Re: Firefox over 90% CPU-Usage

To: Jo Shields <jo.shields@comlab.ox.ac.uk>
Cc: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Firefox over 90% CPU-Usage
From: Scott <angrykeyboarder@angrykeyboarder.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:05:09 -0700
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Jo Shields spake thusly on 03/23/2006 04:28 AM:
> antonio giulio wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>using Firefox (32bit) often my cpu reaches ~95-100% usage... is it
>>possible avoid it?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Giulio
>>
>>  
>>
> Stop browsing pages which use the Macromedia Flash plugin

Since it's not always possible to know what pages will have a flash
plugin, I suggest the FlashBlock extension.  It's one of my faves.

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=433

or http://flashblock.mozdev.org/


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Scott
www.angrykeyboarder.com
© 2006 angrykeyboarder™ & Elmer Fudd. All Wights Wesewved

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