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I don't think critique should be necessary at all. It's a topic for posting our desktops, and that's it. It's not a group discussion on "proper" desktop management.

So people are allowed to say, "Awesome desktop", "Cool desktop", "So clean, nice", but they're not allowed to go the other way? :blink:

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So people are allowed to say, "Awesome desktop", "Cool desktop", "So clean, nice", but they're not allowed to go the other way? :blink:

Not necessarily but personal preference isn't something you can pass or fail at... it's one of those things that fall in the category of no right or wrong answer... There is no right or wrong desktop... ONLY what works for you and what you like.

Now people can agree or disagree so to speak... they can either like your style or taste when it comes to desktops or not. The counter part to the "Awesome Desktop" type of comments would be more along the lines of "Not for me" or "I don't really like that one" or "Too much going on for my taste" but certainly not a pass or fail type of thing as if desktops were some sort of test to see if the all mighty mod and desktop gods condone or bless your desktop lol.

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The Webkit nightlies are undoubtedly fast. VERY fast. They also use an awful lot of RAM when you keep the browser open over a few hours though - I've seen Webkit use > 500 MB of RAM. Firefox 3 on the other hand rarely uses > 200 MB. Bit of a difference really, don't you think?

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The Webkit nightlies are undoubtedly fast. VERY fast. They also use an awful lot of RAM when you keep the browser open over a few hours though - I've seen Webkit use > 500 MB of RAM. Firefox 3 on the other hand rarely uses > 200 MB. Bit of a difference really, don't you think?

Most of those issues haven't been showing up to me lately, I've had this Webkit window open for about 27 hours now... First column is real memory used, second is virtual memory reserved.

513 WebKit xxxxx 10.4 15 147.81 MB 1.10 GB Intel

Maybe it's a 10.5.3 fix that hasn't been widely publicized.

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Most of those issues haven't been showing up to me lately, I've had this Webkit window open for about 27 hours now... First column is real memory used, second is virtual memory reserved.

513 WebKit xxxxx 10.4 15 147.81 MB 1.10 GB Intel

Maybe it's a 10.5.3 fix that hasn't been widely publicized.

I'll give the latest nightly a shot. Speaking of 10.5.3 - when is it going to be out?

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The Webkit nightlies are undoubtedly fast. VERY fast. They also use an awful lot of RAM when you keep the browser open over a few hours though - I've seen Webkit use > 500 MB of RAM. Firefox 3 on the other hand rarely uses > 200 MB. Bit of a difference really, don't you think?

What's the point of RAM if you don't use it :p

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