Browsers
Mike Rambo
mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us
Fri, 28 Jul 2000 08:27:59 -0400
Paul Melson wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 01:49:11PM -0400, Mike Rambo wrote:
> > Just tried this one. Easy to install. Came up and seemed to work ok
> > but doesn't allow use of the backspace or delete keys when typing a
> > url. This may be because I used IBM's jre118 (already on my system)
> > instead of the recommended jre117v3 from blackdown.org. It also seemed
> > to lag just a tad compared with Netscape 4.73 on my Mandrake 7.1 desktop
> > although it was nearly as fast. Fonts were quite different although
> > they can be configured - didn't try it though. I guess overall it
> > wasn't as slick in appearance and no faster. Not sure about stability.
> > Didn't use it long enough. Probably worth keeping an eye on if
> > development continues though.
>
> How does the memory footprint compare to
> that of Communicator (sasquatch)?
>
> PaulM
>
Disappointing :-(. Netscape 4.73 appears to want 23-24 Meg to open a
single window from a fresh boot. Skate wants 26+ Meg for a single
window. The method I used to come up with these figures is to fresh
boot, do the free command, launch the browser, and then do the free
command again. Is there a better way to figure out how much memory any
given app is using?
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Mike Rambo
Lansing School District