345692 - Attempts to compose emails in Gmail results in choppy, halting behavior with some freezing - assumption of high CPU use

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Robert Lindsay]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3

Writing an email in the compose window of Gmail is difficult, with choppy, halting. lagging behaviors and even occasional freezing. I believe that CPU is persistently high when composing emails. Problem is very reliable and apparently very longstanding.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log into Gmail
2. Click compose, reply or forward
3. Start typing a message in the main panel.


Actual Results:  
Typing an email in Gmail typically results in halting, choppy behavior, with some freezing. I assume high CPU use is involved.

Expected Results:  
Typing an email in Gmail, should, ideally, be as flowing and smooth as typing one in Eudora, my non-web mail. Am I dreaming?

Pretty consistent, long-standing behavior. Composing emails in Gmail has never been right with any FF version.

Comment 1

[Robert Lindsay]

This situation is much improved in 1.5.06, however, it is still there to some extent, although it is not so important. Frankly, I find that FF lags in typing most any text into any box, including this box here.