Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-29 Thread Adam Williamson
On Sat, 2014-09-27 at 05:52 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Fri, 26 Sep 2014, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 10:44 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > i am at my wit's end with firefox on my fedora rawhide system -- to > > > say it's nad-grindingly slow would be charitab

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-27 Thread Sérgio Basto
On Sáb, 2014-09-27 at 11:01 -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote: > On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 07:36:19PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 10:44 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > i am at my wit's end with firefox on my fedora rawhide system -- to > > > say it's nad-grindingly slow

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-27 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sat, 27 Sep 2014, Chuck Anderson wrote: > On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 07:36:19PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 10:44 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > i am at my wit's end with firefox on my fedora rawhide system -- to > > > say it's nad-grindingly slow would be chari

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-27 Thread Fred Smith
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 11:01:41AM -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote: > On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 07:36:19PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 10:44 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > i am at my wit's end with firefox on my fedora rawhide system -- to > > > say it's nad-grindingly

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-27 Thread Chuck Anderson
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 07:36:19PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 10:44 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i am at my wit's end with firefox on my fedora rawhide system -- to > > say it's nad-grindingly slow would be charitable. just now, i tried > > clicking on another tab

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-27 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 26 Sep 2014, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 10:44 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i am at my wit's end with firefox on my fedora rawhide system -- to > > say it's nad-grindingly slow would be charitable. just now, i tried > > clicking on another tab ... some 30 seconds

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-27 Thread Felix Miata
Robert P. J. Day wrote on 2014-09-27 05:52 (UTC-0400): > On Fri, 26 Sep 2014, Adam Williamson wrote: >> FWIW, I've been seeing some odd 'laggy' behaviour in F21 on my >> desktop lately, which does mostly seem to be in Firefox. I do have >> sixteen zillion tabs open, but I do that a lot and it's n

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-27 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 26 Sep 2014, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 10:44 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i am at my wit's end with firefox on my fedora rawhide system -- to > > say it's nad-grindingly slow would be charitable. just now, i tried > > clicking on another tab ... some 30 seconds

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-26 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 10:44 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i am at my wit's end with firefox on my fedora rawhide system -- to > say it's nad-grindingly slow would be charitable. just now, i tried > clicking on another tab ... some 30 seconds later, i am still waiting > for the tab to change, o

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-24 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 10:44:40 -0400 (EDT) Robert P. J. Day wrote: > just now, i tried > clicking on another tab ... some 30 seconds later You mentioned tabs. Try only using one tab at a time. I get the impression that most browsers seem to consume and extra 40GB of memory for each tab :-). -- tes

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-24 Thread Temlakos
On 09/24/2014 11:20 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, Sérgio Basto wrote: On Qua, 2014-09-24 at 11:08 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, Nikos Roussos wrote: On September 24, 2014 5:44:40 PM EEST, "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: watching any sort of youtube vid

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, Sérgio Basto wrote: > On Qua, 2014-09-24 at 11:08 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, Nikos Roussos wrote: > > > > > On September 24, 2014 5:44:40 PM EEST, "Robert P. J. Day" > > > wrote: > > > > watching any sort of youtube video is excruciating ... whi

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-24 Thread Sérgio Basto
On Qua, 2014-09-24 at 11:08 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, Nikos Roussos wrote: > > > On September 24, 2014 5:44:40 PM EEST, "Robert P. J. Day" > > wrote: > > > watching any sort of youtube video is excruciating ... while audio > > >is typically, i will frequently get *m

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-24 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 10:44:40 -0400 (EDT), Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i am at my wit's end with firefox on my fedora rawhide system -- to > say it's nad-grindingly slow would be charitable. just now, i tried > clicking on another tab ... some 30 seconds later, i am still waiting > for the tab t

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, Nikos Roussos wrote: > On September 24, 2014 5:44:40 PM EEST, "Robert P. J. Day" > wrote: > > watching any sort of youtube video is excruciating ... while audio > >is typically, i will frequently get *maybe* one frame change a second, > >i kid you not. i frequently get java

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-24 Thread Felix Miata
Robert P. J. Day wrote on 2014-09-24 10:44 (GMT-0400): > i am at my wit's end with firefox on my fedora rawhide system -- to > say it's nad-grindingly slow would be charitable. just now, i tried > clicking on another tab ... some 30 seconds later, i am still waiting > for the tab to change, oh,

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, Kevin Martin wrote: > On 09/24/2014 09:49 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, Kevin Martin wrote: > > > >> On 09/24/2014 09:44 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >>> > >>> i am at my wit's end with firefox on my fedora rawhide system -- to > >>> say it's nad-grin

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-24 Thread Nikos Roussos
On September 24, 2014 5:44:40 PM EEST, "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > watching any sort of youtube video is excruciating ... while audio >is typically, i will frequently get *maybe* one frame change a second, >i kid you not. i frequently get javascripts that are not responding, >and i'm asked wheth

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-24 Thread Kevin Martin
On 09/24/2014 09:49 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, Kevin Martin wrote: > >> On 09/24/2014 09:44 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: >>> >>> i am at my wit's end with firefox on my fedora rawhide system -- to >>> say it's nad-grindingly slow would be charitable. just now, i tried >>>

can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
i am at my wit's end with firefox on my fedora rawhide system -- to say it's nad-grindingly slow would be charitable. just now, i tried clicking on another tab ... some 30 seconds later, i am still waiting for the tab to change, oh, wait, there it is. watching any sort of youtube video is exc

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, Kevin Martin wrote: > On 09/24/2014 09:44 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > i am at my wit's end with firefox on my fedora rawhide system -- to > > say it's nad-grindingly slow would be charitable. just now, i tried > > clicking on another tab ... some 30 seconds later, i

Re: can someone suggest why firefox is so &$*&^%*#^&%* slow?

2014-09-24 Thread Kevin Martin
On 09/24/2014 09:44 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i am at my wit's end with firefox on my fedora rawhide system -- to > say it's nad-grindingly slow would be charitable. just now, i tried > clicking on another tab ... some 30 seconds later, i am still waiting > for the tab to change, oh, wait,