Maybe you can begin a shard & swap strategy like Hans.... turn off javascript - sites are loading more JS libraries that haven't been optimized (see AMD) even if they only use one function. Also, remove flash and java - there is a rash of server hacks (Apache etc) that use those as a vector into your world. Do any of your sites use HTML5 effects - those typically pre-load a large amount of data to your browser - no real way to escape, just an observation. Non static web pages will have us all running virtual machines just to avoid being abused. Remember, you are not a client, you are the product. :( give netsurf a try http://www.netsurf-browser.org/ On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > The newer versions of Firefox in the guise of "efficiency" don't refresh the > content (or maybe even load it) until you click on that tab. > > As for killing Firefox and restoring what was lost, Just go to the general > tab of preferences and change the "When Firefox starts" entry to be "... the > Windows and tabs from last time". Then don't kill Firefox, just close it > and restart it. > > der Hans also showed us Thursday night how you can use different profiles to > (among other things) keep different tab sets open for each. > > > On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Jon Kettenhofen wrote: >> >> One thing I have noticed is that when I restart, it seems that the sites >> don't load until I click on the page or the tab. >> Once viewed, some sites will get busy loading banners, flash, youtube >> videos, etc. which will obviously slow things >> down. See if that's that case. >> >> Since you killed FF, did not exit it cleanly, I would otherwise expect it >> to revive in pretty much the same state but it >> didn't. Stuff that's real-time in memory won't be maintained unless >> written to hard drive so that may be a factor - >> you killed it when you rebooted. >> >> On the other hand! I have had extreme issues with gnome-shell (yes the >> "new" one) gobbling up 100% to 120% or >> a bit more of my hyper-threaded old xeon even with 8GB of memory, so I >> have reverted to the Classic Gnome >> session which is far kinder, peaking at 50% but usually maxing out at 20 >> percent and under 10 in normal use. >> >> Like you, I am wondering where all the processor bloat comes from. I have >> removed most of my add-ons and >> plug-ins to FF but with little or no effect. >> >> I'm running Mint (14) Nadia, using the Classic Gnome session applied at >> the login. Doesn't make me immune from >> the Nasty Social Apparatus, but it beats having to reload another version >> of linux. Cinnamon runs gnome shell. >> >> Jon Kettenhofen >> >> >> >> >> On 07/13/2013 08:43 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com wrote: >>> >>> OK, I'll confess, I am a WEB site hoarder... >>> I find sites, open DOZENS of them, leave them open to >>> read-them-later/use-them-for-something/show-it-someone-else/forgot-to-close- >>> it, you get the drift... >>> At any point of time I always have dozens of open pages, just sitting >>> there. >>> This morning, they were eating 50% of the power of EACH of my 4 cores... >>> Which bumped the processor temp to 53 degs C. >>> Doing nothing... >>> So I killed the flash plug-in (frequent culprit) to no avail... >>> So I bit the bullet and 'kill $(FFOX_PID)' >>> All cores happy... >>> I restarted Firefox and 'restored it' (which opened up everything I had >>> before) and the processor now barely feels the load. And is at a comfy 37 >>> deg C. >>> Which begs the question: >>> What in the World was it doing before? >>> ET >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to > multiple recipients, use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy). Remove addresses from > a forwarded message body before clicking Send. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss