Do Bookmarks slow-down firefox start-up?

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Published on 2010-03-10T11:30:59Z Indexed on 2010/06/16 14:13 UTC
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I have observed many people suggesting to delete unused bookmarks, as tips to overcome slow start-up of firefox, is there any technical reason behind it?

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