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.
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