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Firefox becomes slow after a couple of weeks open (bugzilla.mozilla.org)
submitted 2 months ago by TheMachineStops@discuss.tchncs.de to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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Does anyone have this issue were firefox becomes slow if left open for a long time. In my case after a couple of weeks rendering becomes slow and when I use youtube for example if is laggy, just trying to change volume taka few second to show the volume bar. It also happens to my laptop at work. I have around 30 tabs open.

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[–] asmoranomar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Try using a tab suspend extension, something like 'auto tab discard'. Firefox has one built-in, but it's not aggressive enough.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Check the RAM usage of each tab. My Firefox is constantly open at work, albeit with anywhere from 1-10 tabs, and it never gets slow. Only time I restart it is when Firefox updates.

[–] Rambomst@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I ran into the same issue on my PC.

[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Adeptus mechanicus would be proud of this dude.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is some S tier trolling.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Dawg I had like ~35 tabs open and hadn't restarted my PC in over three weeks. Fucking Firefox was sucking back 80 gigs of RAM. 80 fucking gigs.

On the bright side all the tabs were still loaded when I clicked through them.

[–] TheMachineStops@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

I can't wait for Servo to be finished so I can move away from Firefox, it uses way too much memory.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'm so hyped as well! Just read their monthly update blog today actually! I'm mostly hyped because it's the first actual new web browser in a very, very long time, and that's just plain exciting!

[–] TheMachineStops@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There are two new browsers coming Servo written in Rust and Ladybird (web browser) written in Swift. Lets see which one will win. Ladybird alpha is coming in 2026 and they have more funding.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Oh awesome, I didn't even know about this other project. Thanks for letting me know.

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