> Could it be that your browser is being overloaded with time consuming > web page scripts and/or adds? Try adding Privacy Badger and NoScript; > this might speed things up. There are many web pages that want to run > 20 to 40 scripts, but will work just fine with only one or at most a > few enabled. > > I hope that this helps. Thank you very much for the feedback. I will look into the add-ons suggested, though there are definitely more issues affecting performance then just in-webpage scripts. > > I am not looking forward to training our staff to use a new version of > FireFox with a different user interface and new add-ons, and will > continue using 52 ESR as long as security updates are available - > which, unfortunately, is not for much longer. Mozilla does not seem > to appreciate how much staff retraining costs and how badly it > disrupts ongoing business. If the new version had an option to have > the same UI as the old version, that would help. It would also help > if the add-on developers would make the same old UI available, at > least as an option. The users don't have to understand how the > software works, but they do need to understand HOW to use it, and that > retraining is EXPEN$IVE! Unfortunately with FF57+ the addons API has changed dramatically and lacks many features of the previous API which allowed addons to customize the interface. For example, with FF57+, Classic theme restorer addon (which restores UI look and function to pre-australis) is dead by default.
I'm not against change, nor am I against rewriting code to improve software. I however completely disagree with newer versions (of anything, hardware or software) that kill significant and valueable functionality. Regards, ing. Andrei Boros Radio Romania > > Durk Pearson > Spectrum Technology > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Andrei Boros <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, March 10, 2018 4:29 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Stupidly Slow Firefox ESR > > I have tried downgrading to FF ESR v52.1.x, based on this > recommendation. Both 32bit version and 64bit version (depending on OS). > > My results are mixed, so far. FF is still slugish at times, still > blocks at time, but it is percievably faster and more responsive then > FF-ESR-52.6. > It is by no means fast, let's just say that 52.6 is horribly sluggish > and 52.1 is bearable. > > > On 2018-03-02 7:00 PM, Java Sys wrote: >> Summary: Firefox ESR v52.1 even with 26 add-ons runs fast, is stable, >> and uses a low memory footprint - compared to any more recent Firefox >> ESR releases. >> >> We shall stay with this Firefox ESR v52.1as long as seems sensible - >> and then turn to an alternative to Firefox if the Firefox ESR at the >> time is still as slow as, for example, Firefox ESR v52.6.0 (although >> all these v52.6.0, v52.5.3, and v52.2.1 were also unacceptable slow >> and require far too much memory c.f. Firefox ESR v52.1 ) >> >> Like many others it seems, we've experienced a slowing down of >> Firefox ESR over time which recently has resulted in stupidly slow >> Firefox ESR performance. >> >> Initially we tried creating brand new profiles, which helped for a >> (very short) period but slowed back to unacceptable levels within a >> few days of (our) normal usage after re-adding back the 26 add-ons. >> After reading comments on this list about reverting back to an >> earlier version we tried this with Firefox ESR versions v52.6.0, >> v52.5.3, and then v52.2.1 - all suffered the slow down after some >> normal usage after a few days. >> Immensely annoying and very, very time consuming to test, we tried >> removing all add-ons which made a small difference but not for long, >> we tried disabling safe browsing, and then zapping the SB files, >> again some help but after a few days slowing back to treacle speeds >> again. >> >> However, a glimmer of light for us began with a reversion to Firefox >> ESR v52.1 which, even with our full complement of 26 add-ons and >> usual extensions has maintained full performance for many days now. >> >> I offer this missive aimed at two groups of folks: >> (a) folks like myself needing a version of Firefox ESR that works >> well and fast, and >> (b) hopefully the Firefox developers can try and work out where >> they've gone so badly wrong with more recent versions of Firefox ESR, >> as reverting back to the near magical Firefox ESR v52.1 has >> been a wonderful experience, reliable, fast, and usable again >> - with many, many tabs (around 100) spread across 8-10 >> windows here, yet still a small memory footprint and I'll say it >> again, great speed performance >> - with ALL our add-ons running nicely too. >> >> Please Firefox devs, sort out the newer Firefox ESR performance >> (speed & memory especially) before we all leave Firefox as unworkable. >> >> Cheers, >> Happy Firefox ESR v52.1 users! >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Enterprise mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, please visit >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> with a subject of "unsubscribe" > > -- > *ing. Andrei Boros* > Colectiv administrare-dezvoltare SITE > *Radio Romania* > |Tel: +40-21-303-1870 > +40-745-115721 > Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>| > _______________________________________________ > Enterprise mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise > > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > with a subject of "unsubscribe" > > -- *ing. Andrei Boros* Colectiv administrare-dezvoltare SITE *Radio Romania* |Tel: +40-21-303-1870 +40-745-115721 Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>|
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