Xiaofan Chen wrote: > On 7/26/07, Jake Anderson wrote: >>> And I still do not agree it is faster than IE under Windows. IE has >>> an edge under Windows in terms of speed and responsiveness. >>> >> tried fasterfox addon? > > Not yet. Actually the speed is not a probelm for me. I was just > pointing out my observation since so many people always > relates Firefox to stability and speed and I do not. > > And the biggest problem for me is the stability problem under > Ubuntu Linux. Speed is not a problem. > > Xiaofan While I'm not arguing with your experience I find it odd. Firefox 1.5 & 2.0 have been very stable for me on my Linux boxes. I have a Ubuntu laptop that ran 1.5 but now runs 2.0 (I prefer 1.5 for a lot of little reasons). On my Fedora box it's still 1.5. I tend to crash other applications on another OS (it ain't VMS :-). Which version of Firefox on Ubuntu and what add-on (if any) are you running? Are you hitting a lot of Java or Javascript pages? I normally have about 15 or more tabs open at any one time on my Fedora system. On my Ubuntu system I keep it to down to 8 or 9. Both systems get hit pretty heavy if I use Google maps or some other site the uses Google maps (I create a lot of bike routes). Also I tend to hit Accuweather.com to check out the local radar. That uses Java and I've found that I need to stop the animated radar otherwise it just keeps running even after I close the tab. Otherwise I tend to leave the Fedora/ Firefox running for weeks at a time. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist