Firefox lag?

[Dark Dexter]

Ok, sometimes for no reason while I'm using firefox on my iBook (1.33Ghz 1.25Gb's or RAM) I get the beachball of death and it will lag there for a few moments. Its totally random, sometimes when I'm scrollng, typing, or anything. I cant use safari or camino cause Firefox has some plugins I use ALOT. So any ideas?

 

[nixgeek]

Are you running the latest version? It's 1.5.0.3.

Also, make sure that you update any extensions you have installed. It's as easy as going to to Tools-->Extensions.

 

[Dark Dexter]

Ok, I already have the newest versions of everything... It still randomly jams the CPU to 100%, will take its RAM usage to 1GB, or freeze for a few moments with no indicaton. The most frequent is freezing with no indication. Activity monitor dosent show a change in CPU usage or RAM usage. It dosen't do this in Safari so I'm thinking maybe a RAM leak in the new version? I've used firefox on Linux machines with ALOT less resources than then with less problems. Any other ideas?

~DarkDexter

 

[nixgeek]

Well, there have been reports of memory leaks with Firefox, and while some of the issues have been resolved, it's still not compelete. I believe this will be tackled with in the upcoming 2.0 release.

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

What kinds of sites are you viewing when this occurs? Do they perhaps have a Java applet or a Flash animation on them that would necessitate loading an external module or plug-in?

 

[Dark Dexter]

The sites it occurs on are pretty random... but then again you might see a correlation.

http://www.distrowatch.com
Linux Distro List, very few ads but still freezes momentarily occasionally
http://www.ytmnd.com
Stupid joke site thing, lags on some that use background animaitons
http://www.myspace.com
Lags mostly when I am typing comments or scrolling down pages

Sometimes it lags on text documents I am scrolling through like on mailing lists and such. Most of the time its happens I'm either scrollling or typing. Any other thoughts?

 

[nixgeek]

Well, I can tell you that it happens to me with myspace as well. Craptastically designed pages set to only work on IE are the main problem. Sometimes I regret having joined there...

 

[dmetzcher]

Well, I can tell you that it happens to me with myspace as well. Craptastically designed pages set to only work on IE are the main problem. Sometimes I regret having joined there...

Could it be that the MySpace pages are loading evil onto your Mac?

 

[nixgeek]

Could it be that the MySpace pages are loading evil onto your Mac?

Possibly, but it also affects my Linux computers so maybe it's just all non-MS systems.