Comments on: Firefox Slowness http://www.jeremyprivett.com/blog/archives/firefox-slowness/ Programming and Life Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:01:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steven http://www.jeremyprivett.com/blog/archives/firefox-slowness/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Steven Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:37:17 +0000 http://www.jeremyprivett.com/archives/firefox-slowness/#comment-45 On Ubuntu 5.10 (or whatever version was before 6.06) I run Firefox 1.5.0.4 with the Web Developer, FoxyTunes, and Mouse Gestures extensions, and I don't have any speed issues. I never really experienced huge memory loss when running in Windows, though that's probably because the browser is never open for very long (I mostly use Windows for gaming.) On Ubuntu 5.10 (or whatever version was before 6.06) I run Firefox 1.5.0.4 with the Web Developer, FoxyTunes, and Mouse Gestures extensions, and I don’t have any speed issues. I never really experienced huge memory loss when running in Windows, though that’s probably because the browser is never open for very long (I mostly use Windows for gaming.)

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.jeremyprivett.com/blog/archives/firefox-slowness/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Jeremy Sun, 04 Jun 2006 15:04:09 +0000 http://www.jeremyprivett.com/archives/firefox-slowness/#comment-44 Well, I was experiencing the leak on Windows with no extensions installed. On Linux, Firefox is just flat-out slow after upgrading to 1.5.0.4, though I suppose that could be caused by extensions, because I have a few installed there. I'll experiment and see what happens. Well, I was experiencing the leak on Windows with no extensions installed. On Linux, Firefox is just flat-out slow after upgrading to 1.5.0.4, though I suppose that could be caused by extensions, because I have a few installed there. I’ll experiment and see what happens.

]]> By: Cow http://www.jeremyprivett.com/blog/archives/firefox-slowness/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Cow Sun, 04 Jun 2006 14:19:54 +0000 http://www.jeremyprivett.com/archives/firefox-slowness/#comment-43 Most Firefox memory leaks are caused by bad extensions. I've had no memory leaks and I've managed to solve memory leaks for a few people I know by disabling extensions so I'd recommend giving it a go. Firstly, update all your extensions to the latest version. If you still have memory leaks, try disabling them and re-enabling them one by one to see if you can find out which one is causing it. http://www.squarefree.com/2006/01/13/memory-leak-detection-tool/ can help you. Many popular extensions including Session Saver, IETab, Noscript and Flashgot are known to have memory leaks. Most Firefox memory leaks are caused by bad extensions. I’ve had no memory leaks and I’ve managed to solve memory leaks for a few people I know by disabling extensions so I’d recommend giving it a go. Firstly, update all your extensions to the latest version.

If you still have memory leaks, try disabling them and re-enabling them one by one to see if you can find out which one is causing it. http://www.squarefree.com/2006/01/13/memory-leak-detection-tool/ can help you.

Many popular extensions including Session Saver, IETab, Noscript and Flashgot are known to have memory leaks.

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