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

Sebby · Mar 28, 2009, 15:22:41

AdBlock is a bit of a resource hog, which is a shame. I still use it though!

Steve · Mar 28, 2009, 22:17:47

I wonder if its more a hog than the ads its supposed to block.

Gary · Mar 28, 2009, 22:51:50

Quote from: mrapoc on Mar 28, 2009, 14:44:13
well

i removed adblock and its fine again

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

Try AdMuncher, that blocks ads in all browsers and instant messengers etc, been using that for ages and now slow down here as its a separate program.

Baz · Mar 29, 2009, 08:38:33

is it free Gary.

Gary · Mar 29, 2009, 11:59:52

Quote from: Baz on Mar 29, 2009, 08:38:33
is it free Gary.

you can use it free, or pay a nominal amount and have more updates for life, it lets you block individual urls and domains, it has a browse by proxy function, it stops websites changing your browser page size the list goes on, download it and see what you think, it works with Opera IE FF Live messenger your email client in fact any program you want it to. Use the new Beta is perfectly stable and has quite a few bug fixes http://www.admuncher.com/beta.pl