In Firefox 55 (2017) does it still make sense to move the cache to RAM?
I refer to the classic case where I have an SSD and don't want to "consume" it by watching endless videos on YouTube (and/or other sites) that are being buffered to the d… (read more)
I refer to the classic case where I have an SSD and don't want to "consume" it by watching endless videos on YouTube (and/or other sites) that are being buffered to the disk. Or does the buffering of such videos occur in RAM by default in Firefox?
I also want to speed up Firefox at the maximum.
What are the downsides of having the entire cache in RAM and, if none, why isn't the default instalation with no cache at all on the disk (browser.cache.disk.enable = false) ?
What is the best configuration of Firefox (regarding cache) on a laptop with the an SSD and 4 GB of RAM?
Thanks in advance.
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Why every time Firefox stuck in middle of work when i need that most?
I was working on my client project https://www.bookotrip.com and want to test my work as it was final time to handover the project. But do you know what Firefox stuck mid… (read more)
I was working on my client project https://www.bookotrip.com and want to test my work as it was final time to handover the project. But do you know what Firefox stuck middle of processing.
For one of the client we are experiencing slow browsing issue with Firefox (Firefox 60.7.2esr) .
For one of the client we are experiencing slow browsing issue with Firefox (Firefox 60.7.2esr) .We tried without any customization but it has the same slow browsing exper… (read more)
For one of the client we are experiencing slow browsing issue with Firefox (Firefox 60.7.2esr) .We tried without any customization but it has the same slow browsing experience. However there is one observation though if we use explicit ip address instead .pac in proxy then browsing speed is fine. Our proxy team hasn’t found anything abnormal with proxy configuration and pac file size is also small in kbs.
Why does Firefox fail to load pages correctly? No problems with Chromium.
It is getting to where FF doesn't load most pages correctly or at all, with or without plugins installed, and regardless of whether the cache is cleared or not. FF is ex… (read more)
It is getting to where FF doesn't load most pages correctly or at all, with or without plugins installed, and regardless of whether the cache is cleared or not. FF is extremely slow too, even after a fresh install. FF is also not sandboxed. I have no such problems with Chromium.
Tech folks are telling me FF is dying. I was hoping FF would beat Google because I hate Google. I'm finding myself using Chromium most of the time and I hate how its preferences and plugins are limited compared to FF and it doesn't load the home page I specify, instead loading a useless mess of preset links I don't approve. But I have to say I'm at the point of ditching FF completely, which is a disgusting feeling of defeat because now it seems Google dominates the PC browser and it's not even customization-rich and I don't even get to assign my home page to the home button.
If I had to give FF a grade, it would be F. It's like an old car that only goes 25mph and only drives on a rapidly decreasing number of roads where upon the instrumentation fails to light up or the engine might stop altogether. What kind of legacy is this? I'm tired of google maps not displaying correctly. Missing fields, maps, buttons, and graphics all the time. What's the deal? FF used to be great but now it's useless to me; I don't understand why it's still around. Are there plans to redo FF to address all these issues?
If pages would just load correctly I'd even tolerate slower program loading. Sandboxing would be a huge plus and I don't think it's that difficult to achieve. Much has been done to beautify the FF gui while its basic ability to display pages properly and securely is heavily neglected. May I ask where this is going? Give me reasons to stick with FF... Isn't FF worth fixing up?
Thanks, A user concerned about browser monopolies and diminished ability to browse the web productively and in alignment with my computing needs.
FF 40.0.3 for Linux / Ubuntu 13.04
newest update kills FF... tried everything downloaded old version and it works fine... your ball
Firefox 49.0.1 update seems to load, shows brief busy icon .. shows loaded in files, shows as running in task mgr. Removing and reloading does nothing even with shutdown … (read more)
Firefox 49.0.1 update seems to load, shows brief busy icon .. shows loaded in files, shows as running in task mgr. Removing and reloading does nothing even with shutdown between... safe mode, administrator run... nothing. Reloaded old 48 ran without a pause.
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Probable 'deadly embrace' memory allocation issue between Firefox and Microsoft Update
I had my usual "several" (probably 3 to 5) Firefox windows/tabs open ... and Microsoft decided to send an update to my Windows 7 box. I observed Firefox memory use rise r… (read more)
I had my usual "several" (probably 3 to 5) Firefox windows/tabs open ... and Microsoft decided to send an update to my Windows 7 box.
