Re: [dylug] Merry Christmas - (Firefox/linux really worth the switch ?)

LOL :-) 
cheers , 
vivek 


On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:24:36 +0530, Debajit Adhikary <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hmmm... now that's one pretty long fire(fox)y thread... after the long
> meg(h)a bash reunion thread [double pun fully intended ;] and the
> other open source thingy ;)
> 
> (I'm catching all the action a little late here... was away last week :)
> 
> My expert comments are inline ;)
> 
> varun wrote:
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> > Now days even hotmail are offering 250mb space (for those of u who just got
> > up hotmail has upgraded)
> 
> Hey... my teensy weensy Hotmail account is still a measly 2MB ... :(
> 
> For all those of you who have Hotmail accounts... is your mailbox
> still 2mb? I'm beginning to wonder... ever since Sabeer Bhatia sold
> Hotmail to MS, i think MS has been snooping in my mailbox and reading
> all the MS hate mails... Damn!! I knew it!! That's why i still have a
> 2MB mailbox!! :(
> 
> > U know may be firefox tweaks the system for best performance so as long as
> > you are just opening gmail or 1-2 more sites its good but when u really put
> > load on it, it simply does not work. Why don't you give it a short ...
> 
> A *short*? What on earth is that?!
> I don't know what that is, but I don't plan to give my Firefox a
> *short* whatever-it-means :D
> 
> 
> > Something you must have noticed is when u click on the link to open firefox
> > the window appears after a long delay while ie6 comes up almost immediately.
> 
> IE? What the @#c% is that? Ignoramus eDiot?
> 
> Oops... sorry.... PJ overload that...
> Here's a more technoid why:
> 
> IE shares a *hell* lot of DLL's with the core Windows OS -- so they
> don't need to be reloaded everytime IE runs, and saves loading time
> for IE. So IE is largely in a way *preloaded* before you actually run
> it. That holds true for MS Office as well. Good thinking of MS's part.
> I don't see anything wrong with it. Only that no one would want to see
> any other browser any longer. Seen the Matrix? :) Some of us on this
> earth decided to go the Neo way...
> 
> Mozilla (the *suite* as opposed to firefox -- which is standalone)
> does have a feature which allows key slow components to be "preloaded"
> in a way -- it sits in your taskbar.
> 
> 
> > Ok and about linux, i very much agree with you on tweaking. Everyone knows
> > about and uses MSCONFIG, but i feel certain things about linux (even after
> > tweaking) ultimately overloads the system.
> 
> Hmmm.... "certain things about Linux"... Yep. Bingo, dude! "Certain
> things about Linux" can and sure will overload your system!!
> 
> 
> > Yes i am 100% with u, linux is a programmers Paradise and no second thoughts
> > to it.
> 
> Hmmm.... *Paradise*... Utopia... The Garden of Eden... interesting...
> BTW, come to think of it, who's Adam and Eve?!
> 
> 
> > I just feel when ever a new s/w comes every1 goes ga-ga over it ... but tell
> > me something how many days does it really takes till we are back on windows
> > with ie and outlook. (Now debu might be a exception to this)
> 
> 
> No I'm not!
> I still play some of my games on Windows :)
> I'm a gamer ya know ;) Yeah, big time gamer me ;)
> 
> 
> > "Anything that is difficult to get or hipped about becomes popular even
> > though it might not be really worth".
> 
> Bingo!! Things that Win aren't always worth it ya know.
> 
> 
> > and users do turn back to their old trusted ones ... i know so many people
> > who have used gmail and returned to yahoo ...
> 
> Hmmm... elaborate please!! I'd like to know why!
> Man... damn those ya-hoo(ligans)!
> 
> 
> > Ok another mail becoming tooo long
> 
> Okie.... now I'm kinda getting an inkling about what "giving it a
> *short*" would mean... hmmm...
> 
> > Hope u had a nice time on christmas
> 
> Yep, took a nice long break from work :)
> 
> > Cheers
> 
> Wish you all a great new year ahead!! ;)
> 
> luv
> Debajit ;)
> 
> PS: I have no idea as to what the hell I've written. By reading this,
> it is automagically assumed that you will in no way hold me
> responsible for any offence or damage caused whatsoever, to anything
> tangible or otherwise.
> 
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