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   Dave Yeo to All   
   Re: FireFox and memory   
   31 Dec 10 15:11:43   
   
   Firefox/4.0b9pre SeaMonkey/2.1b2pre   
   .os2.apps:1300 comp.os.os2.networking.www:10   
   From: Dave Yeo    
      
   Pierre Jelenc wrote:   
   > Dave Yeo  writes:   
   >>   
   >> Even better you should go to ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/mozilla and try   
   >> out one of the Firefox 4 betas and/or SeaMonkey 2.1pre's. Rich has fixed   
   >> quite a bit of the memory wastage in these builds.   
   >   
   > I don't see any FF 4xxx beta there, only 3,7. I had already FF 40b8pre   
   > installed from another source, and I tried that, with success (see my   
   > reply to Marcel Mueller). My SeaMonkey 2.1 is "21b2pre" and it works fine,   
   > though it's not my default because of the spidery font it uses.   
   >   
   > Thanks,   
   >   
   > Pierre   
   >   
      
   Try firefox-20101204.zip, Rich has just been using the compile date for    
   labeling.   
   About the font, read the readme for the font workarounds. Short story is    
   that the newer builds don't support bitmapped fonts anymore, just TTF and ps   
   Dave   
      
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