Blunted 2 Posted June 22, 2008 CID Share Posted June 22, 2008 Safari is good but is a super resource whore and I have seen it using over 200 mb which is TOO much so IMO Firefox is better for most web browsing but Safari is faster for some speed testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted June 22, 2008 CID Share Posted June 22, 2008 Safari is good but is a super resource whore and I have seen it using over 200 mb which is TOO much so IMO Firefox is better for most web browsing but Safari is faster for some speed testing. Out of curiosity, how much memory does FF use ? on avg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xx Mazza xX Posted June 22, 2008 CID Share Posted June 22, 2008 well mine ranges between, 40-120mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted June 22, 2008 CID Share Posted June 22, 2008 Is that ver 3 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted June 22, 2008 CID Share Posted June 22, 2008 Right now Windows Task Manager says I am using 1.32GB of ram. Firefox alone is using 74,172K . I am just surfing the internet right now using FireFox 3.0 on my laptop. Laptop Spec. AMD Turion 64X2 [ TL-62 ] 4GB of Memory 250GB Harddrive Windows Vista 64 Home Premium Service Pack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted June 22, 2008 CID Share Posted June 22, 2008 i've been using ff very little cuz i can't it to set larger font and keep it...and i'm farsighted so i like to sit way back...and the tiny font is just too tiny...it's just too irritating to have to keep enlarging iteverytime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted June 22, 2008 CID Share Posted June 22, 2008 Are you doing it this way. Tool / Option / Context / Advanced in the Fonts & Colors section / Minimum font size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted June 22, 2008 CID Share Posted June 22, 2008 wait let me see...brb yep that worked...but looking at tmn after that the header doesn't line up right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted June 22, 2008 Author CID Share Posted June 22, 2008 wait let me see...brb yep that worked...but looking at tmn after that the header doesn't line up right It hasn't lined up right for 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted June 22, 2008 CID Share Posted June 22, 2008 hmmmm...sumthin needs adjusted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted June 23, 2008 CID Share Posted June 23, 2008 hmmmm...sumthin needs adjusted... Yep, FF is too much tweaking for me. And it still slowed my speeds down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted June 23, 2008 CID Share Posted June 23, 2008 Yep, FF is too much tweaking for me. And it still slowed my speeds down. You are just one of them old farts that don't like the new fangle things. Firefox 3.0 is slower than IE7. [ You have to remember I am on Crapcast and it sucks when it come to holding a constant speed. ] Firefox :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 8550 Kbps about 8.55 Mbps (tested with 12288 kB) Download Speed is:: 1044 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 834 Kbps about 0.8 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 102 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Main) Test Time:: 2008/06/23 - 2:45am D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-EW57P4SIG U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-R0FMJPHN9 User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0 [!] Internet Explorer 64- bit :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 13277 Kbps about 13.28 Mbps (tested with 12288 kB) Download Speed is:: 1621 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 1578 Kbps about 1.6 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 193 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Main) Test Time:: 2008/06/23 - 2:47am D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-S46UFM1PD U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-P4971U8ZH User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; Win64; x64; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; SLCC1; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506) [!] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted June 23, 2008 CID Share Posted June 23, 2008 You are just one of them old farts that don't like the new fangle things. I'll keep that in mind ya old fart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted June 23, 2008 Author CID Share Posted June 23, 2008 Its right about the same for me in both. And always has been. Firefox :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 2360 Kbps about 2.4 Mbps (tested with 6152 kB) Download Speed is:: 288 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main) Test Time:: 2008/06/23 - 12:06pm Bottom Line:: 41X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 3.56 sec Tested from a 6152 kB file and took 21.353 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 74 % of your hosts average (bellsouth.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-5KGJV4O0M User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0 [!] IE :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 2193 Kbps about 2.2 Mbps (tested with 6152 kB) Download Speed is:: 268 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main) Test Time:: 2008/06/23 - 12:05pm Bottom Line:: 38X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 3.82 sec Tested from a 6152 kB file and took 22.984 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 68.77 % of your hosts average (bellsouth.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-MLXPZQBUA User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1) [!] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted June 24, 2008 CID Share Posted June 24, 2008 Speed is a lot closer on my XP computer with Cablenut, but Firefox is still slower. Firefox 3.0 testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 13006 Kbps about 13.01 Mbps (tested with 12288 kB) Download Speed is:: 1588 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 1494 Kbps about 1.5 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 182 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Main) Test Time:: 2008/06/24 - 2:02am D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-XOCF2E1P7 U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-KYJTEG4QS User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0 [!] Internet Explorer 32-bit :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 15234 Kbps about 15.23 Mbps (tested with 25600 kB) Download Speed is:: 1860 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 1559 Kbps about 1.6 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 190 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Main) Test Time:: 2008/06/24 - 1:59am D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-SGTUYAN9V U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-FOCY00V5N User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1) [!] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granpa Posted June 24, 2008 CID Share Posted June 24, 2008 Yep, FF is too much tweaking for me. And it still slowed my speeds down. FF 3 makes Granpa even faster , tweaking, no problem. Tommie I hope i don't get like you when I get your age Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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