Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:41:59 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@freebsd.org> Cc: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Note on my experience with Netscape 4.6 Message-ID: <374D2177.CA4A1AB8@uk.radan.com> References: <199905270030.TAA08669@dyson.iquest.net> <374CEF9F.2FE8CA45@uk.radan.com> <19990527122201.A7840@bitbox.follo.net>
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Eivind Eklund wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 27, 1999 at 08:09:19AM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote:
> > "John S. Dyson" wrote:
> > >
> > > Gang,
> > > Didn't know where to post this, so just thought
> > > that I'd tell you that if you are running the
> > > Linux version of 4.6, give the FreeBSD version a
> > > try if you can. It really seems LOTS faster on
> > > startup, and might even be faster in general for
> > > some reason.
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for the tip.
> >
> > Have they fixed the crap text search algorithm yet? With 4.5 you
> > measure the search time for large (couple of hundred KB) HTML docs in
> > minutes!
>
> Actually, this does not seem to be a problem with the search
> algorithm, but rather with something in the redraw code. The long
> search time is due to memory use and swapping;
Yes, my HD light doesn't flash, it stays on permanently.
> I don't know exactly how it manage to use memory, though.
>
> I do know the workaround, though: Move the requester where you enter
> the search term outside the window where you have the actual webpage.
I'll try it, thanks for the tip
> (It is one of the weirdest bugs I know of...)
>
Wierd is an understatement.
> Eivind.
>
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