Update: Just reinstalled Turkopticon plugin without Greasemonkey and experiencing absolutely no problems. Issue points directly to GM in combination w/FF version.
On Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 8:28:00 PM UTC-4, grace6942 wrote: > > Hello, > > Hoping someone will be willing and able to help me as Greasemonkey is > integral to my daily work (and for that I thank its developers > wholeheartedly!). > > Issue: After updating to Firefox 38.0.5 AND Shockwave Flash 18.0.0.160, I > started noticing frequent hangs and crashes particularly when I was viewing > video or visiting sites with heavily embedded video content. Today this > interfered so much with my ability to work productively I started > researching to find solutions. > > *Technical Details:* > Windows XP (sadly) with SP3 > FF version aforementioned > Flash version aforementioned > Greasemonkey version 3.2 > > *User scripts/GM extensions installed at time of issue: * > Turkopticon 3.41.1 > <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/turkopticon/> > HIT Scraper WITH EXPORT > <https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/2002-hit-scraper-with-export> Highlight > Unhighlightable Text (CrowdSource) > <https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/901-highlight-unhighlightable-text-crowdsource> > MTurk HIT DataBase > <https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/864-mturk-hit-database> > **No other plugins or extensions enabled. > > *Instances of issue:* > Various surveys hosted by Qualtrics (many with embedded video, but many > others without) > Virtually any page with video, Flash and YouTube included, especially with > embedded videos > Even general browsing was much slower than normal > > > *Steps taken to resolve:*1. Checked for updates to Firefox and Flash > (none). > 2. Disabled all aforementioned GM extensions (issue persisted). > 3. Disabled Flash along with all aforementioned user scripts (issue > persisted). > 4. Kept GM extensions disabled and selected "Ask to Allow" under Flash > options (persisted). > 5. Changed about:config to block images from sites (persisted). > 6. Updated Malwarebytes database and ran a threat scan. > 7. Quarantined 4 PUP.optional.conduittb.gen instances & assumed this would > resolve the issue. > 8. Left all GM extensions and Flash disabled and attempted to browse as > normal (persisted). Enabled Flash and browsed as normal (persisted). > 9. Googled "Firefox slow in 38.0.05" and clicked on a recent Mozillazine > thread that indicated Greasemonkey itself might cause significant memory > leaks. <http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2939357> > 10. Googled "Greasemonkey memory leak Firefox" and clicked on a recent > Reddit post detailing the same issue. > <https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/39a0my/firefox_3805_keeps_freezing_up/> > *11. Finally disabled Greasemonkey and Turkopticon plugins and issue was > immediately resolved. No hanging, no crashing, back to working smoothly.* > Enabled Flash and tested on sites with Flash embedded; also went directly > to YouTube and watched videos with absolutely no issue. > > I don't think it's an extension considering issue persisted when those > were disabled. Process of elimination shows the root of the problem is > either Greasemonkey itself or the Turkopticon plugin. Evidence from > Mozillazine and Reddit indicate similar issues when Turkopticon was not in > use. Hoping to get feedback before reinstalling Greasemonkey without > Turkopticon in case this is a known and fixable issue. > > My questions are these: > First, does anyone have any suggestions? > Second, is this perhaps a Javascript issue? I am not using a Javascript > plugin and have Java disabled. > Third, if it is or might be related to Java and/or Javascript, what can I > do to resolve it? > > Thank you so much for your time and any advice would be greatly > appreciated. I don't know what I would do without Greasemonkey and again I > am so grateful to its developers!! > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "greasemonkey-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greasemonkey-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
