On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 04:48:02AM -0300, Rogerio Brito wrote: > Not to mention that this implies that Mozilla is *slow* (since > it doesn't fit in core), depending on what it is doing (for > basic navigation, it is ok; opening a new window makes it > slow; navigating through the Preferences menus is even > *slower*).
Like I have said before, this is constantly improving. The other day I was surfing the web, and as I was going to shut Mozilla down I ended up closing window after window. As it was, I had had in total 5 different windows open, and I hadn't noticed any considerable slowdown. This is with the M18 build on a 233Mhz K6 with 64 megs of RAM, so my machine is rather modest too. When I look back at the days when I used to run Netscape I seem to remember that opening more than one windows was pretty much asking for a crash. People also seem to forget that performance has been very much a secondary priority up until now. The big work so far has been to get features in and fix bugs. Now that most features are in the performance work can begin, and I have full trust in that the Mozilla team will do an excellent job optimizing it. I have seen some incredible speed-ups in the past, so I know just how much things can improve. > I don't know why the rationale of such a complex application is. Not > even making considerations from a usability standpoint, the Mozilla > coordination must have nightmares every single night for maintaining > such a huge project. One of the basic laws of engineering is the KISS > principle, of course I agree that the Mozilla team has given themselves a huge task by choosing to make an entire communicator suit, and not just a browser. I myself don't want Mozilla Mail; I use Mutt for that just like you do. I don't want a USENET reader nor a IRC client in my browser either. What you have to remember though is that you have the option of exactly what components you want to install. If you only want to install the browser you can do so. I am pretty sure that we will see a browser-only debian package of Mozilla pretty soon, and a mailnews package for those who want that. Looking at mail headers over the years have tought me that there still are quiet a lot of people who seam to like using Netscape to handle their mail, and I think it's nice to give those people that option. But don't get me wrong, I applaud alternatives like Galeon and similair projects. They are using what many feel is the best thing the Mozilla team has created, namely Gecko. This rendering engine has also seen some big improvements on the Linux side recently in M18, closing the gap to the Windows build. Although I must admit that having to install around 20 different packages (libgnome32 and friends) in order to be able to run Galeon doesn't strike me as very light weight nor nice from a users standpoint, but who am I to judge?:-) So to summarize, it is great to have many choices to choose from when deciding what browser or communication suit you want to use. We should be glad that we have that choice, instead of complaing about the slowness of one project or the other. Don't forget that the Mozilla team created Gecko, and the word "slow" isn't the first one that pops up in my mind when I think of it. -- // André
