On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 8:12 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
> All my knowledge of FF is superstition, not science. The > specifications, the manual, and the code base are too large to > understand. > > If I type ^Q in FF, I am currently told that I have 53 windows with > 386 tabs. Then I tell it not to quit. This shows bad discipline on > my part. > 'bad disciple' regarding what - - - - not following through with the quit or ???? > > Go to URL "about:performance" for some hints about what different tabs > cost. I'm not sure that it is accurate. > > Superstition: when things get bad, quit and restart. > Model: garbage collection of something is imperfect. > > Superstition: some pages are way more expensive than others -- a > simple page-count isn't a great measure > I've found that parking a page on a 'new tab' helps longevity (smile). > > Superstition: javascript eats my CPU. Sometimes it makes my coputer's > fans sping up. Sometimes FF tels me FF is taking a lot of CPU.. > Often it is on Globe and Mail pages. > > | From: o1bigtenor via talk <talk@gtalug.org> > > | > Are there hard limits that force Firefox to not renew pages as they > were > | > (so more than xx number of pages)? > > What do you mean by "renew pages"? Is that "reload"? ^R > I'm not sure what the 'correct' term is!!! You've restarted your system. You ask for FF to be started. Typically I have been asked if I wish to 'restore' to the previous. (Firefox is set to restore previous session.) > > | > Are there hard limits that force Firefox to not renew 'a' page (I've > had > | > this happen where one page doesn't renew but all the rest do)? > > I'd take it as a sign to close tabs you don't need any longer, quit > FF, and then restart it. > FF has already been shut down and then asked to restore. My question is - - - at what point in the use of resources does FF decide to 'not' honor the requested 'restore previous session'. That not restore can be selective - - - if one page has a plethora of tabs - - such a page may 'not' be restored even if all the other pages are. This last iteration for me - - - - well all the pages and all the tabs were not restored. That was the prompt for asking about what the are. > > | > If there are no 'hard' limits (programmed in per se) are there amounts > of > | > pages or tabs or perhaps tabs/page or something else from this stew > that > | > greater than xx tabs or yy pages or even a small number of pages having > | > more than xy tabs where such activity results in firefox not > restarting as > | > it is listed to do so (restart the pages and tabs present upon > shutdown) is > | > considered 'usual'? > | > I am trying to find parameters where I'm not faced with what I have > right > | > now. > > I think that it just runs out of RAM or processor cycles. > Hmmmmm - - - - so how many TB of ram does it take so this condition doesn't happen? snip Thanks for the response Regards
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