Browser Performance

[Jonathan Hutchins]

So I'm trying out the concept of running in Linux as my primary OS instead of 
Windows95, with KDE on RedHat 8.1RC2 as the current environment, and it's 
going reasonably well. 
 
Some things seem to take too long to load, particularly the Konqueror file 
browser.  Some things are still a puzzle - if I create a bash script and try 
to get a desktop link to it, it comes up as a plain text file. 
 
My Compaq keyboard with the eight shortcut buttons still doesn't work, and the 
closest I can find in teh KDE gui config is for one with "seven buttons".  I 
changed the login manager settings in the KDE control panel (only thing I 
could find) and it didn't take effect. 
 
I did get Quicken for Windows (~v6?) to run under Wine, although I haven't 
worked out how to get a shortcut to it yet (that's why I was trying to link to 
a bash script). 
 
Trying to run Garmin's Map Source for my GPS under Wine gives a segfault. 
 
Haven't tried DeLorme's Map StreetAtlas 9 under Wine yet. 
 
But to the topic: browser performance:   
 
Knoqueror aparantly lacks some scripting support; it can't open RHN and it 
doesn't load my bank's web page.  An informal wristwatch timing sesssion 
opening the Bank of America page with Mozilla vs. Galeon yeilded: 
 
Mozilla: 10 seconds 
Galeon:	 13 seconds 
 
Surprising to me, I thought Mozilla was still the bloat-monster. 
({mozilla|galleon} http://www.bankofamerica.com) 

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