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> > I see no way to toggle images off and on,
>
> That option is on the CONTENT page.

In Opera you use a couple of keystrokes, or the View, Images menu, or some 
icon near the page top.  Firefox is less convenient.

> > or to load just one image in the main page.
>
> You also have the option of displaying only
> images only from the main page.

I don't understand what you mean here.

> > How much more memory does Firefox 3 require
> > than 1.5?
>
> For starters, Firefox 3 requires GTK2.
> GTK1 has a significantly smaller footprint.

How much RAM difference?

> > I read that 2 takes 50-100% more than 3.

> Yes, Firefox 2 is bigger and slower than Firefox 1.5.
> > From what I've heard, Firefox 3 is much faster than
> Firefox 2, but unfortunately Firefox 3 does not have
> the GTK1 option.
>
> > Would it work with Slackware 11 libraries and
> > enough cpu and RAM?
>
> Do you mean the official Firefox 3 binary for Linux?
> According to mozilla.com, you need:             I have in SW11
> -------------------------------- 
> * 256 MB of RAM				1GB
> * 100 MB of free disk space                     1GB
> * glibc 2.3.2 or higher			2.3.6 
> * fontconfig (also known as xft)		not found
> * libstdc++5                                    6.0.3
> * GTK+ 2.10 or higher                           libgtk-1.2 libgtk-x11-2.0
> * GLib 2.12 or higher                           2.0.so.0.1000.3
> * Pango 1.14 or higher                  1.0.so.0.1201.3
> * X.Org 1.0 or higher                           ? libX11.so.6.2

Even Slackware 11 would need later libraries.  Where did  you find them?
BL3 would need a rather large upgrade package!


Firefox 3.04 works in Win2K in 64MB RAM, tolerably fast.
Sindi

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> Cheers,
> Steven