> Jan is the Hueyfix as big a bonus to you as it seems to me? I know we've > talked about memory leak issues and you've been trying hard but were > finding it difficult AFAIK. Can we really expect a substantial leap forward > in terms of memory leak reduction in Firebug My tests (that I have been using to repro zombie-compartment problem) are indicating, that there are no zombies any more. I yet need real feedback from users, but my feeling is that all the zombie compartments problems are fixed, which I think was the main reason why Firebug leaked memory. So, yes, it should be great improvement.
Honza On May 14, 3:24 pm, pd <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jan > > I'm running Windows XP all patched. > > I just checked Firebug's loading performance using a new profile and > Nightly (via Mozilla Profile Manager) and the good news for everyone else > is that it's running fine. Caveats though: I only had a couple of tabs open > whereas my previous experience in this current older profile was with about > 22 open. Secondly it was a very quick test. I did use the same site though. > > *sigh* > > Looks like it's back to the old "you've got too many add-ons" rank PITA. > Boy I really wish my patience with Mozilla's borked add-on infrastructure > was rewarded more often. > > Jan is the Hueyfix as big a bonus to you as it seems to me? I know we've > talked about memory leak issues and you've been trying hard but were > finding it difficult AFAIK. Can we really expect a substantial leap forward > in terms of memory leak reduction in Firebug (when not using one of my old > profiles or conflicting extensions)? I'm really very excited by the > potential of the Hueyfix because, to be honest, I think all the native web > developer tools momentum has been secretly based on the impression that > Firebug's memory leaks were terminal. If the vast majority of Firebug's > memory leaks are now behind it, the future Firebug vs native webdeveloper > tools looks much better for Firebug :) > > LONG LIVE THE 'BUG! > > > > > > > > On Monday, May 14, 2012 10:40:09 PM UTC+10, Jan Honza Odvarko wrote: > > > > I can test with a naked profile and see if any add-ons are conflicting > > but > > Yep, I'd recommend that in any case. > > > I have recently filled this bug, which is related to "freezing > > Firefox" > >https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=754201 > > > Are you on Linux? > > > Does the problem happens for you even if you have Console, Script and > > Net disabled? > > > Weird is that I am running Firebug (SVN HEAD) on Nightly all the time > > and > > I don't see any huge delays.... > > > Honza > > > On May 14, 2:31 pm, pd <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Seb, Jan. I've got some very disappointing news. I tried Firebug a > > > couple of times just now and it is running terribly. I'm not sure if > > I've > > > done something wrong but I don't think so. I even just found a really > > nasty > > > slow-crawl memory-ballooning bug - my modem config pages left running on > > > it's status page, of all things - anyway I tried to open Firebug > > 1.10.0a8 > > > in this Nightly I'm running (which I believe has the Hueyfix) and it a) > > > Takes at least 30 seconds to load, if not longer; b) locks the whole > > > browser UI whilst it's loading; c) can make the browser crash to the > > point > > > of Not Responding. > > > > I'm really not sure what the issue is. I don't remember ever seeing this > > > before and with respect, I've seen Fire(fox|bug) do *a lot* of crazy > > stuff > > > over the years. I'm running: > > > > 15.0a1 (2012-05-13) > > > > and a whole series of add-ons. However I've been running the same set of > > > add-ons for a while, such as when using previous 1.10 alphas and never > > seen > > > this (though I wasn't running Nightlies with previous alpha versions. > > > > I can test with a naked profile and see if any add-ons are conflicting > > but > > > I've been keeping up to speed with MemShrink and I checked that all my > > > add-ons are compiled with the latest Jetpack SDK or otherwize are not > > > Jetpack based. There's a list going around and I found one new add-on > > > called au-revouir-utm was on the list so I deleted it from my system. > > > > I'd really hoped that the Hueyfix would resolve all of Firebug's memory > > > leaking problems. Perhaps those leaks are now solved but another huge > > issue > > > has arisen? > > > > Thanks > > > pd > > > > On Sunday, May 13, 2012 8:25:19 AM UTC+10, Sebo wrote: > > > > > Thanks man, we're putting a lot of effort in to get new features in. > > > > It would be great if you could try it out and gave us some feedback. > > > > > Sebastian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/firebug
