Firefox became much slower

[Kevin Oberman]

On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 8:15 AM, Andriy Gapon <avg at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 01/11/2017 14:18, Stefan Esser wrote:
> > uMatrix has lots of pre-configured rules (blocks trackers and known
> > malware sites), but I'm using it in conjunction with uBlock from the
> > same developers.
>
> I used to use uBlock but at the time I got an impression that the addon
> itself
> ate away resources and slowed down my browser.
> What's your impression of it at this time?
>
> Thank you.
> --
> Andriy Gapon


When I had firefox slow dramatically,  I learned that quite a few
extensions will disable multiprocessing. This can totally destroy the
performance.

Use about:support ti see if Multiprocess Windows is enabled. If not,
disable add-ons until that changes.
--
Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer
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