Closed Bug 550420 Opened 14 years ago Closed 14 years ago

Going to iGoogle page causes increase in usage of system resources

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

x86_64
Windows 7
defect
Not set
major

Tracking

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RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: jddohm, Unassigned)

References

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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2

While surfing the iGoogle page, I noticed that firefox was using my processor at 34% and my memory usage more than doubled from 74mb to a range of 160mb to 195mb.  I also slowed down my system as a whole.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use a logged in iGoogle page
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Actual Results:  
processor usage and ram usage increase and firefox becomes slow to surf with.

Expected Results:  
not increased processor and memory usage
Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.x or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
jeff, why did you mark this FIXED?
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