Very true. Yahoo is a website Google is a web search if you understand what i mean, yahoo contains actual content for users to read ect where as google is only used for searching for websites which the user will go on to read on.
Just because new computers generally come with more RAM doesn't mean that a site like Yahoo should assume that most of its users have that much RAM. My laptop and my desktop both have 2GB or more but I have 4 slightly older computers that my kids and wife use. They run fine on XP with the amount of RAM they have about 90% of the time, but about 10% of the sites slow them down to a crawl. I have known for a while that I need to add RAM to each of them, but it is a pain in the a** to be forced into opening all four cases and jacking up the RAM.
Not to degrade this conversation, but you said yahoo was the top "search engine" which they are not. Secondly, Alexa shows more traffic to Google than Yahoo. Check it out. http://www.alexa.com/
Alexa could very well be the worst stats counter in the universe. To clarify what I meant to say: Yahoo is more popular IN GENERAL (pageviews, etc) Google, yes, has more searches performed. However, Yahoo remains the #1 most popular site overall as far as I last checked, and I would assume is still correct by a longshot. As another member commented, Yahoo has mail, instant messaging, stocks, groups, news, etc. where Google is more geared toward searches only, which is way I use Google anyway. P.S.- I believe I read an article not long ago that Myspace has actually passed Yahoo in total monthly pageviews due to the fact that Yahoo uses a lot of ajax which does not "refresh" your screen, creating anoher pageview.
Ya they never take a BREAK with bells and whistles, and just let the system resources people have get a little ahead of the features. Right now year after year its the same dang thing, your computer gets better, then make the apps use more and more were just not getting anywhere fast with with ragards to speed with this type of development. It sucks..
I was using a Celeron 1.xgHz processor with only 64mb of ram for about 7 years. I never did any Windows updates, application updates and I bought an external firewall box instead of running all that symantec crap on my computer. That computer ran absolutely fine for me and I used to to perform scheduled FTP backups of my sites onto the hard drive, then 10 minutes later, upload them to another web server, then the computer turned off by itself. I could rely on that thing with my life. I had about 17 websites with their databases being backed up on a daily basis with NO glitches for 7 years without a problem. The software companies (including windows) make you think !!!BUY MORE RAM * BY MORE RAM!!! from the second you buy your computer. Have you ever bought a new PC and opened msconfig and see the amount of startup programs and processes by default? It's crazy! You can be using 70% full system resources just by booting to your desktop with a fresh install. I just bought a 2 year old Dell which I am formatting and installing Linux on. I will also NEVER allow it to be accessible to ine Internet which will prevent TONS and TONS of my problems I would encounter later on. If I want a program, I download it from another PC, burn it to disc and install it from disc onto the protected computer. I promise- you'll never have a problem.
Just found this in my Inbox - the most valuable feature of Yahoo for many people just got canned - We are writing to you about some upcoming changes to your Verizon Yahoo! account. Also, after careful consideration, some of the premium services associated with your Verizon Yahoo! account, like Verizon Yahoo! Online Protection all-in-one security suite, will be discontinued before the end of this year. More Ram but less features and more ads - Gmail FTW.
Wait, I'm very confused here. You say Alexa stats are basically worthless, then you say Yahoo has more page views and is by far the most popular of the two last you checked... If you don't trust Alexa, who are you trusting for your information for these facts? You are aware Google splits up their services to various domains much more than Yahoo right? Google uses gmail for email while Yahoo uses... Yahoo, as one example. So the numbers may very well be off when comparing usage of the two main domains.
They also own Youtube which uses www.youtube.com not google.com, and its #3, Google may aswell be #1.
Yahoo is a damn awesome website that provides so many useful services it's ridiculous. It's like my "all-in-one" website for a lot of things. I even use the search when I'm too lazy to go to Google.
Just to add another quick comment... with Yahoo mail it seems to take at least a few minutes to receive the email whereas with gmail, the mail comes through IMMEDIATELY. I'm suprised at how fast gmail is delivered. And P.S.- Yahoo SPAM filter SUUUUUUCKS!
it loads fine for me.. but then again, I have a few gigs of ram i use google anyways.. for everything