588653 - Using too much memory and processor time

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Tom Wiz]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

After the latest software update:
When playing various radio feeds FF eats up memory and processor time.
It will NOT shutdown when closed and needs to be killed!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.play a radio feed like Foxnews.
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Expected Results:  
Eats up memory and processor time.

do what the previous version did.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

please cite URL where you see this

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

and whether you see this when started in safe mode with v3.6.9
 http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.10 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.

Comment 4

[Tom Wiz]

(In reply to comment #3)
> No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.10 or later and a new
> profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to
> see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment
> on this bug.

This version STILL eats up memory and processor time. When going to any news site and viewing videos. Actually any time spent on a website. Listening to any radio feed. I have to kill the process every time I quit. The memory will be up to 300K and the processor time will be 99%.