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Firefox question

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 5:35 am
by dacflyer
when using FF, every once in a while things start lagging, so i look in my task manager - and i see 6 instances of FF running, but i only have 1 page open.
Why so many ?
i also listen to online radio once in a while, and it is a memory hogg.. all my memory starts getting used up to the point that the page starts hanging up bad. again i have to force end the browser. ( RADIO.COM )
any tips to help resolve this ?
can't live without radio , and computer is only way to listen to radio in a metal building.
plus i do not have much choices to use here now that the city has limited what sites we have access too ( no out of the states web addresses any more )
so much for my European radio stations now..

Re: Firefox question

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 7:21 pm
by Janitor Tzap
Here's something from Cnet: https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions ... es-641810/


Signed: Janitor Tzap

Re: Firefox question

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:48 am
by dacflyer
seems that Flash is a problem, and that i was right that FF does not readily dump RAM.
Ughhh.. the usage just grows and grows til it starts locking up.
this computer is supposed to have about 8 gigs of ram. but when it gets p to about 6Gb, then it starts having issues..

Re: Firefox question

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:00 am
by dacflyer
I finally found the cause of the problem, It was one of the damn ad blockers I was using. I turned it off, and the memory use went way down, Now i am averaging 4 gigs memory use, and not 7.8 gigs
the ADD ON was called AD BLOCKER, I am using a different one now called AD BLOCKER PLUS, and it works just fine..

Re: Firefox question

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 6:37 am
by dacflyer
lil late.lol.. the problems been solved long ago...