Re: [SLUG] firefox is seriously dragging

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:45:45 EDT


On Fri, 17 Jul 2009, Eben King wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Jul 2009, Paul M Foster wrote:
>
>> Your problem is 100 tabs. It may not have been so problematic before,
>> but you hit a site that really hits the limit for your
>> browser/memory/cpu. Or the particular combination of daemons and
>> programs you're running and sites you're visiting happened to hit the
>> limit. I was using my browser the other day with about ten tabs and CPU
>> was about 5-10%. Then I went to a site with a marquee on it (scrolling
>> message). Usage jumped to about 80-90% until I dumped that tab.
>
> I've seen that. And since FF isn't threaded you can't narrow down the
> offending window by suspending each thread in turn until the load drops and
> then seeing which window is nonresponsive.
>
> I would love to ditch some tabs. Is there a way to get a list of all open
> URLs, so I can start from "no tabs" and go upward if needed and not lose
> data?

OK, I found a file that has the information:

~/.mozilla/firefox/********.default/sessionstore.js

Can anyone identify the language or delimiting characters, or come up with a
string of commands that parses it? Here's an excerpt:

({windows:[{tabs:[{entries:[{url:"http://www.wehaitians.com/bad%20seed%2
0or%20bad%20science.html", title:"Bad Seed or Bad Science?", ID:22322390
23, scroll:"0,0"}], index:1}, {entries:[{url:"http://www.frik-n-frak.com
/", title:"Tavern Puzzles, Wooden Puzzles, Secret Puzzle Boxes, Brain Te
asers, Mind Benders, Intriguing Metal Puzzles and fine quality Jewelry B
oxes and Gifts at Frik-n-Frak.com", ID:2222012835}, {url:"http://www.fri
k-n-frak.com/Japanese-Puzzle-Boxes_c_123.html", title:"Japanese Puzzle B
oxes, Himitsu-Bako, Trick Boxes", ID:2222012836, scroll:"0,285"}], index
:2}], selected:2, _closedTabs:[{state:{entries:[{url:"http://www.ebay.co
m/?_js=OFF", title:"eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collec
tibles, sporting goods & more at low prices", ID:9052, children:[{url:"h
ttp://pages.ebay.com/rtm_default/220.html", ID:9053}, {url:"http://pages
.ebay.com/rtm_default/221.html", ID:9054}, {url:"http://pages.ebay.com/r
tm_default/222.html", ID:9055}, {url:"http://pages.ebay.com/rtm_default/
223.html", ID:9056}, {url:"http://pages.ebay.com/rtm_default/224.html",
ID:9057}]}, {url:"http://shop.ebay.com/ebayadvsearch/", title:"eBay Sear
ch: Advanced Search", ID:9058, children:[{url:"about:blank", ID:9063, ow
ner_b64:"NhAra3tiRRqhyKDUVsktxQAAAAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAQAAAAAAAd6UctCANBH
Tk5kAEEug/UAHoizADOUR05MxABBLoP1AAAAAAv////8AAABQAQAAACNodHRwOi8vc2hvcC5
lYmF5LmNvbS9lYmF5YWR2c2VhcmNoLwAAAAAAAAAEAAAABwAAAA0AAAAH/////wAAAAf////
/AAAABwAAAA0AAAAUAAAADwAAABQAAAAPAAAAFAAAAA8AAAAjAAAAAAAAACP/////AAAAFP/
///8AAAAU/////wAAABT/////AQAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAA=="}]}, {url:"http://shop.eba
y.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p4110.m38.l1313&_nkw=laserjet+%284100%2C+4100N%

Line breaks are few and far between in that file.

-- 
-eben      QebWenE01R@vTerYizUonI.nOetP      royalty.mine.nu:81
Scientist A: A matterbaby is a very unstable particle.
Scientist B: What's a matterbaby?
Scientist A: I'm doing fine honey, how you doing? -- mrshowrules on Fark
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked
Knowledge Systems (NKS).  Views and opinions expressed in messages
posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 20:35:59 EDT