The hanging has been getting worse... requiring me to more frequently restart...

Do you use Malwarebytes software?

cor-el said

Do you use Malwarebytes software?

lol, No I don't use any kind of Anti-virus or active anti-malware... they are resource hogs and can bug down the system...

I use hardware and software FIREWALLS........ for protection.. I do occasional scan semi-questionable downloads with Spybot S&D but that's about it.. other wise all downloads I do are from home sites and are safe...

here is my bug-report on this subject: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1338930

I am pretty sure is a Firefox programming degradation issue.. be cause it has been present for the past 4-15 releases of Firefox..

and my use of GreaseMonkey is limited to my main email account/site... so just one small and simple script..

I have open at all times: - main email account - Gmail - Facebook - and YouTube vid(s)

Well it is possible to slip by your hardware/software firewalls. So unless you do perform some scans using the following to make sure you are clean it may not be possible to start helping you further unless you please do so.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware

Could you please also update your Firefox to version 54. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/update-firefox-latest-version

Pkshadow said

Could you please also update your Firefox to version 54. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/update-firefox-latest-version

GOOD GRIEF.. I'm a advanced POWER USER.. I check for updates to software I use DAILY! so I keep the release dates bookmarked.. https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar

so I was running FF v54.0.0 the SECOND it came off the build server DUH!

I to occasionally do a check with Spybot S&D... MY SYSTEM IS AS CLEAN AS A NEW BORN BABY'S A**

ROLLS-EYES: lol

I just don't waste my system resources on a anti-virus systems that scan everything, every second of every day.. :ROLLS-EYES:

I do take my systems security very seriously! and I keep Windows Task-manager loaded at all times, making regular scans of the list for anything out of the ordinary.. I also use Process Explorer by system Internals (Microsoft) which can do https://www.virustotal.com/en/ tests of any file on the system...

"Yes, I assure you, we are quite safe from your friends here." - Palpatine (Return of the Jedi) lol :ROLLS-EYES:

Melchior (aka Joseph) said

Pkshadow said

Could you please also update your Firefox to version 54. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/update-firefox-latest-version

GOOD GRIEF.. I'm a advanced POWER USER.. I check for updates to software I use DAILY! so I keep the release dates bookmarked.. https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar

so I was running FF v54.0.0 the SECOND it came off the build server DUH!

I to occasionally do a check with Spybot S&D... MY SYSTEM IS AS CLEAN AS A NEW BORN BABY'S A**

ROLLS-EYES: lol

I just don't waste my system resources on a anti-virus systems that scan everything, every second of every day.. :ROLLS-EYES:

I do take my systems security very seriously! and I keep Windows Task-manager loaded at all times, making regular scans of the list for anything out of the ordinary.. I also use Process Explorer by system Internals (Microsoft) which can do https://www.virustotal.com/en/ tests of any file on the system...

"Yes, I assure you, we are quite safe from your friends here." - Palpatine (Return of the Jedi) lol :ROLLS-EYES:

That is not what your info from your post tells me which is what I go by.

System Details

   Windows 7 Ultimate x64
   Firefox 53.0.3

More system details Installed Plug-ins

   Shockwave Flash 26.0 d0 

Application

   Firefox 53.0.3
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:53.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/53.0
   Support URL: https://support.mozilla.org/1/firefox/53.0.3/WINNT/en-US/

