Re: firefox slow rendering (e.g. wikipedia)

[taharka <res00vl8 alltel net>]

How do,

On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 15:28 -0200, Clodoaldo wrote:
> 2006/11/30, Ian Malone <ibmalone gmail com>:
> > Okay, I've had this problem for a while and I'm beginning
> > to wonder why.
> >
> > Firefox sometimes responds very slowly, especially when
> > rendering Wikipedia and a few other pages (mostly wikis
> > actually). I don't mean connecting to the internet, I mean
> > responding to the user; e.g. I run a mouse gestures
> > extension which can become unusable with a couple
> > of Wikipedia tabs open. Booting the same machine into
> > Windows Me and running Firefox I don't have this problem.
> > System is FC5, Athlon 1.3GHz, 1GB RAM, GeForce 3 Ti200
> > with Nvidia drivers.
> >
> > So:
> > Does anyone else have this problem?
> 
> I have. Any site javascript intensive makes FF consume 100% CPU for a
> few seconds at each click. Gmail is one of them.

So, how bout installing the noscript extension & enabling javascript for
sites where it is absolutely necessary?

> I'm also on FC5. Athlon XP2100, 768 MB ram.
> 
> -- 
> Clodoaldo Pinto Neto

taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.