Comments on: Make Firefox Start Faster with a Preloader http://cybernetnews.com/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:45:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Start FireFox Faster With FireFox Preloader | TECH YARD http://cybernetnews.com/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/comment-page-1/#comment-148105 Start FireFox Faster With FireFox Preloader | TECH YARD Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:22:48 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/06/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/#comment-148105 [...] Via - CyberNetNews [...] [...] Via – CyberNetNews [...]

]]> By: Sleeping Cats » Is the Firefox Preloader still alive? http://cybernetnews.com/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/comment-page-1/#comment-147212 Sleeping Cats » Is the Firefox Preloader still alive? Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:12:51 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/06/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/#comment-147212 [...] is a link to a site that has made an article about it this year. This does make me ask the question that I [...] [...] is a link to a site that has made an article about it this year. This does make me ask the question that I [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://cybernetnews.com/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/comment-page-1/#comment-139908 Anonymous Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:18:19 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/06/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/#comment-139908 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-130977" rel="nofollow">Tinhed wrote:</a><blockquote>like always no version exists for linux. so sad.</blockquote></div> It's a moot point in most Unix derivatives and clones. It takes FF2/FF3 2-3 seconds tops for it to load the first time on this old 1ghz/512mb FreeBSD box, and unless I've been doing enough to actually burn through enough RAM for it to start dumping parts of the file cache, starting FF after an initial load takes about a second. Of course Firefox itself still has its issues. A single thread, so a bad enough error on one tab or in a plugin takes out the entire browser, not just that tab or plugin. Memory leakage galore, although worlds better in FF3 is still an issue. The entire UI being based on XML... wtf? WebKit regularly slaughters Gecko. FF4 will have a faster JavaScript interpreter, but there's already options faster than it will be. I seriously think we're overdue for another "Phoenix", stressing the points that made FF popular in the first place. As it is they're just rehashing the same old code base, and it's getting old. Tinhed wrote:
like always no version exists for linux. so sad.

It’s a moot point in most Unix derivatives and clones. It takes FF2/FF3 2-3 seconds tops for it to load the first time on this old 1ghz/512mb FreeBSD box, and unless I’ve been doing enough to actually burn through enough RAM for it to start dumping parts of the file cache, starting FF after an initial load takes about a second.

Of course Firefox itself still has its issues. A single thread, so a bad enough error on one tab or in a plugin takes out the entire browser, not just that tab or plugin. Memory leakage galore, although worlds better in FF3 is still an issue. The entire UI being based on XML… wtf? WebKit regularly slaughters Gecko. FF4 will have a faster JavaScript interpreter, but there’s already options faster than it will be.

I seriously think we’re overdue for another “Phoenix”, stressing the points that made FF popular in the first place. As it is they’re just rehashing the same old code base, and it’s getting old.

]]> By: CoryC http://cybernetnews.com/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/comment-page-1/#comment-136022 CoryC Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:14:32 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/06/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/#comment-136022 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-135699">Matthew (author of the preloader) wrote:</a><blockquote>I would like to point you all to an article about the Firefox Preloader. <a href="http://www.sixxgate.com/?p=35">http://www.sixxgate.com/?p=35</a></blockquote></div> I really like <a>Minimize To Tray</a>. It's not compatible with FF3 yet but that's okay. I'm sure it will be soon. Matthew (author of the preloader) wrote:
I would like to point you all to an article about the Firefox Preloader. [sixxgate.com]

I really like Minimize To Tray. It’s not compatible with FF3 yet but that’s okay. I’m sure it will be soon.

]]> By: Matthew (author of the preloader) http://cybernetnews.com/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/comment-page-1/#comment-135699 Matthew (author of the preloader) Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:05:06 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/06/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/#comment-135699 I would like to point you all to an article about the Firefox Preloader. http://www.sixxgate.com/?p=35 I would like to point you all to an article about the Firefox Preloader. [sixxgate.com]

]]> By: The Windows Vista 3D Task Switcher | Learn Technology Online http://cybernetnews.com/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/comment-page-1/#comment-133983 The Windows Vista 3D Task Switcher | Learn Technology Online Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:28:06 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/06/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/#comment-133983 [...] Make Firefox Start Faster with a Preloader by CyberNet [...] [...] Make Firefox Start Faster with a Preloader by CyberNet [...]

