Why is Firefox such a beast??

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Frank Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:14:10 -0700
> Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
> 
>> I find all of the language extensions to be pointless for my usage but I
>> can't tell if it's because my system/profile has existed for quite some
>> time and has been upgraded from like FC-4, FC-5, etc.
> 
> After doing a Firefox upgrade or install, I always crank up Firefox as root and
> delete all of the languages (and the dom-inspector thing).  Firefox runs much
> faster after that.
> 
> It's never been clear to me if I could accomplish the same thing by simply
> deleting the language files directly instead of going through the Firefox
> "really delete this?" stuff.
> 
Yes, you can delete the languages directly. I normally do it after
an upgrade, but before firing it up as root. You can find the
directories containing the different languages in
/usr/lib/firefox-<version>/extensions.

Mikkel
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