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Re: [LUG] Firefox v 3

 

On Friday 27 March 2009 10:43, John Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 08:26 +0000, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> > Recently I installed FF v3.0.7 (Kubuntu Hardy) and it seems to work
> > well. The only problem is that it does crash out occasionally, 4 or 5
> > times a month. This was very rare with version 2.
> >
> > Should I expect this with a newer version? Or is there something I could
> > do to sort it out?
>
> I find it completely freezes a little more regularly than you describe
> but not much. I am a tab-a-holic though with typically 20-30 tabs open,
> oh and a plugin-a-holic with a couple donzen plugins at least.
Currently all tabs share the same javascript thread so if one locks they all 
lock. 3.1 is meant to allow a thread per tab/window so that should help a 
lot.
I'm not sure what the cure for having 20-30 tabs open is though. Beer perhaps?
Tom te tom te tom


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