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From: "Kesara Rathnayake" <kesara3k@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why firefox is so slow?
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On 4/30/06, Heiko Wundram <me+gentoo-user@modelnine.org> wrote:
>
> Am Sonntag 30 April 2006 14:24 schrieb wu chuanwen:
> > I think most of us are using firefox now .Do you think it's too slow?In
> my
> > machine,if i open 6 or more tabs in firefox,my firefox will be stuck an=
d
> > even can not scroll up and down.Many peple have the same situation.Doyo=
u
> > think so? And how can you solve this problem?
>
> Most certainly, this is a memory issue. For every tab you have open,
> Firefox
> keeps a 30-something pages history cache in memory, including pictures,
> for
> quicker "back-browsing". If you are under tight memory (<512MB, I'd say),
> you
> quickly notice that the memory requirements of Firefox make the computer
> start to swap, and that the system slows down considerably.
>
> You can turn off this history-caching somewhere, someplace on
> about:config,
> but I wouldn't know where. Search the net. You're not the first one to
> complain about this.
I guess Firefox is slow now because of whole lot of Extentions that we used
today.
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<br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 4/30/06, <b class=3D"gmail_send=
ername">Heiko Wundram</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:me+gentoo-user@modelnine.or=
g">me+gentoo-user@modelnine.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"g=
mail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt=
0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Am Sonntag 30 April 2006 14:24 schrieb wu chuanwen:<br>> I think most of=
us are using firefox now .Do you think it's too slow?In my<br>> machine=
,if i open 6 or more tabs in firefox,my firefox will be stuck and<br>> e=
ven can not scroll up and=20
down.Many peple have the same situation.Do you<br>> think so? And how ca=
n you solve this problem?<br><br>Most certainly, this is a memory issue. Fo=
r every tab you have open, Firefox<br>keeps a 30-something pages history ca=
che in memory, including pictures, for
<br>quicker "back-browsing". If you are under tight memory (<5=
12MB, I'd say), you<br>quickly notice that the memory requirements of Firef=
ox make the computer<br>start to swap, and that the system slows down consi=
derably.
<br><br>You can turn off this history-caching somewhere, someplace on about=
:config,<br>but I wouldn't know where. Search the net. You're not the first=
one to<br>complain about this.</blockquote><div><br>I guess Firefox is slo=
w now because of whole lot of Extentions that we used today.
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