Extensions

   Add-ons Manager - Version Number 1.4 (AMVersionNumber@Aris_CTRdev)
   Application Update Service Helper 2.0 (aushelper@mozilla.org)
   Classic Theme Restorer 1.6.7beta10 (ClassicThemeRestorer@ArisT2Noia4dev)
   Download Manager Tweak 1.0.12 ({F8A55C97-3DB6-4961-A81D-0DE0080E53CB})
   Easy Youtube Video Downloader Express 9.15 ({b9acf540-acba-11e1-8ccb-001fd0e08bd4})
   Google search link fix 1.6.3 (jid0-XWJxt5VvCXkKzQK99PhZqAn7Xbg@jetpack)
   Greasemonkey 3.11 ({e4a8a97b-f2ed-450b-b12d-ee082ba24781})
   Mozilla Archive Format 4.1b1 ({7f57cf46-4467-4c2d-adfa-0cba7c507e54})
   Multi-process staged rollout 1.14 (e10srollout@mozilla.org)
   Pocket 1.0.5 (firefox@getpocket.com)
   Tab Mix Plus 0.5.0.4pre.170525a1 ({dc572301-7619-498c-a57d-39143191b318})
   UnMHT 8.3.1b2 ({f759ca51-3a91-4dd1-ae78-9db5eee9ebf0})
   Web Compat 1.0 (webcompat@mozilla.org)
   Stylish 2.0.7 ({46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}) (Inactive)
   Video DownloadHelper 6.3.1 ({b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}) (Inactive)

Javascript

   incrementalGCEnabled: True

Graphics

   adapterDescription: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
   adapterDescription2:
   adapterDeviceID: 0x1380
   adapterDeviceID2:
   adapterDrivers: nvd3dumx,nvwgf2umx,nvwgf2umx nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
   adapterDrivers2:
   adapterRAM: 2048
   adapterRAM2:
   adapterSubsysID: 37593842
   adapterSubsysID2:
   adapterVendorID: 0x10de
   adapterVendorID2:
   crashGuards: []
   currentAudioBackend: wasapi
   direct2DEnabled: True
   directWriteEnabled: True
   directWriteVersion: 6.2.9200.22082
   driverDate: 5-17-2017
   driverDate2:
   driverVersion: 22.21.13.8233
   driverVersion2:
   featureLog: {u'fallbacks': [], u'features': [{u'status': u'available', u'description': u'Compositing', u'log': [{u'status': u'available', u'type': u'default'}], u'name': u'HW_COMPOSITING'}, {u'status': u'available', u'description': u'Direct3D11 Compositing', u'log': [{u'status': u'available', u'type': u'default'}], u'name': u'D3D11_COMPOSITING'}, {u'status': u'disabled', u'description': u'Direct3D9 Compositing', u'log': [{u'status': u'disabled', u'message': u'Disabled by default', u'type': u'default'}], u'name': u'D3D9_COMPOSITING'}, {u'status': u'available', u'description': u'Direct2D', u'log': [{u'status': u'available', u'type': u'default'}], u'name': u'DIRECT2D'}, {u'status': u'available', u'description': u'Direct3D11 hardware ANGLE', u'log': [{u'status': u'available', u'type': u'default'}], u'name': u'D3D11_HW_ANGLE'}, {u'status': u'unavailable', u'description': u'GPU Process', u'log': [{u'status': u'available', u'type': u'default'}, {u'status': u'unavailable', u'message': u'Multi-process mode is not enabled', u'type': u'runtime'}], u'name': u'GPU_PROCESS'}]}
   info: {u'AzureCanvasAccelerated': 0, u'AzureCanvasBackend': u'direct2d 1.1', u'AzureFallbackCanvasBackend': u'cairo', u'AzureContentBackend': u'direct2d 1.1'}
   isGPU2Active: False
   numAcceleratedWindows: 1
   numTotalWindows: 1
   webgl2Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0)
   webglRenderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0)
   windowLayerManagerRemote: True
   windowLayerManagerType: Direct3D 11

Modified Preferences

Misc

   User JS: No
   Accessibility: No

Someone will come along and help you with your rolling eye problem. I will let them explain the fix for that.

@Melchior (aka Joseph)

Pkshadow is only trying to help you   (as a volunteer contributor,
in his spare time)   ........

...........

It says v53.0.3 in the auto-populated data from my browser, because that is what it was WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS THREAD... good grief... as it should be obvious I cannot change that data and update it reflect changes since I started this thread/question.. other then to make a statement in the comments...

