01C04F3C.1094E780 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Congrats :) --=20 - Tony56 (aka Chandler56) "Freedom: That's What The Government Wants You To Believe!" ____________________________________________________________ [View Quote] Please ignore this, I just installed Netscape6. At first it was laggy as all get out, but that was because Netscape decided to include this=20 funky "skin" with the program. I disabled the skin and went back to=20 classing mode, and everything's fine now. ------=_NextPart_000_0116_01C04F3C.1094E780 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D1>Congrats :)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D1><BR>-- <BR>- Tony56 (aka=20 Chandler56)<BR>"Freedom: That's What The Government Wants You To=20 Believe!"<BR>____________________________________________________________= </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>shred <<A = href=3D"mailto:shred at 1starnet.com">shred at 1starnet.com</A>>=20 [View Quote] ------=_NextPart_000_0116_01C04F3C.1094E780-- denedesNov 16, 2000, 7:19am
The choice of theme shouldn't have much of an effect on your
performance, particularly since you didn't "disable" a theme, you just chose a different one (the one that looks like Netscape 4). Of course, some themes could be slightly slower than others, depending on the programmer. However, If you want something faster and less memory-hungry(and basically the same), you should try Mozilla proper instead, since Netscape6 is at least a month behind at any given point (they have to spend time putting in their proprietary stuff, like AIM integration, and they don't always use the bug-fixes that Mozilla gets) So, if you're a bit more adventurous, go to mozilla.org and get the real thing...you should get a nightly build, since these are (obviously) the most recent, and most of them are much better than Netscape 6. You can always get the latest nightly build here: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/mozilla-win32-installer.exe Of course, seeing as these builds are from the main mozilla trunk and are always compiled every night no matter what, you might be unlucky and get a build that's unstable in some way....of course, then you just go back and get a new nightly in a day or two :) For those of you who are wondering exactly what Mozilla and Netscape 6 are, and how they differ, go here: http://www.gerbilbox.com/newzilla/ Denedes =) (posted with Mozilla build 20001114) [View Quote] > > Please ignore this, I just installed Netscape6. At first it was laggy > as all get out, but that was because Netscape decided to include this > funky "skin" with the program. I disabled the skin and went back to > classing mode, and everything's fine now. -- Kind regards, Dennis Plougman Buus Email: dbuus at post1.tele.dk WWW: http://home1.stofanet.dk/dbuus ICQ UIN: 342364 shredNov 16, 2000, 2:58pm
The only reason the skin slowed me down was because it was hogging so
much of my memory. I also disabled the Sun Java 2 console that runs with Netscape, and that gave me quite a performance boost. Thanks for the tip, Denedes. [View Quote] > > The choice of theme shouldn't have much of an effect on your > performance, particularly since you didn't "disable" a theme, you just > chose a different one (the one that looks like Netscape 4). Of course, > some themes could be slightly slower than others, depending on the > programmer. > > > However, If you want something faster and less memory-hungry(and > basically the same), you should try Mozilla proper instead, since > Netscape6 is at least a month behind at any given point (they have to > spend time putting in their proprietary stuff, like AIM integration, and > they don't always use the bug-fixes that Mozilla gets) > > > So, if you're a bit more adventurous, go to mozilla.org and get the real > thing...you should get a nightly build, since these are (obviously) the > most recent, and most of them are much better than Netscape 6. > You can always get the latest nightly build here: > http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/mozilla-win32-installer.exe > > > > Of course, seeing as these builds are from the main mozilla trunk and > are always compiled every night no matter what, you might be unlucky and > get a build that's unstable in some way....of course, then you just go > back and get a new nightly in a day or two :) > > > For those of you who are wondering exactly what Mozilla and Netscape 6 > are, and how they differ, go here: http://www.gerbilbox.com/newzilla/ |
