And you think IE sucks

[SunnyD]

Downloaded and trying out Netscape 8.0.1 - talk about bloatware! 64meg footprint just browsing AT!

Yuk.

 

[gshock888]

i think firefox takes ~60MB on memory too

the flash ads is a bitch... and 64mb is not a lot now seeing how 512mb and 1GB systems are the norm...
does anyone know how much ie will take?

 

[KoolDrew]

LOL. I do agree.

 

[SunnyD]

Looking at this very page with IE and Netscape at the same time, netscape is up to 79meg, IE is taking no more than 26meg (I have 3 instances of IE open at the moment, the smallest is 16meg, the largest is 26meg).

Suck on that.

 

[homercles337]

MS, TOOL please die.

 

[sandorski]

Start opening multiple pages, Tabs for Netscape, Windows for IE.

 

[gshock888]

not a MS hater or fanboy, but did you guys ever think that since IE is tightly integrated into the OS, that the memory/footprint might be offloaded to other DLL or EXE files? just a thought...

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: gshock888
not a MS hater or fanboy, but did you guys ever think that since IE is tightly integrated into the OS, that the memory/footprint might be offloaded to other DLL or EXE files? just a thought...

That's absolutely the case. The HTML renderer is used for Help and Explorer, among other things.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: homercles337
MS, TOOL please die.

 

[computeerrgghh]

Originally posted by: gshock888
i think firefox takes ~60MB on memory too

the flash ads is a bitch... and 64mb is not a lot now seeing how 512mb and 1GB systems are the norm...
does anyone know how much ie will take?

flashblock is your friend
edit: Oh and 35k with 3 tabs

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: homercles337
MS, TOOL please die.

Wow, a little criticism for Mozilla and the namecalling begins. How typical of fanboys.

 

[bersl2]

Originally posted by: Megatomic

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: homercles337
MS, TOOL please die.

Wow, a little criticism for Mozilla and the namecalling begins. How typical of fanboys.

Wow, a little trolling and fanboyism and the namecalling continues. How typical of counter-fanboys.

Address the possibility of OS integration hiding memory footprint.

 

[nOObBooB]

Originally posted by: bersl2

Originally posted by: Megatomic

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: homercles337
MS, TOOL please die.

Wow, a little criticism for Mozilla and the namecalling begins. How typical of fanboys.

Wow, a little trolling and fanboyism and the namecalling continues. How typical of counter-fanboys.

Address the possibility of OS integration hiding memory footprint. Now.

Well then doesnt that make IE better since it uses the os to its full extent. Yeah its created by ms and its an ms os, but less memory usages works for me.

I realize IE is a lot faster than firefox.

 

[tfinch2]

Unused memory is wasted memory.

 

[Malak]

Memory usage was never a reason for ditching IE

 

[nOObBooB]

Originally posted by: KruptosAngelos
Memory usage was never a reason for ditching IE

Its mine against firefox. So much memory useage then gets slow when responding.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: nOObBooB

Originally posted by: KruptosAngelos
Memory usage was never a reason for ditching IE

Its mine against firefox. So much memory useage then gets slow when responding.

Maybe if you are stuck on 256mb RAM :roll:

 

[bersl2]

Originally posted by: nOObBooB

Originally posted by: KruptosAngelos
Memory usage was never a reason for ditching IE

Its mine against firefox. So much memory useage then gets slow when responding.

Are you sure that any speed or lack thereof is simply not what you wish to perceive? And if it is not only that, how can you demonstrate this?

 

[nOObBooB]

Originally posted by: bersl2

Originally posted by: nOObBooB

Originally posted by: KruptosAngelos
Memory usage was never a reason for ditching IE

Its mine against firefox. So much memory useage then gets slow when responding.

Are you sure that any speed or lack thereof is simply not what you wish to perceive? And if it is not only that, how can you demonstrate this?

I have used both IE and firefox alot. Just from viewing a webpage and the number of times firefox has become unstable and crashed. Just take a step back, load up IE and use it sometime, you might notice a difference.

Believe me if you wish, but i am sure i am not alone.

 

[mechBgon]

Address the possibility of OS integration hiding memory footprint.

Errr, I intend to run the OS regardless, so your point is...? Big picture: with most of us having 512MB+ of RAM here, hopefully 40MB one way or the other to use the browser you happen to prefer is not a big deal.

Launch speed remains an issue with alternate browsers, at least where I work. Nothing can touch IE in that department, especially when there's strong antivirus/anti-intrusion software checking everything on execution.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Address the possibility of OS integration hiding memory footprint.

Errr, I intend to run the OS regardless, so your point is...? Big picture: with most of us having 512MB+ of RAM here, hopefully 40MB one way or the other to use the browser you happen to prefer is not a big deal.

Launch speed remains an issue with alternate browsers, at least where I work. Nothing can touch IE in that department, especially when there's strong antivirus/anti-intrusion software checking everything on execution.

There's always Opera It's a hell of a lot faster on my lower end machine as well as some other <500MHz systems.

It also renders most pages faster than FireFox, so :thumbsup:

</fanboy>

 

[Malak]

Yeah you can compare IE and Firefox all day, but Opera is still faster than both, and has 10x the functionality to boot.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: bersl2

Originally posted by: Megatomic

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: homercles337
MS, TOOL please die.

Wow, a little criticism for Mozilla and the namecalling begins. How typical of fanboys.

Wow, a little trolling and fanboyism and the namecalling continues. How typical of counter-fanboys.

Address the possibility of OS integration hiding memory footprint.

Hahaha. :roll: I use Firefox and Mozilla both, not to mention Thunderbird, I'm just not an anti-MS snob like some people. Address that.

 

[EpsiIon]

Originally posted by: Megatomic

Originally posted by: bersl2

Originally posted by: Megatomic

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: homercles337
MS, TOOL please die.

Wow, a little criticism for Mozilla and the namecalling begins. How typical of fanboys.

Wow, a little trolling and fanboyism and the namecalling continues. How typical of counter-fanboys.

Address the possibility of OS integration hiding memory footprint.

Hahaha. :roll: I use Firefox and Mozilla both, not to mention Thunderbird, I'm just not an anti-MS snob like some people. Address that.

Owned.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Address the possibility of OS integration hiding memory footprint.

Errr, I intend to run the OS regardless, so your point is...? Big picture: with most of us having 512MB+ of RAM here, hopefully 40MB one way or the other to use the browser you happen to prefer is not a big deal.

Launch speed remains an issue with alternate browsers, at least where I work. Nothing can touch IE in that department, especially when there's strong antivirus/anti-intrusion software checking everything on execution.

There's always Opera It's a hell of a lot faster on my lower end machine as well as some other <500MHz systems.

It also renders most pages faster than FireFox, so :thumbsup:

</fanboy>

I don't like adware very much Yeah, that banner at the top. Nooooo, thank you. But I will try it tomorrow for a launch-speed comparison on one of my old Gateway Celeron 566's w/256MB RAM, and drop you a PM with the launch-speed results.

Last round, it was IE launching in ~2 seconds, FireFox launching in ~45 seconds. With our unit cost billing out at over $100 per hour here, you can see why I'm not too enthused about browsers that take 20-40 seconds to launch and don't even have a dasm splash screen to indicate they're on the way :| Although at least Netscape has one, last I checked.

Results tomorrow, unless I forget For reference: VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i, ph33r it!!! :Q