Slight problem with Firefox

[peaveyman]

Most everything seems to work great on the fresh install but i do have a slight issue with firefox using a ton of memory. That isn't a problem because i have 8 gig. But the issue is that firefox becomes what i call laggy. Takes several seconds to switch tabs and causes xchat to do the same. Shut firefox down and the problem goes away.

Any ideas?

[Stupot]

It's sort of impossible to tell from what you've given us. I'm not even sure where to tell you to start except the following:

1) Make sure you have the latest version of firefox. Every update seems to be addressing more and more memory problems.

2) Disable add-ons you use in firefox and see if the problem goes away. If it does, add them back gradually to figure out which addon is causing problems.

[tollgate]

Peaveyman - how much is a ton of memory?

On my system with 3 tabs open Firefox is using 181k of memory + 44k shared memory.

[peaveyman]

With 19 tabs open Firefox is using 679k of memory + 50k of shared memory.

[tollgate]

With 19 tabs open Firefox is using 679k of memory + 50k of shared memory.

I just managed to get 19 tabs open (now I think that is quite a lot!). My memory usage is now 427k + 24k shared, so yes your usage does sound high, although it probably also depends on what you have open in those tabs. I have no lag switching tabs. Did you try what Stupot suggested?

[peaveyman]

Not yet. I thought I had it pinpointed down to a flash ad that was running in one of the tabs. I blocked it and left FF open all night but this morning it was doing it again. I have switched to Opera for the time being until I get this sorted.