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Date:	Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:21:07 PDT7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Mozilla 1.7 extremely slow

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Steven Levine wrote:
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> Any possibility you have incredibly huge cache or history settings?
> I keep the disk cache set to 1MB since I have plenty of RAM. I keep
> the history set to 4 days which is good enough for my uses.

Whatever the defaults are. I just installed it.

Hmm, here's a possible cause. The installer asked if I wanted to copy
my Netscape 4.61 settings (I still have 4.61 installed 'cause Moz 1.0
blows up on OS/2 e-Zine). Maybe I have some settings in 4.61 that don't
work so good in 1.7.2?

> You can run all the Java 1.1.8 compatible applications you want to.
> Why would the browser care what Java you use to run applications with?

Don't ask me. Ask Steve Wendt. It's *his* web page. That's where it
says SET JAVA_HOME=(path to 1.3)

> You will not convince Mozilla to use your v1.1.8 to run applets unless you
> haul out your coding pencil and write your own version of ipluginw.dll

Who's running applets? I'm trying to load my HTML home page.

> You just need to learn the difference between Java
> applications and Java applets.

It's nice that Mozilla has such excellent documentation on what the Java
requirements are.

Iirc, Java apps run by themselves and Java applets use something like
. I played with applets a while back, there are some very
cool ones. There were/are (I haven't checked lately) web sites where
you can download free applets and you can buy/license the fancy ones.

> >It sounds like I have a Java problem. Yes?
>
> No. You have a browser problem. Think about it.
> How could a Java problem have anything to do with
> loading a page that invokes no Java applets?

Why think when I can "read the docs" at Steve Wendt's page? :)))

Anyway, I certainly agree that I have a browser problem with this Moz
1.7.2 thingamajig. Wish I could remember what ray of light recommended
it.

I'll test again tomorrow and watch the cpu loading.

> >May I be ornery for a moment? Why doesn't the stupid
> >program *check* which version of Java is running and
> >tell you if it doesn't like what it finds?
>
> It does check and it does report. Why don't you know how to view
> the plugin status after using a browser for all these years?

I don't use any plugins. What do I want plugins for? Anyway, I've been
misled -- it apparently isn't my Java.

Back to the 1.7.2 slowness problem: If it's not caused by my version of
Java, where should I look next?

- Peter

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