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Using Safari Slows Your System?

Posted by kdawson on from the need-for-speed dept.

sandoz writes "Macenstein has up an interesting article with some evidence that running Safari seems to slow down unrelated programs. While the speed with which a browser renders a Web page is an important measure, the difference between browsers is usually a matter of a few seconds at most. To my mind, a more important measure of speed is how a browser affects the overall speed of your system." Some responses to the article suggest that memory handling in WebKit may be the culprit. The Safari developers have already responded to this article on the webkit.org blog. They explain why the slowdown might be occurring and how it's (probably) already been fixed in the nightly build. And they request more minimal test cases.

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  1. my test case by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have a 5-1/2 year old iBook. Running anything slows my system down... : p

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  2. Bloomin' OS X copycats by tttonyyy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't you realise Windows has this technology already - it's been slowing down unrelated programs for years! (Sorry, I know it's cheap, but I couldn't resist!)

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  3. Re:I concur by loafing_oaf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just switch to Firefox. I'm using it right now on Windows XP, and I haven't noticed any problems with memory le*$@!!- NO CARRIER

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