Answer to slow load?

Sea Monkey 2.03, as well as other programs like Thunderbird mail often take a really long time to load. Is there any problem with minimizing these programs to Tray when they are not being used, so that they pop up instantly when needed? Does this drain resources, affect performance?

I read in another post I cannot now find that one can speed up the initial start of Sea Monkey, by adding /prefetch -1 to the command in your icon shortcut. Any problem doing this?

Thanks for your help.

 

And, what is Seamokey2.0.3? The last I heard, it was available as a nightly, as 2.0b1.
I have not seen a final version.
And, what is a "long time "? I check my mail gtwice each day, and, rarely, do anything with it in between, but if the loading time is extremely long, like minutes, may be minimizing may be an answer.

 

Slow loading

Broni,

Here's the info you requested:

C: drive has 32.8 GB used, 13.1 GB free
Zone Alarm and Norton Anti-virus
Pentium 4 - 2.40 GHz

Extensions and Add-ons (I don't know how some of these got here, as I did not put them in)

Extensions:
AdBlock Plus
DOM Inspector
Javascript Debugger 0.9.87.4
Last Pass (Password program)
No Squint
Stylish

Plug-ins:
Adobe Acrobat
Java Platform SE U10
Microsoft DRM (DRM Netscape Object)
Microsoft DRM (DRM Netscape Plugin)
Mozilla Default Plugin
Shockwave Flash
Windows Media Player Plugin Dynamic Link Library
Windows Presentation Foundation

User Styles (under Stylish)
Colorize Firefox Active Tab

Hope this helps. And thanks.

 

Slow Loading

I downloaded SM 2.0a3 from SM website. I don't know what "nightly" is. Is 2.0b1 a later version?

"Slow" means up to 20 seconds sometimes. (Am I being unrealistic?)

I don't check mail very often, but I do access the Internet often, so I like to have it readily available.

 

Slow load

Typo in last post. When SM is loading slowly, it can take up to 50-60 seconds. On a "fast" day, it's usually about 20.

 

Broni: Have been unable to do this for past few days due to illness. Will get to it shortly. However, before I do, please let me know where we are going. If I do all these things and SM loads faster, what next? Do we load each program separately, re-start and see what happens? If that's the case, I'll need a fair amount of time for this project. (Re-start takes forever, too.) And when it's all done, is it as easy as clicking an "enable" button to get all these services back online where they were? Or do I need to note which ones were checked and re-check them? Can I do a System Restore before doing any of these steps and get back to where I started?
Thanks again for your help.

 

Davidcal,
I did not see all the replies which followed mine. Too hot to do anything! Even inside. A nightly is precisely what it says. It not a final version, and it may be a workup by one developer.. If you can give a link to 2.0.3, I would appreciate. I had no idea that a final version had been released. I know of a Flock2.0.3, but not Seamonkey. Flock is a Firefox with a twist. For me a 20 sec. loading time. is average, for any program.
I found it, and, after reading the page, I realized that it was a Seamonkey2.0alpha3, as corrected in message 5. Quite preliminary. The nightlies I use are 2.0beta1, so a step ahead of alpha3.