I'm coming to you as a normal user, not speaking from the site Staff.
If you have ever noticed that Firefox seems to freeze, then resume there is a possible fix.
The problem is caused by a benefit. The Restore Session.
If you have 5 pages open, Firefox is saving all the info from these pages. Should your browser crash, all those opened pages could be restored.
The problem? Its checking and saving session information every 10 seconds.
On our site, if you ever noticed the smilie icons stop or the scrolling marquee across the top of the page stops, then continues, this is why.
The fix :XXcompute. File -> Open Location -> enter this as a URL "about:config"
Now you will see a long list of things.
At the top of the page, look for a text box named "Filter", type this in it "browser.sessionstore"
You have two options.
You can disable the Restore Session completely.
-"browser.sessionstore.enabled" - you can double click on this line to change it from true to False.
A different option is to increase the frequency from 10 seconds to something higher.
- "browser.sessionstore.interval" - double click on the line, a box will open up with the value. 10000 is the default, many recommend 3000000 or more.
I was blown away by the results.
:qleft7: Now, CAUTION, WARNING, DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!!! :qright5:
You are monkeying with browser settings. This can break your browser. Also, if you have a browser crash and the Session Restore didn't save your pages, you are out of luck.
So, please make your own decision as to if this is something you want to try.
Thanks!
Jim
If you have ever noticed that Firefox seems to freeze, then resume there is a possible fix.
The problem is caused by a benefit. The Restore Session.
If you have 5 pages open, Firefox is saving all the info from these pages. Should your browser crash, all those opened pages could be restored.
The problem? Its checking and saving session information every 10 seconds.
On our site, if you ever noticed the smilie icons stop or the scrolling marquee across the top of the page stops, then continues, this is why.
The fix :XXcompute. File -> Open Location -> enter this as a URL "about:config"
Now you will see a long list of things.
At the top of the page, look for a text box named "Filter", type this in it "browser.sessionstore"
You have two options.
You can disable the Restore Session completely.
-"browser.sessionstore.enabled" - you can double click on this line to change it from true to False.
A different option is to increase the frequency from 10 seconds to something higher.
- "browser.sessionstore.interval" - double click on the line, a box will open up with the value. 10000 is the default, many recommend 3000000 or more.
I was blown away by the results.
:qleft7: Now, CAUTION, WARNING, DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!!! :qright5:
You are monkeying with browser settings. This can break your browser. Also, if you have a browser crash and the Session Restore didn't save your pages, you are out of luck.
So, please make your own decision as to if this is something you want to try.
Thanks!
Jim