Uzbl, help a newbie!

Thanks for coming in~! Prepare for newbie questions!
I want to make the switch from Chromium to Uzbl for a majority of my browsing.
I have used Uzbl on a live Ubuntu environment and the loading is incredibly fast. Even the initial page and all following pages. However on Arch the initial loading of Uzbl-tabbed is not as fast (understandable if this is a dependency issue). My problem isn't with the loading of the Uzbl window, it's with the loading of the actual web pages.
I load pages very quickly on Ubuntu (around 1 second for most pages). On Arch I sometimes wait 3~6 seconds while the page loads (the meter sits at 100%) and finally it budges and loads the page. Sometimes it doesn't even load the page and I have to refresh.
I use the default config that is used when you install Uzbl-core, Uzbl-browser and Uzbl-tabbed. Ubuntu doesn't use any of those, it has simply "uzbl" and I am not sure what it's based on. I assume the page loading speed must be a config problem with the Arch install or something. I am at work so I can't posy my config file yet, so sorry about that!
Does anyone know what I should do about this?
Another question, I don't like typing 'uzbl-tabbed' to load the browser with tabbing enabled. As a matter of fact I don't like writing anything longer than uzbl, so I am wondering if the only way around this is to write a simple bash script that will run 'uzbl-tabbed &' when I use uzbl. I don't use many other arguments when I run it, so having a shorter command would be much better and the default packages in the AUR doesn't seem to use the short uzbl command.
Another newbie question, what happens to the Uzbl cache and temp files? I know it keeps cookies by default, but how does it handle the cache and emptying?

Google wrote:
Here's a newbie question. I put the alias inside ~/.bashrc ? I have but it isn't working. I am looking around for an answer, was afraid to ask
edit:
It appears to work now. I guess it just took a while. Thanks, I should have read more about .bashrc, it's really nice to be able to make an alias so simple.
Thanks!
Now I just need to fix the speed and get a hint style script.
If you ever in the future change some aliases, your new aliases will not work in the terminals that were already open before you added/changed the aliases. They will work in all subsequent terminals. However, you can still have your new aliases show up in existing terminal sessions by doing
source ~/.bashrc
Also, look into xbindkeys, you won't regret it.
Last edited by Inxsible (2010-07-01 17:10:36)

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I'm hoping someone can suggest a different, faster way to do the animation I require. Perhaps using the JSplitPane trick is not a good idea in terms of performance. Perhaps there are some tricks I can apply to my JSplitPane trick?
I haven't been using any fancy tricks - no double buffering, volatile images, canvas or other animation speed techniques. I haven't ever used any of those things as I'm fairly new to Swing and the 2D API. Actually I've read somewhere that Swing does double buffering without being told to, if I understood what I read. Is doing double buffering explicitly still required? And, if I do need to use double buffering or canvas or volatile images or anything else, I'm not sure how I would apply those techiniques to my problem, since I'm not animating a static image around the screen, but rather a set of containers (JSplitPanes and JPanels, mostly) and components (mostly JButtons) that often get re-adjusted or expanded as they are being animated. Do I need to get the Graphics object of the top container (would that contain the graphics objects for all the contained components?) and then double buffer, volatile image it, do the animation on a canvas, or something like that? Or what?
Thanks you SO much for any help!
Cortar
Related Issues(?) (Secondary concerns):
Although there are only three main panels, the actual number of GUI components I'm using, during the time of animation, is about 20 JPanels/JSplitPanes and 10 JButtons. Among the JPanels and the JSplitPanes, only a few JPanels are set to visible. I, for one, don't think this higher number of components is what is slowing me down, as I've tried taking out some components on my 3GHz machine and it didn't seem to affect performance much, if any. Am I wrong? Will minimizing components be among the necessary steps towards better performance?
Anyhow, the total number of JContainers that the application creates (mostly JPanels) is perhaps less than 100, and the total number of JComponents created (mostly JButtons and ImageIcons) is less than 200. The application somehow manages to use up 50 MBs RAM. Why? Without looking at the code, can anyone offer a FAQ type of answer to this?

