On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 23:09 +0930, Tim wrote: > Nigel J. Terry > >>> I also have a problem with firefox eating all of my cpu. It > >>> only happens with some pages, try: > >>> > >>> http://free.grisoft.com > > > Guillermo Garron: > >> I have tried that page and my procesor goes to 47%, but when i tried > >> the same on Opera, goes justo to 7%, so give Opera a try, i really > >> dont know why Opera uses less micro power on almost all kind of pages. > > > Aaron Konstam: > > That is really strange. When google is loaded 7% of the cpu is used, > > but when the site above is loaded 78% of the cpu is used by firefox. > > Very strange. > > Nothing really strange about it, the page is more complex than Google. > Turn off page styling, and it requires less from your system to render > it. Pages with scripting, lots of graphics, or complex styling, etc., > will require more grunt to display. Some will bring a system to its > knees when you scroll the page, particularly those with fixed position > items (background or foreground). > > I haven't tried that page with Opera, nor tried Opera for a while, but > different browsers will use different techniques for rendering their > pages, and Opera did have a reputation for being more lightweight when I > tried it on Windows a few years ago. They may have a more efficient way > of doing what that page asks it to do. > Actually as someone else suggested Jvascript is the culprit. Turning it off dropped the CPU usage from 70% to 7%. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
