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Just upgraded to 12.2 as a fresh installation. I am very impressed.
One issue I have noted is that on starting firefox I get two firefox buttons appearing on the status bar and a bouncing firefox icon which persists for some seconds before disappearing along with the second firefox button.
This may be a firefox 3 rather than a slackware 12.2 issue.
I had thought that it might be an issue with my old .mozilla directory but I have tried deleting it and starting afresh and still get the problem.
No idea why, but I have noticed it takes several seconds longer for FF3 to start under KDE than it does under XFCE, for some reason. I'm sure FF2 wasn't as bad. This is under Slackware 12.1, by the way. Switching off startup notification does not help.
Last edited by Eternal_Newbie; 12-17-2008 at 03:13 PM.
Maybe you've turned on the session restore?
FF does load a bit slower on KDE than IceWM (which I use), so I can imagine it's also a bit faster on Xfce.
I've also got this issue with Fx on Slackware. Though I disable the launch feedback in kcontrol. I'm also curious on what causes it to do this. Also it loads quicker on XFCE, but I'm sure this is because of the gtk elements.
Control Center > Appearance and Themes > Launch Feedback:
1. From the dropdown box choose 'no busy cursor'.
2. Uncheck the box for launch feedback.
You can also disable launch feedback just for Firefox:
1. Right-click Firefox in the start menu and choose 'edit'.
2. Uncheck the box for launch feedback.
Dig
Just upgraded to Slack 12.2 last night and immediately noticed the "bouncing icon" and the double Firefox instance on the task bar. I viewed it as a bit of an annoyance since it seemed to drag on.
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