I observed Firefox memory use rise rapidly to nearly 800MB ... while netsvcs.exe did approximately the same thing. (This machine has 2GB of RAM.)
Fortunately I had Windows Performance Monitor running, and was able to determine that Windows Update was the competing activity ... and after-the-fact, determined that it had been installing an update to MS Security Essentials (basically a malware signature update - and I have the ID of the specific update, but since it is a security update, I'm hesitant to post that detail in a quasi-public forum). Usually, such updates install quickly and transparently. I also cannot tell, with confidence, whether the memory consumption was from the process of installing the signature - or the process of scanning for malware presence after the sig was installed (although I'd *guess* the latter). I believe both of those aspects execute within netsvcs.exe.
This happened over a period of approximately an hour, during which about all I could do was "sniff around" to identify the culprits; eventually I killed the Firefox process (hoping that its History feature would allow me to return to my open tabs... which was not quite true).
I have reported the event to Microsoft as well, as it could equally be their problem.
Suggestion: Add instrumentation to Firefox to capture data on sudden increases in RAM use - paying particular attention to outside-the-norm values, in relatively short time periods (minutes, not hours) that do not self-resolve ... and consider whether Firefox can be more aggressive at releasing memory it has "claimed," when things go bad.
(Perhaps collect high-level "physical memory available" data when things begin to "go bad," and capture the "footprint" of Firefox memory use... And perhaps add intelligence to log memory allocation failures somewhere. I don't know with certainty if the issue was fragmentation, or the sheer amount requested, but experience and grey-hair lead me to suspect the former. The only Firefox window/tab that I know might have been a high-memory-consumer was a moderate-sized Google Map covering an urban area of several dozen square miles, so it was a complex image.)
Not suggesting this is Firefox's "fault" -- clearly, both processes were "to blame" in the sense that they didn't handle the situation well... but Firefox might handle it better.
I've seen (and reported) quite a series of memory-utilization issues since 28.0 ... perhaps it's time for a "tiger team" to look into these.
AH - one other detail: I keep Firefox pinned to the Windows task bar, and when it starts, it asks me which profile I want to use (of about 5 choices). When restarting Firefox after identifying all the above... I found that it no longer asked me to choose a profile, and the profile it opened was clearly NOT my most-common profile, which includes (e.g.) all my most-common, site-specific login information. I had to mess around for several minutes to get this profile "back" up and running, and I did not make note of what I tried during that effort.
The graphical menu buttons Firefox 58.0.2
On Windows 10 and Firefox 58.0.2, when I click the menu button in the upper right (the three hamburger bars) or any other menu button (i.e. history), a ghost of the drop … (read more)
On Windows 10 and Firefox 58.0.2, when I click the menu button in the upper right (the three hamburger bars) or any other menu button (i.e. history), a ghost of the drop menu appears and Firefox hangs for at least a few seconds. Often times, it totally hangs and needs to be closed. I can browse and scroll and video stream works. I have tried the "it hangs" fixes and none work. Specifically I have tried the accessibility permission option, the disable hardware acceleration option, and trying a new alternative profile (full on reset). I have also tried uninstalling the 64bit version and installing the 32bit version. None of this has worked. The menu bar does work. Also when any popup from the menu button area (i.e. giving website location access) it is ghosted or black and locks Firefox.
Audio playback interrupted when Firefox CPU usage increases
When I have a video playing in the background (for example a Twitch stream) and use Firefox in a way that causes 100% CPU usage (for example navigating a Google Maps 360°… (read more)
When I have a video playing in the background (for example a Twitch stream) and use Firefox in a way that causes 100% CPU usage (for example navigating a Google Maps 360° view or scrolling a complex website excessively) I get interruptions and even repetitions of short bits of the playing sound. This issue started after updating to Firefox Quantum and is quite annoying. Is this a known issue? Any potential workarounds? I'm currently using 58.0.2 (64 bit) on Windows 10 16299.
