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silentbicycle
on May 19, 2009
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Finally, CSS based gradient text, no images
There seems to be something really slow about javascript-heavy sites on Unix, I think.
I'm really curious what the underlying cause is, if it's not just perception bias on my part.
rythie
on May 19, 2009
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Possibly, since I don't use anything else I don't know (except in a virtual machine). I get the impression however that the firefox people spend a lot of time optimizing for MacOS and Windows that they don't spend on Linux for some reason.
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I'm really curious what the underlying cause is, if it's not just perception bias on my part.