Firefox became much slower

Dr. Nikolaus Klepp dr.klepp at gmx.at
Wed Nov 1 19:31:12 UTC 2017


Am Mittwoch, 1. November 2017 schrieb Gleb Popov:
> On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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.

You can add this boolean value in about:config to force "Multiprocess Windows":

browser.tabs.remote.force-enable=true



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> That was super useful suggestion. Thanks!
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