Mozilla drains so much ram even with a few tabs open on windows 10
Hi dear developers and people who help other people in this forum, I'm Kristian, an old user of Mozilla and since I have installed mozilla of quantum project on my laptop… (read more)
Hi dear developers and people who help other people in this forum, I'm Kristian, an old user of Mozilla and since I have installed mozilla of quantum project on my laptop with windows 10, I have notice on the task manager that mozilla drains a lot of ram even with a few tabs open ( Let's say 7). Well my concern is because with Google Chrome (I know that is offensive to compare) I have open more than 30 tabs and its ram consumption is understanble to be higher, nevertheless is really close to mozilla ( Lets say 1GB of RAM). I tried to run mozilla on safe mode with no addons but I get the same result. I tried reduce the content process limit to 2 (4 by default) but again, the RAM consumption still high. I reinstall mozilla, but unfortunately nothing changes. Im the only one with this trouble? Any ideas of what it can be? The mozilla version what Im using is 60 x64 and windows 10 x64 Thanks in advance ps: I attach an image to prove what I wrote
Gmail has slowed to a crawl and won't load and won't allow me to type a reply
In the last couple days Gmail has slowed to a crawl. It won't load, and barely does, and once it does I try to click on an email loads super slow and trying to type in a … (read more)
In the last couple days Gmail has slowed to a crawl. It won't load, and barely does, and once it does I try to click on an email loads super slow and trying to type in a reply in one existent, had to switch over to google chrome to do my emails. What is going on? I have a new modem from ATT also. I cleared cache and cookies, restarted computer and still slow to a crawl
firefox is often downloading full bandwidth
Hi there i've this problem: Since i've reinstalled firefox 2 weeks ago after formatting pc , firefox is slower then it was before and when i go to a website often it stay… (read more)
Hi there i've this problem: Since i've reinstalled firefox 2 weeks ago after formatting pc , firefox is slower then it was before and when i go to a website often it stays for at least 3 min downloading at full bandwidth (15 mb/s) after fully loading it. It also is very slow in loading websites compared both to firefox pre formatting and chrome for example.
Sometimes the downloading appears randomly, even after 20-30 minutes of idle computer (i know cause my brother complains about internet lagging)
I've tried to go to the same website from chrome and firefox and chrome doesn't have the downloading issue to excluse it is a website issue.
i've 55.0.3
extensions: download them all download them all anticontainer ublock origin vlc context menu
Thank you for help
Plugin-container uses all memory and disappear every 5 minutes
Hi, Last days i have the following problem: Plugin-container.exe uses like ~2.7GB memory in 10 seconds and then dissapear, then again the same in 5 minutes. It happens ev… (read more)
Hi, Last days i have the following problem: Plugin-container.exe uses like ~2.7GB memory in 10 seconds and then dissapear, then again the same in 5 minutes. It happens even if i just visit small websites or searching google. My ff version is 40.0.3. I have scanned computer with malwarebytes but nothing found. Safe mode and Refresh doesnt change anything at all.
What can i do to fix this?????
Keyboard seems to not work for several minutes on newly opened tab / site
Firefox version: 58.0.2 (64-bit) OS: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS When I open new tab or call some site from bookmarks etc. keyboard seems to not work for a while... I noticed that… (read more)
Firefox version: 58.0.2 (64-bit) OS: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
When I open new tab or call some site from bookmarks etc. keyboard seems to not work for a while... I noticed that although cursor seems to be in the in the input item which I clicked with mouse - it actually looks like it moving very rapidly between other input columns. Most obvious it is in gmail - but generally this problem is the same for all newly opened websites. I had to wait for at least 30 seconds but usually more - after this time problem is gone and I can input text without any problems. I tried to google for solution but so far without any useful results....
Error during encrypted connection scan. - this message pops up all the time
I agreed to something this morning as I had a message that Firefox was starting slowly and now I have to press Add to exclusions numerous times every time I do anything o… (read more)
I agreed to something this morning as I had a message that Firefox was starting slowly and now I have to press Add to exclusions numerous times every time I do anything online. I have no idea what any of it is and it's extremely time consuming,confusing and annoying. What is happening and why?
Video issue on twitch/youtube
Hello, i have a problem with Firefox, i watch many stream / video while gaming, the video start shaking back and isn't smooth at all . It usually start happen when i laun… (read more)
Hello, i have a problem with Firefox, i watch many stream / video while gaming, the video start shaking back and isn't smooth at all . It usually start happen when i launch a game and the cpu have a big load. I haven't this issue with chrome or edge. It happen on twitch and YouTube. I love Firefox but i can't use it for that issue, very frustrating for me.
I recorded the issue: https://vimeo.com/268910891
Can't backup bookmarks. The bookmarked sign on bookmarked pages dissapears few moments after every launch. Sync is stuck on syncing. Can't add new bookmarks.
