Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 11:55:15 -0800 From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Firefox became much slower Message-ID: <8aa83d2369d1caa5d702d43bd8a6c9b7@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <20171101142026.GA91788@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <CALH631nS3epBAXG7cAVz3R=iNLtVRXXWc567YLSKwD88f7btNQ@mail.gmail.com>, <20171101142026.GA91788@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 07:20:26 -0700 Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote > On Wed, Nov 01, 2017 at 09:07:11AM +0300, Gleb Popov wrote: > > > > I'm using Firefox on quite ancient machine (amd64, though) and after > > updating from firefox-56.0.1_3 to 56.0.2_3,1 it has become much more > > sluggish - whole UI hangs during page loading, scrolling isn't smooth > > anymore. > > > > Anyone also see this? > > > > How much memory do you have? I had to switch to seamonkey > on a old laptop due to firefox's hunger for memory. I was > constantly swapping. FWIW Firefox has always leaked memory like water through a sieve. As a result, no matter how many resources I have on any given system. I can't leave FF open for any length of time, w/o having to restart it; else system starts swapping until all resources are exhausted; then panic && reboot. --Chris > > -- > Steve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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