XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: G6JPG-255@255soft.uk   
      
   In message , Mayayana   
    writes:   
   []   
   >   I also can't remember last time I saw a crash.   
      
   I don't remember when I last saw what most people refer to as a crash -   
   something going wrong, and an entry in Firefox's crash logging system. I   
   do occasionally see a disappearance: the Firefox window just disappears,   
   extremely rapidly - usually when it's got into that mode (a) it happens   
   once I've typed about four characters into a box [including the URL   
   bar], (b) it stays in that mode on restart, (c) - and this is the   
   oddest! - I know I can cure it by pasting some text into a box in it   
   rather than typing. It's then fine for another few hours or even days.   
   (Actually, it _tends_ to only happen not too long after I've started FF   
   - once it's been going a while, it doesn't get into sudden-disappear   
   mode.)   
   []   
   >  I maintain a decent HOSTS file, which blocks most   
   >3rd-party crap. That saves on load times. I see most   
   >pages load almost instantly.   
      
   I too have a hosts file, but I still sometimes see FF waiting for a site   
   that I've got blocked there (google-analytics being one I notice a lot);   
   I can only presume that's because some script that _is_ running is   
   trying to interrogate that site, and I have no control over that. (Any   
   thoughts, other than blocking _all_ scripts?)   
   >   
   >  The only extensions I have are for fixing broken   
   >things like status bar, etc. I have no plugins. I   
   (Yes, I have that one.)   
   []   
   >  There's no excuse for slow browsers, but these days   
   >they have a big job. If you don't limit script and maintain   
   >a HOSTS file then on the average commercial webpage   
   >you're loading dozens of images, a dozen giant scripts,   
   >and maybe 200 KB of webpage. It's really a midsize   
   >software program. (To get an idea, try downloading   
   >"webpage complete" from some of the sites you visit.   
   >Only a few years ago, 100 KB was too big. Now 2-3   
   >MB of downloads is not unusual. It's a wonder that   
   >browsers can work at all with such bloat.)   
   >   
   Yes, lazy programmers - not just web-page builders, but the creators of   
   the tools that builders use - have a lot to answer for.   
   >   
   --   
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
   "Address the chair!" "There isn't a chair, there's only a rock!" "Well, call   
   it a chair!" "Why not call it a rock?" (First series, fit the sixth.)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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