Re: iceweasel vs google-chrome

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 07/22/2010 07:55 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> I just found out I have an issue with audio playing in iceweasel, but NOT in
> google-chrome.
> I've mostly used iceweasel, but lately, every morning when I try to listen
> live to a news show ( http://wsbradio.com/ - listen live) the audio comes out
> either garbled, or not at all. usually I just do:
> /etc/init.d/alsasound restart . It crashed iceweasel, and when I restart
> iceweasel, audio works. Today I decided to just fire up google-chrome, and
> went to that listen live, and IT WORKED.
>
> any clues as to the difference in sound capabilities?

No, but I in these modern Web 2.0 times, web pages are much busier 
and thus burn more CPU (all the same CPU!), thus making each tab 
time slice with all the others.

Presumably you've got ABP and Flashblock installed, which will 
noticeably ameliorate the load of IW.  Also, running v3.6.4 (with 
it's out-of-process plugins feature) from Experimental (but I do see 
where it now has the brand new v3.6.7) also greatly helps of 
multi-core systems.

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