Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:31:20 +0300 From: "Abdullah Al-Marrie" <almarrie@gmail.com> To: "Christian Walther" <cptsalek@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FF 2.0 hogging the cpu in FreeBSD 6.2-PRELEASE Message-ID: <499c70c0612231531m731f0355g511be3fc85c8d176@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <14989d6e0612231237o6e1aef57u3f44bb3cc42f1e35@mail.gmail.com> References: <499c70c0612231016i2007f7cvd871030f2225f69d@mail.gmail.com> <fb6605670612231049g320b6ba0j5f58f9a242da1ce1@mail.gmail.com> <14989d6e0612231237o6e1aef57u3f44bb3cc42f1e35@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/23/06, Christian Walther <cptsalek@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23/12/06, Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> wrote: > [...] > > Firefox is a pig on every platform. Plus, more sites are using > > javascript for AJAX these days, pushing more and more load onto the > > client. > > I agree. It's painfull to see that you browse a website and it > consumes all your cpu cycles eventually. Since most of these scripts > are used to power adverts or some graphical stuff that really isn't > necessary, I use FF with the Adblock, NoScript, and > Flashblock-Extension. > Adblock filters known ads, together with "Adblock Filter.G Updater" > you get a decent list of ad placing sites. > NoScript is configured to block all JavaScripts by default, and if I > think that a website doesn't behave as I would expect (e.g. doesn't > react on URL- oder buttonpresses in forms), I temporarily allow > scripts for this site. Sites I visit regularly that require JavaScript > get general permission. > Flashblock teaches embedded Flash-Objects "on demand"-behaviour by > replacing them with a play button. The Animation is only started after > this button is being pressed. > This puts an end to high CPU load... > Thank you for the tips, when I posted this in the list I already have Adblock installed, but I still FF acts like a hungry pig. The question now, is FF-linux runs faster than native FreeBSD FF? -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/
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