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[Bug 226469] Re: Firefox 3 have a CPU problem. Use Firefox 2?

To: ubuntu-eee-coders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Simon Holt <simonholt@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:15:04 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 226469 <226469@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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I found that disabling history (edit->preferences->privacy and un-tick
the top 2 boxes) seems to fix all ff-related performance problems - but
of course, you lose a large part of the functionality of the "awesome
bar", so it's up to each user to decide if the trade-off is worth it.

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Firefox 3 have a CPU problem. Use Firefox 2?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226469
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Bug description:
The screen goes black when having firefox 3 do heavy stuff like scrolling fast. Guessing because of compiz. Swap is enabled.