This has been an issue for me for quite some time now, but I just recently got pissed enough to post a blog about it.
Sometimes my firefox eats up anything from 50% to 95% CPU power, and I have to cntrlaltdel out of it(to preserve my tabs) if I want to get anything done on my pc at all. And it's not like I need to have a shitload of tabs open, or intensive sites. It happens sometimes with just TL open, too. You guys know of any way to fix this, or is firefox just that bad?

MasterOfChaos

Germany2896 Posts

June 21 2008 14:48 GMT

often the plugins have the bugs, not the browser itself. And does FF3 still not conserve the tabs when exiting normally?

0xDEADBEEF

Germany1235 Posts

June 21 2008 14:52 GMT

Memory leaks have nothing to do with the CPU. That just means that memory usage grows unusually fast over time (the longer you have it open). FF3 has fixed a lot of memleaks FF2 had and can be considered safe from that now.

Unusually high CPU usage most likely comes from the Adobe Flash plugin. Especially under Linux it's known to consume a lot of CPU power, probably because Adobe doesn't really care about the quality of the plugin on that platform.
Try deactivating it and other plugins and extensions, and watch the CPU usage then.

MiniRoman

Canada3953 Posts

June 21 2008 14:57 GMT

Speaking of the flash plugin, it wont install on my IE. I use Vista ;(. Anyone know whyyy?

LonelyMargarita

1845 Posts

June 21 2008 15:05 GMT

On June 21 2008 23:57 MiniRoman wrote:
Speaking of the flash plugin, it wont install on my IE. I use Vista ;(. Anyone know whyyy?

No; I have no idea why you use Vista.

dyodyo

Philippines578 Posts

June 21 2008 15:22 GMT

Im a little browser heavy (3 windows open with around 7+ tabs each continuously open for at least 5+hours) and I don't have the problem you're encountering.

I really think, as deadbeef has said, your plugins/extensions are causing the problem. I had experience with memory leaks/browser slowdowns with the Adobe reader plugin. Now I make a conscious effort to download the PDFs Im going to read before opening it (as opposed to opening it directly inside FF)

grobo

Japan6199 Posts

June 21 2008 15:26 GMT

I have used Firefox since forever, but ever since late 2.0 and up to the current version i have noticed that it tends to get pretty damn sluggish at times.

Currently my firefox is using 120mb, is that normal?

ilbh

Brazil1606 Posts

June 21 2008 15:33 GMT

im having issues w the last ffx versions

RaGe

Belgium9947 Posts

June 21 2008 15:43 GMT

Post your system specs. firefox doesnt really work that well with pc's that dont support hyperthreading (pre pentium 4 I think?) so if you have a pretty old PC that might be the cause.

thunk

United States6233 Posts

June 21 2008 15:58 GMT

#10

On June 21 2008 23:48 MasterOfChaos wrote:
often the plugins have the bugs, not the browser itself. And does FF3 still not conserve the tabs when exiting normally?

Well, to be fair to Mozilla, there are quite a few tab managers that conserve tabs when you exit. Plus I'm pretty sure that Firefox actually conserves tabs if you toggle the right setting.

Ethenielle

Norway1006 Posts

June 21 2008 15:59 GMT

#11

Thanks for the help! Sucks about the plugins, the flash one is kinda useful. But I guess it might be what rage said too, since my pc is admittedly shitty as fuck. Oh well

dyodyo

Philippines578 Posts

June 21 2008 16:10 GMT

#12

On June 22 2008 00:26 grobo wrote:
I have used Firefox since forever, but ever since late 2.0 and up to the current version i have noticed that it tends to get pretty damn sluggish at times.

Currently my firefox is using 120mb, is that normal?

I think so. Mine is currently using 139mb with a Peak of 179mb of memory with 6 tabs/1 window open. But its not sluggish.

JeeJee

Canada5652 Posts

June 21 2008 16:35 GMT

#13

On June 22 2008 00:22 dyodyo wrote:
I really think, as deadbeef has said, your plugins/extensions are causing the problem. I had experience with memory leaks/browser slowdowns with the Adobe reader plugin. Now I make a conscious effort to download the PDFs Im going to read before opening it (as opposed to opening it directly inside FF)

don't use adobe reader for pdf files

isn't it painfully slow? foxit ftw, ~1second boot up time

Raithed

China7078 Posts

June 21 2008 17:16 GMT

#14

its been like this for awhile.

fusionsdf

Canada15390 Posts

June 21 2008 18:13 GMT

#15

On June 22 2008 00:43 RaGe wrote:
Post your system specs. firefox doesnt really work that well with pc's that dont support hyperthreading (pre pentium 4 I think?) so if you have a pretty old PC that might be the cause.

I get the same thing with my dual core (at least I did with FF2)