On Tue, 2012-03-06 at 12:08 +1300, Phill Coxon wrote: > On 06/03/12 11:55, Adrian Mageanu wrote: > > Same here, but I think it's more about bad programming practices when > > building add-ons than the browser itself. When running without any > > add-ons Firefox is really speedy and stable. > > So you're getting the massive disk IO / everything locks up issue as > well now and then? That is the one thing that drives me nuts. >
Yes, disk I/O mostly due to furious swap when available RAM is exceeded, and then there is the 100% of every available CPU, that's when keyboard and mouse get locked and the fans screm mad. > > I learnt that every time I install a new add-on I have to test it. Some > > do pass the this phase, but misbehave later when looking for upgrades > > or, for those that have to "call home" when there is a problem with > > their server, in which case I have to identify the culprit, uninstall it > > and look for equivalent functionality elsewhere. > Unfortunately it seems to be very difficult to identify the addons at > fault when running 20-30 of them. You made me count: 26 add-ons and 9 plugins; now it feels like counting liberties in GO to evaluate your chance of survival in that territory. > > A pain indeed, and if I'd find same functionality in other browsers I'd > > switch. > Same. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
