[gentoo-user] Hungry firefox

2015-04-01 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, Has anyone else here noticed firefox consuming 15% or so of CPU time, even while it's not supposed to be doing anything? This is version 31.5.3, with just AdBlock Plus and YesScript added. I have remerged it and saw no difference. [ebuild R] www-client/firefox-31.5.3::gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Hungry firefox

2015-04-01 Thread Daniel Frey
On 04/01/2015 07:03 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > Has anyone else here noticed firefox consuming 15% or so of CPU time, even > while it's not supposed to be doing anything? This is version 31.5.3, with > just AdBlock Plus and YesScript added. I have remerged it and saw no > differ

Re: [gentoo-user] Hungry firefox

2015-04-01 Thread Philip Webb
150401 Peter Humphrey wrote: > Has anyone else here noticed firefox consuming 15% or so of CPU time, > even while it's not supposed to be doing anything? Occasionally, I've had javascripts running away with the CPU, which stops when I kill FF & restart it. That's just bad JS programming. -- ===

Re: [gentoo-user] Hungry firefox

2015-04-01 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 01 April 2015 11:34:19 Philip Webb wrote: > 150401 Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Has anyone else here noticed firefox consuming 15% or so of CPU time, > > even while it's not supposed to be doing anything? > > Occasionally, I've had javascripts running away with the CPU, > which stops whe

Re: [gentoo-user] Hungry firefox

2015-04-01 Thread Philip Webb
150401 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday 01 April 2015 11:34:19 Philip Webb wrote: >> 150401 Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> Has anyone else here noticed firefox consuming 15% or so of CPU time, >>> even while it's not supposed to be doing anything? >> Occasionally, I've had javascripts running away w

Re: [gentoo-user] Hungry firefox

2015-04-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 11:34:19 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > > Has anyone else here noticed firefox consuming 15% or so of CPU time, > > even while it's not supposed to be doing anything? > > Occasionally, I've had javascripts running away with the CPU, > which stops when I kill FF & restart it. Th

Re: [gentoo-user] Hungry firefox

2015-04-01 Thread wabenbau
Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > Has anyone else here noticed firefox consuming 15% or so of CPU time, > even while it's not supposed to be doing anything? This is version > 31.5.3, with just AdBlock Plus and YesScript added. I have remerged > it and saw no difference. > > [ebuild R

Re: [gentoo-user] Hungry firefox

2015-04-02 Thread Philip Webb
150401 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 11:34:19 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >> Occasionally, I've had javascripts running away with the CPU, >> which stops when I kill FF & restart it. That's just bad JS programming. > Do you have to kill the whole browser and not just the offending tab? >

Re: [gentoo-user] Hungry firefox

2015-04-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 03:28:43 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > >> Occasionally, I've had javascripts running away with the CPU, > >> which stops when I kill FF & restart it. That's just bad JS > >> programming. > > Do you have to kill the whole browser and not just the offending tab? > > That's just b

Re: [gentoo-user] Hungry firefox

2015-04-02 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 03:28:43AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > > Do you have to kill the whole browser and not just the offending tab? > > That's just bad programming... > > Do you use FF yourself ? -- if there's only 1 tab open & you kill it, > it kills the whole FF job too. I hate it when br

Re: [gentoo-user] Hungry firefox

2015-04-02 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 01:02:54AM +0200, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 03:28:43AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > > > > Do you have to kill the whole browser and not just the offending tab? > > > That's just bad programming... > > > > Do you use FF yourself ? -- if there's only

Re: [gentoo-user] Hungry firefox

2015-04-03 Thread Stroller
On Thu, 2 April 2015, at 8:28 am, Philip Webb wrote: > ... > I've finished reading 'Guardian' (eg) & am doing something else, > but the fan is working busily, wearing itself out & irritating me ; > when I kill FF -- however I do it -- everything calms down. > No, I'm not wasting my time complaini

Re: [gentoo-user] Hungry firefox

2015-04-03 Thread Philip Webb
150403 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 01:02:54AM +0200, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 03:28:43AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >>> if there's only 1 tab open & you kill it, it kills the whole FF job too. >> Fortunately, we’re not left standing in the rain : >