Does firefox feel bloated/laggy to you when scrolling/viewing a page

mrapoc · Mar 24, 2009, 09:48:43

Hey guys

Iv noticed that when scrolling down/up whatever on pages in firefox (such as here or especially facebook) it seems to feel really heavy/bloated

I just tried opera (for the first time ever!) and its quite the opposite. =/

Soooo

Have I got a wrong setting in firefox cause surely this aint right

Cheers

iv posted this on oc3d too and 2/2 people so far have agreed

just read apparently lowering your graphics acceleration by 1 notch will help

i AM NOT doing that! lol

anyone else experiencing this? if you dont know what i mean try browsing around a bit on opera (facebook etc.) and you will see a difference

whats going on? I only have adblock and opendownload as addons

Rik · Mar 24, 2009, 09:50:29

No problems here, Sam, try disabling your addons and see if it makes a difference.

mrapoc · Mar 24, 2009, 09:54:29

I would do that but i know that it even performs like this as a fresh install

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?p=317370#post317370 another person found this too

FF does take up quite a far bit of RAM too, but i should be able to run it on 4gb lol

iv tried enabling/disabling smooth scrolling to no avail

Rik · Mar 24, 2009, 09:55:59

It's fine for me and, I suspect, the vast majority of users, Sam. So that leaves the question of what's different about your hardware/OS?

mrapoc · Mar 24, 2009, 10:04:14

Q6600 @ 3.4ghz
4gb Reaperx PC2-8000
8800gt @ 700/990
2x Raptorx 150gb in raid0 for OS/apps
Asus maximus forumla (flashed to rampage formula)
2x 320gb data disks (seagate 7200.10)
OCZ Gamextreme 600w
Creative x fi xtrememusic

I could try putting all back to stock just to see if it was the overclock (although I am quite confident it is stable)

Rik · Mar 24, 2009, 10:06:12

Well, the overclock was what I was wondering about, Sam. I take it you've checked those Seagates?

mrapoc · Mar 24, 2009, 10:19:37

They are purely for storing music/films/pictures so id doubt they would be causing it would they?

Ill tinker around with stock speeds once back from work

ciao

somanyholes · Mar 24, 2009, 10:21:40

what happens if you temp disable adblock, it does slow things down a tad ....

somanyholes · Mar 24, 2009, 10:23:49

also which adblock lists have your subscribed to ....

Rik · Mar 24, 2009, 10:24:48

I was just thinking of the problems Seagate have had recently, Sam, if one of the disks is acting up it may have an impact in some obscure way.

Sebby · Mar 24, 2009, 13:53:58

For me, sluggishness has always been down to addons, but I do feel that Firefox is getting a bit bloated.

Baz · Mar 24, 2009, 14:48:39

i get the same prob as Sam mentioned I think we had it before on here. I said I noticed that pictures/images take a while to load then when scrolling the page it is jumpy.I too dont have many add ons.yes I have adblock plus but it never used to be this way.Cant remember the last update for FF i got but it may be that

Rik · Mar 24, 2009, 15:24:15

If people have links to other sites in their sigs, Baz, as you do, that can slow things as images are retrieved.

mrapoc · Mar 24, 2009, 17:37:36

i just installed an addon called "yet another scroll smoothing" and its excellent

really makes scrolling feel natural and pretty much sorts the issue i was getting annoyed by

try it out, install it and try either the "green" or "blue" preset

although it still does use a lot of ram!

Baz · Mar 24, 2009, 17:52:35

Quote from: Rik on Mar 24, 2009, 15:24:15
If people have links to other sites in their sigs, Baz, as you do, that can slow things as images are retrieved.

yeah i realise that but with my problem it seemed to be lots of sites with normal images or photos too. Google maps was bad.

Rik · Mar 24, 2009, 17:55:03

That could just be the Google server heavily loaded at the time. What's the BBC news site like?

Baz · Mar 24, 2009, 17:57:07

yeah that seems ok. I'll see if I can find the post i made about it and try that again.it might have been a game site or something cant remember now.

Lance · Mar 24, 2009, 19:34:50

Here is the thread you started, Baz.

Baz · Mar 24, 2009, 20:40:31

thats the one Lance

and it doesnt seem as bad now

computers

Sebby · Mar 24, 2009, 21:04:29

Does anyone know how to check how much RAM an application is using on a Mac? I'm interested to see if Firefox on the Mac is as RAM-hungry.

Steve · Mar 24, 2009, 21:27:13

Sebby, Go into utilities and use Activity Monitor.FF for me currently using 75 MB of real memory

mrapoc · Mar 24, 2009, 23:02:04

facebook and other sites similar really do lag it down

opera copes fine

dang

Steve · Mar 25, 2009, 07:30:04

Quote from: stevethegas on Mar 24, 2009, 21:27:13
Sebby, Go into utilities and use Activity Monitor.FF for me currently using 75 MB of real memory

You might be able to see it below?

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Sebby · Mar 25, 2009, 13:10:26

Thanks, Steve. Is doesn't sound like it's an better on the Mac, although it feels much faster than on my Windows machine to me.

mrapoc · Mar 28, 2009, 14:44:13

well

i removed adblock and its fine again

shame...i really liked the way it blocked the ads