You can comment out the lines that add buttons to the panels to see the behavior with empty panels.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.Timer;
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        gbc.gridwidth = gbc.RELATIVE;
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        gbc.gridwidth = gbc.REMAINDER;
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        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.getContentPane().add(panel);
        f.setSize(400,300);
        f.setLocation(200,200);
        f.setVisible(true);
        timer.start();
    private static double[] cycleWeights()
        if(goLeft)
            weightInc--;
        else
            weightInc++;
        if(weightInc > 100)
            weightInc = 100;
            goLeft = true;
        if(weightInc < 0)
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            goLeft = false;
        double wLeft = weightInc/ 100.0;
        double wRight = (100 - weightInc)/100.0;
        return new double[]{wLeft, wRight};
}

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Right so I'm just getting started with ActionScript (and Flash) and I'm getting a bit confused. I've got quite a bit of experience programming in other languages but I've never touched either actionscript or flash before.
I've got various books and have tried searching around the internet but I can't find anything to help me with this problem... it looks to me like it SHOULD work (but obviously I'm wrong because it doesn't!) I'm just trying to get the base for a game set up, and want to be able to take in user input via the keyboard (I will want mouse control as well, but let's focus on this problem first).
My code is:
package {
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The errors it is generating refer to the OnKeyPressed function, and say that I have tried to access the undefined properties Keyboard, escape and default. I thought I imported all the keyboard stuff at the top? Help would be much appreciated here, I'll be fine once I'm up and running but at the moment I'm feeling somewhat lost.

Right, well at least part of my problem was that I had
trace("keyCode: " event.keyCode);
instead of
trace("keyCode: " evt.keyCode);
but it still doesn't like the word "default"? This is strange as it's coming up in blue so it's obviosly recognising it as a keyword...
If I comment out the 'default' section of te switch case statement it get's stuck in an infinite loop, even if I press escape... which should set 'isRunning' false therefore exiting the loop...
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Paid $60 - for a phone number rather than a subscription? Please chime in and help a newbie

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Skype Rip Off people on Renewal $30 Number $30 Calling Plan Why Skype and Microsoft Sucks: My Subscription Order No.[removed for privacy] paid and delivery but not working I would like to know why the subscription I bought is not available I can make phone calls please fix the problem Skype is not a solution but a big problem since microsoft took over very disappointing
Yes they told me I will have to pay $30 for my number and $30 for my 12 months subscription now they said they did not they are liarsMy subscription is not working neither after several months tried to fix the problem no one from skype neither from Microsoft tried to contact me is very painful to paid skype for a phone services and they just do nothing but laughing in your face Skype and Microsoft let me tell you something in your face you both sucks big time you are nightmare what a pityI would love to sue skype since they are not providing with the service I contract with then my business is suffering for negligence in delivery my subscription that I bought but is not working long time ago I will follow a class action against skype please keep updatedPORT A SKYPE NUMBER http://community.skype.com/t5/Skype-Number/Port-Skype-Online-Number-to-another-provider/td-p/1529827https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/articles/[removed for privacy]-Keeping-Your-Telephone-Number-When-Changing-Service-ProvidersWhen all is said and done Skype is a phone service provider and as such they must allow your number to move. It is required under Section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. The SBREFA '96 required portability in the largest 100 Metropolitan statistical areas. Then in 2003, the requirement was expanded to ALL carriers regardless of geographical location.
In order for a number to be ported, roughly speaking you must live in the area code's geography. So, you can't port a New York number to Iowa.
If you have a problem porting your phone number from one service provider to another, first try to resolve it with the service provider. If you cannot resolve the problem directly, you can file a complaint with the FCC. There is no charge for filing a complaint. You can file your complaint using an FCC online complaint form. You can also file your complaint with the FCC’s Consumer Center by calling 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322) or 1-888-TELL-FCC (1-888-835-5322) for TTY; faxing 1-866-418-0232; or writing to the Federal Communications Commission at:
Federal Communications Commission
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
Consumer Inquiries and Complaints Division
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554

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