Don Delp wrote: > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Greg Donald <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> When I leave Firefox on certain web pages (WSJ Online for example), my >>> processor monitor widget maxes out and the CPU cooling fan goes nuts >>> (laptop). Close said page and system reverts to a lesser activity. >>> Just how does one monitor what the browser is doing? Need to reinstall >>> the DNS diversion of the ad loaders. >>> >> It's likely some Javascript or Flash. You might try Firebug and YSlow >> to more easily detect the problem. >> >> I'd blame Rupert Murdoch myself. >> >> >> -- >> Greg Donald >> http://destiney.com/ >> >> > > I'd bet it's Flash. I've installed FlashBlock [0] on all of my > workstations. It's really helped my older laptop cope with life. If > I leave a page with Flash open, things start to run pretty hot. > > [0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433 > > On a similar but more humorous note... If I leave The Devil's Plaything (i.e. Internet Explorer) open on the iGoogle home page (not normal Google, but iGoogle) it will sit there fine for a while and then crash after about 20 minutes or so.
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