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I used Firefox (more specifically Iceweasel) as my sole browser from roughly version 3 until somewhere in the late twenties. Recently I started using Chromium

I used Firefox (more specifically Iceweasel) as my sole browser from roughly version 3 until somewhere in the late twenties. Recently I started using Chromium off and on because FF just seems to be so damn slow if I have more than four tabs open. Reddit + RES is so slow that it's completely unusable. I'm talking a several second delay between each keystroke and the character appearing in the input boxes. Also, FF's sync is quite a pain to set up, especially if you don't have another device with you. I fear the recent UI changes may have been the last nail in the coffin for me. I had a very nice setup using pentadactyl with some select add-on icons on the statusline. Now, that isn't possible. I have to choose between a superfluous navigation bar or no icons.

callahad 12y ago
> Also, FF's sync is quite a pain to set up, especially if you don't have another device with you. This was fixed in Firefox 29. More info at https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2014/02/07/a-better-firefox-sync/ https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2014/02/07/a-better-firefo...
nnethercote 12y ago
You could try "Reset Firefox". No guarantees, but it fixes a lot of performance problems like the ones you're seeing, while preserving history, passwords, bookmarks, cookies, etc. See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-firefox-easily-fixes-most-problems https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-firefox-easily-fi... for details.
dblohm7 12y ago
If you're having problems, consider trying the Gecko Profiler (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Performance/Profiling_with_the_Built-in_Profiler https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Performance...) and attaching a profile to a bug. We can't fix what we don't know about!
tarminian 12y ago
Iceweasel is probably your issue. I don't use the Debian hack of firefox and have no problems, >50 tabs open all the time. Also, looks like the last release of pentadactyl was March 15, that is old by Internet standards. I don't think firefox is the issue here.
- dbbolton 12y ago
  I had the same issues on vanilla FF on Windows 7 too.

callahad 12y ago

> Also, FF's sync is quite a pain to set up, especially if you don't have another device with you. This was fixed in Firefox 29. More info at https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2014/02/07/a-better-firefox-sync/ https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2014/02/07/a-better-firefo...

nnethercote 12y ago

You could try "Reset Firefox". No guarantees, but it fixes a lot of performance problems like the ones you're seeing, while preserving history, passwords, bookmarks, cookies, etc. See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-firefox-easily-fixes-most-problems https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-firefox-easily-fi... for details.

dblohm7 12y ago

If you're having problems, consider trying the Gecko Profiler (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Performance/Profiling_with_the_Built-in_Profiler https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Performance...) and attaching a profile to a bug. We can't fix what we don't know about!

tarminian 12y ago

Iceweasel is probably your issue. I don't use the Debian hack of firefox and have no problems, >50 tabs open all the time. Also, looks like the last release of pentadactyl was March 15, that is old by Internet standards. I don't think firefox is the issue here.

dbbolton 12y ago
I had the same issues on vanilla FF on Windows 7 too.