Turning off the smooth scrolling helps a little but actually, I see a
pretty noticeable difference in responsiveness between the version 52
and version 60 icecat on my system. I can switch between my old and new
setup from the boot menu, and I find that the older 52 version is faster
and smoother and works fine with the smooth scrolling option. When I
boot into the upgraded system running the upgraded version 60 there is a
noticeable lag in the responsiveness of icecat browser (but the crash
tab issue appears fixed in the newer version). Maybe it is more
apparent on the older hardware which my system is installed, or perhaps
the upgrade of my system has changed some other things though I used the
same config.scm file as the previous upgrade. I also compare the
responsiveness of the Gnome Web browser, and it is good in both the old
and new configurations. This makes me think it has more to do with the
new icecat version than something with the system upgrade.
On 30.09.2018 17:20, Mike Gerwitz wrote:
On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 04:27:11 +0200, nightowl wrote:
Thanks all for the help and advice on handling package upgrades and
memory
management. I have been able to update my system now and use icecat
version
60. I can verify that the tab crash appears to be resolved with this
new
version of icecat on my PC, however I also now notice that scrolling
is not
as smooth as it used to be.
I don't experience issues, but try disabling "smooth scrolling" in
preferences. In past versions of IceCat/Firefox, I've had to disable
it
on older hardware for performance reasons.
