Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2020 17:54:37 -0600 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: Hal Murray <hmurray@megapathdsl.net> Cc: Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info>, FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Firefox memory usage Message-ID: <8147520B-1173-4443-8E26-D181D8A27DF0@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20201108231930.8A39640605C@ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net> References: <20201108231930.8A39640605C@ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net>
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> On Nov 8, 2020, at 5:19 PM, Hal Murray <hmurray@megapathdsl.net> = wrote: >=20 >=20 > tomek@cedro.info said: >> what is more. something has changed in Xorg recently (1..2 year) that = makes >> it less responsive..?=20 >=20 > Somewhere in the past year or 3, Firefox started calling home to see = if the=20 > host you are about to connect to is on their phishing and malware = list. >=20 > = https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-does-phishing-and-malware-protect= ion-w > ork >=20 > It's an option. <rant> The nasty part is it is =E2=80=9Copt-out=E2=80=9D stile of option, = pretty much as majority of options that are set by default in = mozilla=E2=80=99s creatures. Any time I am configuring firefox I have to = turn off pretty much all that is on by default. The worst part hit me just recently: if you give firefox URL: = http://[site], and [site] doesn=E2=80=99t listen to port 80, firefox = without saying a word just gives you: https://[site]. It stopped being = a tool that can be used by people (like me) who sometimes need to deal = with problems. </rant> But I still didn=E2=80=99t find acceptable replacement for firefox and = thunderbird. Valeri > There is a way to enable/disable it in their preferences=20 > stuff. >=20 >=20 > --=20 > These are my opinions. I hate spam. >=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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