Mac OS X Slow for Web Browsing?

Atryn writes "Wired News has reportedly confirmed user performance complaints in their own tests. From the article: 'That was a conscious decision Apple made,' Mac MSIE project manager Jimmy Grewal said. 'They optimized for user experience rather than raw performance.'" My hunch is that you can take care of many Mac OS X performance issues by logging in as user ">console" ...

Comments

Re:No problem here.

[larien]

protects against ads and "accidental" pr0n

What, as opposed to deliberate pr0n?

Anyway, what is accidental porn? Is that when the guy misses the, er, lets just stop here....

Re:No problem here.

[Rude Turnip]

Accidental pr0n is when you're at work checking your Yahoo! email and a banner ad for Playboy or Maxxim is at the top of the screen. Only a tad awkward when there are females around. I bitched out Yahoo's customer service and I no longer get pr0n ads.

ATTN: Slashdot and table-intensive sites

[dmccarty]

From the most recent PC Magazine: Without changing the tables themselves, is there anything we can dot o speed things up a bit?

http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s=1487&a=25260 , 0.asp

Re:MSIE (update on Mozilla RC1 - somewhat OT)

[sebol]

too bad,
mozilla rc1 release should appear on /.
instead of "tree close" and branching"