10 July 2012

How does “Suspend Background Tabs” Speed Up Firefox

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Firefox is a very fast browser. It has many features and add-ons.
Sometimes one gets a problem with it but that's resolved by reporting.

Firefox is getting quicker and quicker. The latest versions have made important enhancements, both in memory usage and in responsiveness. Team is working to improve it and hope it will get more worth-liking.


One thing you could do immediately has the potential of speeding up your browser considerably.It counts on what percentage of tabs you open and the websites you visit.

 

Wladimir Palant, of AdBlock and fame has created the “Suspend social category tabs” add-on for Firefox.

The add-on spoils scripts from social category tabs preventing them from consuming up CPU time.

The add-on doesn’t have an effect on long social category downloads and neither Flash content. With the add-on installed, solely the visible tabs or, optionally, pinned app tabs are allowed to run.

I've been using this for so long.It's awesome.

Note that the add-on is somewhat experimental yet, however the users are reporting glorious results up to now.