505104 - Please add a tool to gauge Addon performance

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Extension Compatibility, enhancement)

Description

[Dotan Cohen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009060308 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.11
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009060308 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.11

Although it is a known issue that many addons will slow down Firefox, there is no official tool for measuring the effect that individual or multiple addons have on Firefox. Internet Explorer 8 now come with this feature, for measuring the load time and other Extensions' effect on the browser's performance. Therefore, I request that Firefox also include such a metric.

This will help encourage responsible Extensions' development, help users troubleshoot problems, and help users configure Firefox for performance as well as features.

Thanks.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Aaron Digulla]

I second this; Chrome even comes with a task manager that shows how much memory, CPU and network any part of it eats.

Right now, it's way to complex to figure out why FF suddenly gets sluggish.

Comment 2

[Tyler]

I third this lol; it is a very good idea. There are many times when firefox seem very slow one day then fine the next. I would like to know why!

Comment 3

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

Mass-closing old Extension Compatibility bugs that relate to legacy add-ons or NPAPI plug-ins. If you think this bug is still valid, please reopen or comment.

Sorry for the bug spam, and happy Friday!