Comment 30 for bug 443121

Hi, all.

I've got some news for everyone affected by this. While the updated package isn't yet in Universe, you can get an updated package from my PPA:

  ppa:urbanape/bindwood-exp

The updated version should be:

  $ apt-cache policy bindwood
  bindwood:
    Installed: 0.5-0ubuntu1~ppa1
    Candidate: 0.5-0ubuntu1~ppa1
    Version table:
   *** 0.5-0ubuntu1~ppa1 0
          500 http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       0.4.2-0ubuntu2 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages

This update doesn't solve moving the work to a background thread, but it does alleviate the vast majority of work we do at (subsequent) startup and while the current session is running.

Please give it a try. On the first startup after installing it, Firefox will still take a short time to become responsive, but after the initial sync, it should be far more usable. I'm still working on making all this happen in the background, as it should, but this should get you all back to being productive with FF.

Thanks for your patience,

Zac