Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:05:04 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FF 2.0 hogging the cpu in FreeBSD 6.2-PRELEASE Message-ID: <458EDD70.4050109@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <499c70c0612231531m731f0355g511be3fc85c8d176@mail.gmail.com> References: <499c70c0612231016i2007f7cvd871030f2225f69d@mail.gmail.com> <fb6605670612231049g320b6ba0j5f58f9a242da1ce1@mail.gmail.com> <14989d6e0612231237o6e1aef57u3f44bb3cc42f1e35@mail.gmail.com> <499c70c0612231531m731f0355g511be3fc85c8d176@mail.gmail.com>
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Abdullah Al-Marrie wrote: > 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? > I highly doubt it. It's like saying "Does another layer of complexity make something run better?".. most likely no. -Garrett
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