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  1. 03-03-2005, 02:07 PM #1
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    Firefox eating lots of CPU time

    Right now I have 11 open tabs in Firefox and it is hovering between 15-30% of total CPU useage, totally idle, not opening any pages.

    I am using the custom moox build as per http://moox.ws/tech/mozilla/firefox.htm - could this be the issue?

    It can't be right that Firefox eats so much CPU time while being completely idle.
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  2. 03-03-2005, 02:55 PM #2
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    I have 18 tabs open split between 2 different firefox windows. I'm idle and it's jumping from 1-8%. That's on a 2.7GHz proc.

    Some web pages refresh by themselves. That could be the problem. Have you tried the regular download from mozilla.org?
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  3. 03-03-2005, 03:38 PM #3
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    Your pages probably have a lot of Flash on them, that tends to use the CPU. Firefox on it's own shouldn't use much CPU.
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  4. 03-03-2005, 05:01 PM #4
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    Originally posted by Mr Cherry
    Your pages probably have a lot of Flash on them, that tends to use the CPU. Firefox on it's own shouldn't use much CPU.
    Good point, I just installed a fresh build last night and didn't install any ad-blocking plugins yet.

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    I'm using the Moox build too and don't see Firefox using much CPU at all. So it must be page-specific.
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    I've had that happen before & I'm pretty sure it's caused by flash. I've been using the Firefox Flash Blocker. It's very cool. It replaces all flash with a little grey "play" button that you can click if you want to see it. It noticibly speeds up page loads, and really, how often do you see flash that *isn't* some annoying ad.

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    Originally posted by Bash
    It noticibly speeds up page loads, and really, how often do you see flash that *isn't* some annoying ad.
    You mean there's actually useful flash?

    Thanks for the link
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    Originally posted by Bash
    I've had that happen before & I'm pretty sure it's caused by flash. I've been using the Firefox Flash Blocker. It's very cool. It replaces all flash with a little grey "play" button that you can click if you want to see it. It noticibly speeds up page loads, and really, how often do you see flash that *isn't* some annoying ad.

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    Originally posted by Skywalker DK
    Thanks for the link
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    Great, after having installed adblock and flashblock I open the same tabs as before and now CPU useage is hovering just above idle.

    Good stuff
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