Firefox refuses to change tabs?

2007-12-04 07:15:35

#1

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6674|Winland

Lately, Firefox on my bed computer has been playing with me. After every night,. or going into the hotmail tab, it either refuses, or is painstakenly slow at changing tabs. It can close and make tabs OK (Wich is my only way to switch). It only refuses to switch on the tab that was open before night/hotmail. The others are just slow. I click, wait 30 seconds, then it switches. I've tried reinstalling FF. Any idea what could be causing this?

Specs:

P4 Willamette 1.7GHz @ 1.91GHz
512MB DDR400 running at 148MHz
Radeon 9600SE 128MB
40GB ATA100 HDD
Generic 420w 120mm PSU

I know it isn't pretty, but this computer is constructed to be quiet and somehow cool. (Well, a 60mm fan on 5v keeps it under 70 deg)

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2007-12-04 07:30:13

#2

elbekko: Your lord and master; +36|6878|Leuven, Belgium

Remove all extensions you don't need.

I guess Hotmail's rather heavy interface is slowing down Firefox due to extensive memory usage.

2007-12-04 07:33:36

#3

PhaxeNor: :D; +119|6893|Norway | Unkown

I have been haveing the same issue, but I don't have hotmail so don't use it. But it happens when FF gets to much to do.. Since I had about 30-40 tabs open and it wouldn't let me switch.. Well I guess its because off that.

2007-12-04 07:34:32

#4

Gawwad: My way or Haddaway!; +212|7162|Espoo, Finland

Firefox tends to eat a HUGE amount of ram even with just one tab open.
Have you checked how much it's using while the problem occurs?

2007-12-04 07:56:14

#5

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6674|Winland

Gawwad wrote:
Firefox tends to eat a HUGE amount of ram even with just one tab open.
Have you checked how much it's using while the problem occurs?

Just around 120MB, usually. I never have more than 9 tabs open, since I have to scroll to the sides if I have more than 9 tabs open, due to my 1024x768px screen. CPU usage boosts to 100% at the morning, but not in Hotmail.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

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