On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 17:07:54 -0400 (EDT) "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > i am beyond frustrated with how mind-bendingly slow as a dog is > firefox on my fully-updated F26 system. eg, i go on twitter, want to > just post a tweet, sometimes takes several *seconds* just to finally > get around to responding to keyboard strokes. > > is anyone else seeing this? i am seriously ready to dump firefox > simply because it has turned into such a worthless piece of crap. what > is going on? I'm running the latest firefox from the repositories, and I would characterize the response as 'snappy'. Some possibilities: Your configuration is allowing a lot of third party communication to slow down page loading. Typically pages load ads before content, and if those ads are delayed, the content looks like it is slow to deliver. A neat trick to use is ad nauseum instead of an ad blocker. Your ISP is rationing bandwidth. Do a speed test, https://fast.com/ There is a DDOS attack occurring somewhere on the path between you and your chosen website that is slowing down your communication speed. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
