Star 'More Firefox Bloat? Say It Ain't So, Mozilla'
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 18th May 2007 17:43 UTC, submitted by shykid
Mozilla & Gecko clones "When Firefox launched in beta release five years ago, it burst on the open-source browser scene like a young Elvis Presley - slim, sexy and dangerous. Since then it has attracted millions of users, generally set the agenda for browser development and unseated Microsoft's IE as the de facto monopoly in the field. But, with Firefox 3.0 poised for release later this year, the 'IE killer' is in danger of morphing into an early Fat Elvis, if increasing numbers of die-hard fans turned reluctant critics are any guide."
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by Tyr. on Fri 18th May 2007 23:56 UTC in reply to "RE"
Tyr.
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Anybody using the nightlies will already be aware of the noticeable improvement in speed, what with the new graphics backend. If anything, the webpages we use are getting more bloated. More sites are using reams and reams of javascript, lots more flash & ajax, this all adds to massively increased RAM requirements.


It's not just the webpages though. I still have an old version of Phoenix installed (0.8) and it runs circles around Firefox. Sure Firefox does a lot more now, but it comes at the expense of speed, let's not pretend it doesn't.

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