After starting Firefox, Sync starts and gets stuck on "Syncing" till I restart. Ever page shows as bookmarked for a while and then they all turn into not bookmarked. Back… (read more)
After starting Firefox, Sync starts and gets stuck on "Syncing" till I restart. Ever page shows as bookmarked for a while and then they all turn into not bookmarked. Backups won't be saved. Changes to bookmarks and adding new ones won't work either. Have tried a new profile, deleting xulstore.json and places.sqlite and have also tried safe-mode and all of them together. The sync is still in a loop. I have about 56000 bookmarks(I know that's a lot!) but it didn't use to take more than a few seconds. And not being able to see the last sync time by hovering really sucks as well btw.
Browser hangup with CPU load ~100%
Firstly, I want to say right away that the problem arose with the release of the 57th version, that is, Quantum. Until the 57th version everything was fine. And also I wa… (read more)
Firstly, I want to say right away that the problem arose with the release of the 57th version, that is, Quantum. Until the 57th version everything was fine. And also I want to say that this problem does not exist in other browsers. The problem manifests itself in this case: If you open the site of the dns-shop.ru or technopoint.ru store and, without waiting for the page to fully load, click on any item on the page, for example, on the left, select the directory partition, then the whole browser hangs. In this case, the browser stops responding to any pressing in the interface and generally does not react to anything, except for the completion of the process in the task manager. That is, I open the task manager and find there a process of firefox that uses almost all the resources of the CPU. After that, I end the process and firefox starts to work and writes that the "tab has dropped" (image # 3) I noticed the same problem on other sites, in particular youtube, vk, fb. Also, with fast transitions between site pages or streaming video, the browser may hang and the CPU load immediately 90-100%. Tried it on a completely clean firefox, on a freshly installed one, it ran without add-ons. All the same. I have to use google chrome until it's fixed ...
Why does Firefox 40 fail to connect after a session offline?
I often spend a long time offline, updating website pages locally. When I then try to go online, Firefox just says "Done" but fails to connect to anywhere. This isn't aft… (read more)
I often spend a long time offline, updating website pages locally. When I then try to go online, Firefox just says "Done" but fails to connect to anywhere. This isn't after clicking "work offline" - should I?
How to permanently fix firefox slowness(lag)? Everything is VERY temporary ONLY.
I've tried EVERYTHING I can find on here to fix the lagging of my firefox. It mostly does it after I've had it up for few hours and/or when I have Raidoloyalty on. I get … (read more)
I've tried EVERYTHING I can find on here to fix the lagging of my firefox. It mostly does it after I've had it up for few hours and/or when I have Raidoloyalty on. I get paid to listen to them so it not working really is pissing me off! Everything I've read and tired works for like MAYBE a month and then it's right back to doing it again. I am NOT going to constantly go back and do all that stuff EVERY month! I shouldn't HAVE to. Isn't there a way to fix this permanently? or at least fix it for 6 to 8 months or something?
After Feb ~12th, Firefox freezes until a page fully loads
Sometime after around Feb 13th, I think I might have rebooted for a Windows update and now Firefox pages completely lock up until the entire page loads. To be more specif… (read more)
Sometime after around Feb 13th, I think I might have rebooted for a Windows update and now Firefox pages completely lock up until the entire page loads.
To be more specific, I can still switch tabs, open menus, etc... but I cannot interact with anything on the page itself like click links, type in text fields, right click to get the context menu... but if I switch to another tab, I can interact with that page just fine. In addition, while the page is frozen like that, I can't use the back button either, but clicking it (or using the back button on my mouse) will make the browser go back only after the page fully loads.
Why is this bad? Some pages can take 10 to 20 seconds or even more to load! So even though I can see the link I want to go to almost immediately, I have to wait until every picture is done loading before I can click it.
In addition, things like the dropdown you get on google as you type in the search box will freeze the page when you select them. For example, I go to google, I type "Firef" then click the Firefox autocomplete. The entire page freezes for a couple of seconds before the screen is cleared and goes white and then it starts loading the next page.
Other things I've noticed, those google captcha things where you click the checkbox for "I am not a robot"; those can take over 15 seconds to load and freeze up the page PLUS clicking the checkbox ALSO freezes the page again for another 15 seconds.
This happens in safe mode too and with all addons disabled.