What's the best flash blocker that I can easily tum on and off and manage the settings, such as no flash on sites I don't have bookmarked or something. Thx!
______________________________________________________ Sent from Joey's iPhone 3G 2.1 on AT&T's all-new wireless network. Visit www.apple.com/iphone for more information. Apple & AT&T - Raising the Bar. On Dec 10, 2008, at 5:45 AM, "Liam Proven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2008/12/9 Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >> On Dec 9, 2008, at 12:11 PM, Liam Proven wrote: >> >>> I don't know what to do. I don't think there's anything wrong with >>> my >>> installation. My CPU usage goes up and down but the machine is often >>> only doing 50-75%. >> >> "Only 50-75%" is a pretty hefty load, but I don't think this is your >> problem. >> >> >>> I have loads of memory. I am not doing anything >>> CPU-intensive like compiling code or running big Photoshop filters. >>> The iMac dual-boots into Tiger and that's not noticeably quicker. >> >> You mention 'a dozen plus tabs open in Firefox' as a normal >> occurrence, plus webkit at the same time. I'll wager if you install a >> flash blocker in Firefox and Safari it'll help things. Flash is the >> king of all CPU-suckers. >> >> Look in Activity Monitor and see what's hogging the CPU and memory. > > Worth a try. > > Yes, lots of tabs is normal for me - I'm a journalist, so I am usually > fossicking around online looking for stories and leads. I run AdBlock+ > in both Firefox and Safari/Webkit as a matter of course, so I don't > normally see a lot of Flash. > > I used to use FlashBlock on my G3. Flash is one of the few programs > I've seen that genuinely seems to use Altivec and it was dog-slow on a > G3 CPU, so I blocked it. > > I will try it and see! > > > -- > Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 > 870-9151419 > AOL/AIM/iChat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • MSN/Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > om > Yahoo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • Skype: liamproven • ICQ: 73187508 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml 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 http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
