Why TraceMonkey is Going to Blow Your Web Browsing Mind

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Sorry to rain on the parade, but I've never felt js slowness in Firefox (I'm on osx). What I do feel every day is:

1. Crazy memory consumption for "power" usage (even without extensions)

2. The flash plugin just kills my CPU like Jack the Ripper.

Fixing those two would be on top of my priorities list.

Try Webkit (the Safari nightly build). Also RAM is getting so cheap (I just got 4GB on Amazon for $60) that maxing it out will save you a lot of time.

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