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Date:      Fri, 1 Mar 2002 21:06:51 -0600
From:      "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1015470412.0b8382@mired.org>
To:        "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Taming Netscape Navigator?
Message-ID:  <15488.16843.420527.534348@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0203011634360.2796-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.43.0203011634360.2796-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>

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Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net> types:
> Can anyone share some experiences or advice on how to control netscape?
> 
> Whenever I load a huge page or a page with many tables, netscape slows
> down and usually makes my X unusable for a time (sometimes for several
> minutes and longer).

rm -rf works very nicely for me. Actually, I keep it around so I have
an "unadulterated" browser for pages that are *really* badly
written. I rm -rf ~/.netscape every time I run it, though.

> I don't use Java and this happens with or without javascript.
>
> I have tried changing the scheduling priority to different amounts.
> 
> Anyone use a memory file system for the .netscape files?

Netscape has been oinking every since 2.0. Run something
else. Seriously. Especially since you don't seem to have Java and
JavaScript as a priority.

> Any other ideas?

I use w3m. When I hit a page that bobby would disapprove of most
highly, I hit 2M and skipstone opens on that page. If it sucks so
badly that the Mozilla rendering engine configured the way I like it
doesn't make it readable and I really need to read it, I hit 3M and up
pops Netscape.

	<mike
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