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Date:      Tue, 07 Nov 2017 13:26:32 -0800
From:      "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>
To:        <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Firefox became much slower
Message-ID:  <94350d8500becf8c5de8889b28662273@ultimatedns.net>
In-Reply-To: <201711012020.26780.dr.klepp@gmx.at>
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On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 20:20:26 +0100 "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" <dr.klepp@gmx.at> wrote

> Am Mittwoch, 1. November 2017 schrieb Gleb Popov:
> > On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 8:15 AM, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 01/11/2017 14:18, Stefan Esser wrote:
> > > > > uMatrix has lots of pre-configured rules (blocks trackers and known
> > > > > malware sites), but I'm using it in conjunction with uBlock from the
> > > > > same developers.
> > > >
> > > > I used to use uBlock but at the time I got an impression that the addon
> > > > itself
> > > > ate away resources and slowed down my browser.
> > > > What's your impression of it at this time?
> > > >
> > > > Thank you.
> > > > --
> > > > Andriy Gapon
> > >
> > >
> > > When I had firefox slow dramatically,  I learned that quite a few
> > > extensions will disable multiprocessing. This can totally destroy the
> > > performance.
> > >
> > > Use about:support ti see if Multiprocess Windows is enabled. If not,
> > > disable add-ons until that changes.
> 
> You can add this boolean value in about:config to force "Multiprocess
> Windows": 
>
> browser.tabs.remote.force-enable=true
Excellent tip. Thanks for sharing it!

And to think it was hiding in FF since 2015 [1]

1) https://asadotzler.com/2016/06/06/firefox-48-beta-release-and-e10s/

--Chris
> 
> 
> 
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> > That was super useful suggestion. Thanks!
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