why is my desktop sluggish?

[Bob Jonkman]

On 13-05-11 05:38 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:

> I wish FireFox could assign blame for resource use.  Is there some way
> to ask it which site or tab is eating memory or CPU?

Perhaps this may help you: type 'about:memory' in the address bar.  At
the bottom of the list of resources there are buttons to perform garbage
collect, cycle collect, and minimize memory. 'about:cache' may give some
useful info too.

FWIW, I run Firefox with a bunch of addons like NoScript, AdBlockPlus,
Ghostery, RequestPolicy, and others. My experience is similar, in that
Firefox uses half a core (or more) and 1/4 of available memory.  And
then just to be insulting, Thunderbird uses that too.

--Bob.

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On 13-05-11 05:38 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Alejandro Imass <aimass-EzYyMjUkBrFWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org>
> 
> | You only see averages there, so 50% of a core is not normal no matter
> | how many tabs you have open.
> 
> It sure isn't far off normal in my personal experience.  Crazy, I
> know.
> 
> | It's quite common for a broken Ad in
> | Flash to suck-up your resources.
> 
> I don't have Flash.
> 
> I expect that javascript can do the same damage.
> 
> | I have problems with some sites like
> | Yahoo and others, in that their ads, when left running a long time,
> | will drain your resources. Try figuring out which open tabs in Firefox
> | have long-running ads and try closing one by one until you see your
> | CPU drop.
> 
> That sure is a lot of work and it would be inconvenient because I have 
> (too many!) tabs open for a reason.
> 
> My tabs are my todo list.  Well, at least the part that involves web
> sites.
> 
> | You can also try disabling the Flash and other plugins and
> | see if there is something else sucking up cpu.
> 
> I wish FireFox could assign blame for resource use.  Is there some way
> to ask it which site or tab is eating memory or CPU?
> 
> Thanks.
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