From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 23 23:31:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D81F816A40F for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:31:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76AFE13C45E for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:31:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so2828296uge for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:31:20 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=GIJZ7j5g0bWOf4R+3ijLu3FKsDbHRkfHnGZbffZJ4weGxyhu+/czD7vRjDK8Yc6S+50YcTGnRw7rtOH2VyLuNxQoWptuJxVTZkVuDmH+8IyHlX6/bamddygV3Y24PhFK6tDvImI2noBNTacboXNxEgUhTUWpqlsIpeI/pNgUAH8= Received: by 10.66.255.7 with SMTP id c7mr15514326ugi.1166916680111; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:31:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.67.27.15 with HTTP; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:31:20 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <499c70c0612231531m731f0355g511be3fc85c8d176@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:31:20 +0300 From: "Abdullah Al-Marrie" To: "Christian Walther" In-Reply-To: <14989d6e0612231237o6e1aef57u3f44bb3cc42f1e35@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <499c70c0612231016i2007f7cvd871030f2225f69d@mail.gmail.com> <14989d6e0612231237o6e1aef57u3f44bb3cc42f1e35@mail.gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FF 2.0 hogging the cpu in FreeBSD 6.2-PRELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:31:21 -0000 On 12/23/06, Christian Walther wrote: > On 23/12/06, Michael P. Soulier 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/