Re: Poll: Firefox 3 Beta slower than Firefox 2?

In article <1ic9ldr.1nhzjyg1atzx9xN%nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Richard Maine) wrote:

> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > In article <kdNsj.237$sh.10@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, jeff <jeff@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > I rarely use FF 2 as is is much slower (imho) than Safari 3
> > 
> > Firefox is certainly *not* much slower with AdBlock Plus loaded!!! 
> > Firefox + AdBlock Plus means the browser no longer waits for 99.9% of
> > ads to load.
> 
> Amen. You mean there are actually people who use Firefox without AdBlock
> Plus? I thought AdBlock Plus was the whole point of Firefox. :-)
>
> I might even say that running FireFox without AdBlock Plus is a lot like
> running Linux on a Mac. Makes one wonder why, as you've lost the biggest
> benefit. Yes, I have known people to run Linux on a Mac. And I've run
> Linux myself on other boxes, but they were boxes with a lot better
> cost/performance than a Mac; if you are running Linux on the Mac anyway,
> you've eliminated the other factors of the Mac's value.

Same here!   : )  Firefox is just an AdBlock Plus enabler for me. I 
won't browse without it anymore!

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