Firefox is so slow

[doug at safeport.com]

On Mon, 29 Apr 2013, Robert Huff wrote:

>
> David Demelier writes:
>
>>  On my machine : intel i3 540, 2G of RAM and FreeBSD 9.1 it takes
>>  around 12 secondes to start. Is it so long for you too?
>
> 	Additional data point:
> 	System:
>
> FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #0 r248938: Sun Mar 31 06:24:42 EDT 2013  amd64
>
> 	Hardware:
>
> 	AMD Phenom, 4 cores @ 3 Ghz, 8mbytes RAM
>
> 	With the load (as reported by top) at around 6, Firefox 20 also
> takes ~12 seconds.
> 	On the other hand ... once I open a browser I work within it,
> until it's no longer needed (or it crashes :-( ).  Opening a new
> window/tab in SeaMonkey is so fast I can barely see it happen.

I have a <$300 HP desktop. No Flash, Java. Firefox starts immediately (<1 sec) 
would need a stopwatch to be more accurate. the specs:

   firefox-9.0.1,1
   xorg 7.5.1
   -----
   9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD
   CPU: AMD E-350 Processor (1600.03-MHz K8-class CPU)
   real memory  = 2147483648 (2048 MB)
   avail memory = 1638866944 (1562 MB)
   FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)

Slow bandwide, DNS, website can add to things. I use our website as Home and 
have the cheapest Comcast cable service. FreeBSD was compiled, firefox and xorg 
from 9.0 packages.