Chris Geoghooligan ✊6d ago

I have a #Intel Core i5 CPU @ 1.70GHz (2.21 GHz) with 32GB RAM.

At any given time, #Firefox is eating 10-80% of my CPU and ~68% of my memory.

That seems... excessive.

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@VTDARKSIM It is most likely the webapps, but you should file bugs if you think there is a leak -- grab a memory report from about:memory and file a bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org
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Mar 25 at 4:40pmWeb
Show threadCorentin Cras-Méneur6d ago
@yoasif @VTDARKSIM you might also want to try running the NoScript extension. It can help identify whether Javascripts on the page run your CPU way too high.
Show threadChris Geoghooligan ✊6d ago
@cortig this guy?
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Show threadCorentin Cras-Méneur6d ago
@VTDARKSIM yep. Pretty useful to avoid popups and some ads as well :-)
Show threadChris Geoghooligan ✊6d ago
@cortig I’ll give it a go, thanks. UBlock, PrivacyBadger, my home and device and browser Proton VPNs with NetShield, and my AdGuard instance squash most if not all popups & ads, but you can never be too sure!
Show threadCorentin Cras-Méneur6d ago
@VTDARKSIM This is a different approach at dealing with the problem. On some sites, I start up disabling everything, then re-enable the scripts one by one if I can't use some aspects of the site. You can see all the third party scripts embedded everywhere…
Show threadChris Geoghooligan ✊6d ago
@cortig I just had a peek and… ugh 😅 I’ll likely do the same. In the meantime, at least my laptop fan has calmed down for the fist time in a while!
Show threadChris Geoghooligan ✊6d ago
@yoasif well damn, it's toot.community (Mastodon) that's eating up 8GB (HALF) of the memory!