Hey guys
Iv noticed that when scrolling down/up whatever on pages in firefox (such as here or especially facebook) it seems to feel really heavy/bloated
I just tried opera (for the first time ever!) and its quite the opposite. =/
Soooo
Have I got a wrong setting in firefox cause surely this aint right
Cheers
iv posted this on oc3d too and 2/2 people so far have agreed
just read apparently lowering your graphics acceleration by 1 notch will help
i AM NOT doing that! lol
anyone else experiencing this? if you dont know what i mean try browsing around a bit on opera (facebook etc.) and you will see a difference
whats going on? I only have adblock and opendownload as addons
No problems here, Sam, try disabling your addons and see if it makes a difference.
I would do that but i know that it even performs like this as a fresh install
:dunno: http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?p=317370#post317370 another person found this too
FF does take up quite a far bit of RAM too, but i should be able to run it on 4gb lol
iv tried enabling/disabling smooth scrolling to no avail
It's fine for me and, I suspect, the vast majority of users, Sam. So that leaves the question of what's different about your hardware/OS?
Q6600 @ 3.4ghz
4gb Reaperx PC2-8000
8800gt @ 700/990
2x Raptorx 150gb in raid0 for OS/apps
Asus maximus forumla (flashed to rampage formula)
2x 320gb data disks (seagate 7200.10)
OCZ Gamextreme 600w
Creative x fi xtrememusic
I could try putting all back to stock just to see if it was the overclock (although I am quite confident it is stable)
Well, the overclock was what I was wondering about, Sam. I take it you've checked those Seagates?
They are purely for storing music/films/pictures so id doubt they would be causing it would they?
Ill tinker around with stock speeds once back from work
ciao
what happens if you temp disable adblock, it does slow things down a tad ....
also which adblock lists have your subscribed to ....
I was just thinking of the problems Seagate have had recently, Sam, if one of the disks is acting up it may have an impact in some obscure way.
For me, sluggishness has always been down to addons, but I do feel that Firefox is getting a bit bloated.
i get the same prob as Sam mentioned I think we had it before on here. I said I noticed that pictures/images take a while to load then when scrolling the page it is jumpy.I too dont have many add ons.yes I have adblock plus but it never used to be this way.Cant remember the last update for FF i got but it may be that :dunno:
If people have links to other sites in their sigs, Baz, as you do, that can slow things as images are retrieved.
i just installed an addon called "yet another scroll smoothing" and its excellent
really makes scrolling feel natural and pretty much sorts the issue i was getting annoyed by
try it out, install it and try either the "green" or "blue" preset
although it still does use a lot of ram!
Quote from: Rik on Mar 24, 2009, 15:24:15
If people have links to other sites in their sigs, Baz, as you do, that can slow things as images are retrieved.
yeah i realise that but with my problem it seemed to be lots of sites with normal images or photos too. Google maps was bad.
That could just be the Google server heavily loaded at the time. What's the BBC news site like?
yeah that seems ok. I'll see if I can find the post i made about it and try that again.it might have been a game site or something cant remember now.
Here (http://www.idnetters.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=12705.0) is the thread you started, Baz. :)
thats the one Lance :thumb: :thumb:
and it doesnt seem as bad now :dunno:
computers :shake:
Does anyone know how to check how much RAM an application is using on a Mac? I'm interested to see if Firefox on the Mac is as RAM-hungry.
Sebby, Go into utilities and use Activity Monitor.FF for me currently using 75 MB of real memory
facebook and other sites similar really do lag it down
:rant2: opera copes fine
dang
Quote from: stevethegas on Mar 24, 2009, 21:27:13
Sebby, Go into utilities and use Activity Monitor.FF for me currently using 75 MB of real memory
You might be able to see it below?
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Thanks, Steve. Is doesn't sound like it's an better on the Mac, although it feels much faster than on my Windows machine to me.
well
i removed adblock and its fine again
shame...i really liked the way it blocked the ads
AdBlock is a bit of a resource hog, which is a shame. I still use it though!
I wonder if its more a hog than the ads its supposed to block.
Quote from: mrapoc on Mar 28, 2009, 14:44:13
well
i removed adblock and its fine again
shame...i really liked the way it blocked the ads
Try AdMuncher, that blocks ads in all browsers and instant messengers etc, been using that for ages and now slow down here as its a separate program.
is it free Gary.
Quote from: Baz on Mar 29, 2009, 08:38:33
is it free Gary.
you can use it free, or pay a nominal amount and have more updates for life, it lets you block individual urls and domains, it has a browse by proxy function, it stops websites changing your browser page size the list goes on, download it and see what you think, it works with Opera IE FF Live messenger your email client in fact any program you want it to. Use the new Beta is perfectly stable and has quite a few bug fixes http://www.admuncher.com/beta.pl