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Re: [LUG] Firefox v40 and Chrome

 

On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:49:35 +0100
Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:31:33 +0100
> Martin Gautier <martin.gautier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 
> Thank> >
> > FF v40 seems to be working well for me so far.
> > 
> > My understanding is that Firefox lazy loads it's code so if you
> > don't use Hello, Pocket etc. it doesn't get loaded. Having said
> > that, I have disabled these items in about:config
> > 
> > hello:
> > loop.enabled = false
> > 
> > pocket:
> > browser.pocket.enabled = false
> > 
> > reader+:
> > reader.parse-on-load.enabled = false
> > 
> > When I've had display/rendering/slowness problems previously, it's
> > been due to graphics driver issues and have noticed other symptoms
> > elsewhere
> > 
> > Martin
> > 
> > 
> 
> Thanks, I have run the above changes. As I have said, I had never
> heard of them.
> 
> I find that if I try to go to my  bank account now, the first
> time I get the silly window message come up. If I then close the tab
> and run it again it works. I don't think I will bother with Chromium
> for the moment. I remember how irritating I found it last time I tried
> it.
> 
> Weird,
> 
> Neil
> 

>Further to the above, I have now installed disable webRTC. I now
>realise that for each session of FF, the first  time I try to start up
>my bank account I get the silly message. After that it works fine
>every time for the rest of the session.

Computers !!!

Neil

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