Does firefox feel bloated/laggy to you when scrolling?

[mrapoc]

Hey guys

Iv noticed that when scrolling down/up whatever on pages in firefox (such as here or especially facebook) it seems to feel really heavy/bloated

I just tried opera (for the first time ever!) and its quite the opposite. =/

Soooo

Have I got a wrong setting in firefox cause surely this aint right

Cheers

 

[monkey7]

Getting the same in pages with loads of pictures. I'm tempted to switch browsers tbh :/ Starting to like FF a bit less.

 

[mrapoc]

yah you see what i mean

so it isnt just me...why is it still really popular amongst enthusiasts then? :S

i mean i love adblock etc. and its so usuable but it feels almost as if my system is not good enough to run firefox haha

 

[mrapoc]

just read apparently lowering your graphics acceleration by 1 notch will help

i AM NOT doing that! lol

anyone else experiencing this? if you dont know what i mean try browsing around a bit on opera (facebook etc.) and you will see a difference

edit: I wanna format soon anyway but i doubt this will be solved seen it for a while now

may even have to switch browsers (i <3 ff tho!!!!)

 

[PV5150]

I've only recently discovered Facebook, but browsing it on Ff is a complete pita. Extremely laggy

 

[Brooksie]

i think their is a addon call smooth scroll or something you can adjust the settings on how smooth you want it.

 

[mrapoc]

i have tried it enabled/disabled doesnt really help

Safari according to futuremark's new browser benchmarker is the fastest, never used it really

Opera seems to do the job but i dont wanna switch and ill miss adblock!

 

[mrapoc]

I think im gonna try @ stock speeds later when i get back from work

Doubt its that tho

ciao!

 

[monkey7]

Just downloaded opera, going to see if it's better on my CPU. Also, OC3D sucks on the uni wireless connection, maybe it has something to do with how firefox handles a lot of connections.

Safari's an option too, but I really disklike the tabs being all the way up :/

 

[Pyr0]

i think their is a addon call smooth scroll or something you can adjust the settings on how smooth you want it.

i think there are a couple of scrolling addons, i use "yet another smooth scrolling"

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5846

i hate moving to other browsers now because i can't get the same smoothness when scrolling

 

[zak4994]

I don't have any of those feelings.

All I did was turn smooth scroll on in the options somewhere.

Unless your CPU is acting up.

 

[mrapoc]

cheers pyro, i think thats actually cured the symptoms i was experiencing :S

dont see why its so bad as default

zak, i did try that smooth scrolling option and it still felt bad

but yay!

 

[monkey7]

Installed that another smooth scrolling thing, it's a bit better now. Still getting used to it and fine tuning my settings though

Switched to opera on my laptop now, since it's at max 20% of 2*2.13gHz when on battery power and power saver, which firefox does not like

 

[Pyr0]

glad you guys like it too

i'm using settings 96, 88, 93, 405 (top to bottom)

 

[monkey7]

70, 17, 55, 450 atm and quite liking it

 

[Brooksie]

pretty awesome ty

 

[zak4994]

glad you guys like it too

i'm using settings 96, 88, 93, 405 (top to bottom)

These settings ftw!

 

[mrapoc]

Facebook still rapes the firefox for me though

log in and try scrolling down the page of "updates"

argh

 

[Brooksie]

well if its just facebook, then its facebooks fault not firefox

 

[mrapoc]

and other media rich sites

i mayyyy even switch to safari

damn fast