Re: Firefox eats all my processor power

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Howdy,

On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 15:01 +0200, Patrick wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 08:55 -0400, Nigel J. Terry wrote:
> [snip]  
> > I also have a problem with firefox eating all of my cpu. It only
> > happens with some pages, try:
> > 
> > http://free.grisoft.com
> > 
> > When I open this page, Xorg and firefox between them eat up >90% of my
> > processor power. I've tried with or without PANGO and it makes no
> > difference
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> It's the javascript that's eating up the cpu cycles. Try that site with
> javascript disabled and you'll see the difference.

Speaking of javascript, it's not a good idea to be running it. Have a
look at the "Noscript" extension extension for Firefox. It gives you the
option for temporarily enabling javascript for sites where you
absolutely need it ;-) You can also specify which sites you want it
enabled for.

> Regards,
> Patrick

taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.


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