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/comment-page-1/#comment-131154 Ryan Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:43:16 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/06/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/#comment-131154 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-131057" rel="nofollow">leland wrote:</a><blockquote>Not that I know much about Vista at this point, but would ReadyBoost help speed up Firefox on Vista? For those unfamiliar with ReadyBoost look at this article <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/archive/2006/06/02/615199.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarche.....15199.aspx</a> I came across this last year when buying a nice 4GB flash drive. If you have a fast drive it is supposed to cache things to speed up Vista. Ryan, have you tried this? Anyone else?</blockquote></div> I have used ReadyBoost before, but on my system I already have 2GB of RAM so I hardly see any benefit from having a USB drive attached. If a computer had just 512MB of RAM (the minimum) then there are supposed to be significant performance increases. <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-131060" rel="nofollow">The Guru wrote:</a><blockquote>I’ve run into problems with this app when I it came to updates. Since Firefox would not close fully I was getting errors when trying to apply nightly build updates. Also for some odd reason it made so I was getting updates from both the release and nightly build channels, which caused even more issues. I have since removed the app.</blockquote></div> I guess when updating you would need to make sure to manually unload Firefox. leland wrote:
Not that I know much about Vista at this point, but would ReadyBoost help speed up Firefox on Vista? For those unfamiliar with ReadyBoost look at this article [blogs.msdn.com]

I came across this last year when buying a nice 4GB flash drive. If you have a fast drive it is supposed to cache things to speed up Vista. Ryan, have you tried this? Anyone else?

I have used ReadyBoost before, but on my system I already have 2GB of RAM so I hardly see any benefit from having a USB drive attached. If a computer had just 512MB of RAM (the minimum) then there are supposed to be significant performance increases.

The Guru wrote:
I’ve run into problems with this app when I it came to updates. Since Firefox would not close fully I was getting errors when trying to apply nightly build updates. Also for some odd reason it made so I was getting updates from both the release and nightly build channels, which caused even more issues. I have since removed the app.

I guess when updating you would need to make sure to manually unload Firefox.

]]> By: The Guru http://cybernetnews.com/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/comment-page-1/#comment-131060 The Guru Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:42:04 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/06/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/#comment-131060 I've run into problems with this app when I it came to updates. Since Firefox would not close fully I was getting errors when trying to apply nightly build updates. Also for some odd reason it made so I was getting updates from both the release and nightly build channels, which caused even more issues. I have since removed the app. I’ve run into problems with this app when I it came to updates. Since Firefox would not close fully I was getting errors when trying to apply nightly build updates. Also for some odd reason it made so I was getting updates from both the release and nightly build channels, which caused even more issues. I have since removed the app.

]]> By: leland http://cybernetnews.com/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/comment-page-1/#comment-131057 leland Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:21:25 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/06/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/#comment-131057 Not that I know much about Vista at this point, but would ReadyBoost help speed up Firefox on Vista? For those unfamiliar with ReadyBoost look at this article http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/archive/2006/06/02/615199.aspx I came across this last year when buying a nice 4GB flash drive. If you have a fast drive it is supposed to cache things to speed up Vista. Ryan, have you tried this? Anyone else? Not that I know much about Vista at this point, but would ReadyBoost help speed up Firefox on Vista? For those unfamiliar with ReadyBoost look at this article [blogs.msdn.com]

I came across this last year when buying a nice 4GB flash drive. If you have a fast drive it is supposed to cache things to speed up Vista. Ryan, have you tried this? Anyone else?

]]> By: Tinhed http://cybernetnews.com/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/comment-page-1/#comment-130977 Tinhed Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:05:25 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/06/make-firefox-start-faster-with-a-preloader/#comment-130977 like always no version exists for linux. so sad. like always no version exists for linux. so sad.

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