These days Firefox takes up a very lot of ram, just on startup I am seeing 500-750+MB minimum....

and over the course of a few hours + the ram continues to eaten up more and more till its starts to hang pretty bad... forcing me to restart FF... x(

Melchior (aka Joseph) said

........... It says v53.0.3 in the auto-populated data from my browser, because that is what it was WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS THREAD... good grief... as it should be obvious I cannot change that data and update it reflect changes since I started this thread/question.. other then to make a statement in the comments...

Pkshadow asked you to update in a real nice tone of voice   -   a simple   "I've already done so"   sounds so much better than a tirade   ........
Let's all be nice to one another  -   a little kindness goes a long way.

But I totally understand where your anger is coming from :   you're stuck with this annoying problem;   and you're frustrated,
Who wouldn't be   ........

If you have Multi-process (e10s) enabled,   let's see if turning that feature off might help. You could turn it off as follows :

Type in the address bar about:config   (press Enter) (promise to be careful, if asked)

Type and search for the preferences :

browser.tabs.remote.autostart and set it's value to false   (default) browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2 and set it's value to false

Note: the exact name of the preference may vary, but it will start with browser.tabs.remote.autostart

Any improvement   ?

loi.. ehh yeah....

"Type in the address bar about:config (press Enter)" LOL sry.. as an advanced power user.. I have most if not all of the Firefox "About: *" pages bookmarked in there own folder for convenience and quick access :D lol...

never heard of those two specific entries... ooh yeah and btw.. I don't use e10.. most if not all of FF XUL Extensions I use do not support it and can't be updated for it.. ooh well no sweat off my back... "Multiprocess Windows 0/2 (Disabled by add-ons)"

ehh I think that is the saying... lol.. yeah.. this is what I found: browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2 = TRUE browser.tabs.remote.autostart = FALSE

ok the addon compatibility reporter I just installed says only two of my addons are not e10 compatible .. so strike -> "most if not all of FF XUL Extensions I use do not support it and can't be updated for it.. ooh well no sweat off my back..." - Mozilla Archive Format (v4.1.1rc) - UnMHT (v8.3.1b2) those are two of the older extensions I use... and... they are for viewing Microsoft HTML Archive files (.MHT/.MHTML) and the .MAF files which is like the MS archive except 1) its on storage format, including a overall zip compression :D hmm....

At the risk of you giving me a bunch of   LOL's   (oh well, a good laugh never hurt anyone),   I am now giving you two add-ons and an article to read :

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-memory-usage/?src=search

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/about-addons-memory-2016/?src=search

https://www.ghacks.net/2015/04/08/what-you-do-when-firefox-uses-too-much-memory/

(Edit : typo)

well thx.. addon memory is only (60.38 MB) with Firefox itself using (54.46 MB) so the addons are using negligible amount of memory...

the tabs memory are as follows: - main email (6.3MB) - Gmail (111MB) - Facebook (varies a bit from 56.3MB to 145MB+ so far...) - YouTube (50MB to 60MB+, varies) - etc

Did   'ghacks'   (one of my favorite websites)   make you any the wiser   ?

https://www.ghacks.net/2015/04/08/what-you-do-when-firefox-uses-too-much-memory/

Happy112 said

Did   'ghacks'   (one of my favorite websites)   make you any the wiser   ? https://www.ghacks.net/2015/04/08/what-you-do-when-firefox-uses-too-much-memory/

ahh sorry no not really.. lol ;)

since you already directly linked those two addons there was not much for me to get out of that article... lol ;p

How about changing your username to   'Laughalot (LOL)'   ?

But seriously :   I haven't a clue as to what else I can tell you that might solve your problem   (sorry   .....)

I can only hope that somebody else will 'come to your rescue'  .......

lol k

Melchior (aka Joseph) said

lol k

What does the   k   stand for   ?

its a shorthand of: k = ok lol ;p