On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 03:05:28PM +0000, Phil Thane wrote:
Have you updated to the new FF 57? It is supposed to manage memory better, certainly on my old desktop it currently has >50 tabs open (using the Tree Style Tab plugin) without any problems. Some of those tabs have been open for weeks, including a few Ebay ones. I suppose looks are subjective but I didn'e notice a change, it's just a window to do stuff in. One thing that would improve it and is being worked on is the ability to hide the tab bar when using the tree style tabs in a side bar.
Yes, that's (as in version 57) what sort of what prompted my moan, Firefox still ground to a halt on eBay *and* (to me) it looked rather clunky *and* just about my only extension ("It's all text") stopped working.
However after faffing around for a while I discovered that the eBay slowness could be cured by setting Tracking Protection to 'Always'.
There are issues with some older plugins not working with FF57 but those few I use are all fine.
I've found an alternative to "It's all text" called textern, it's still a bit rough at the edges but seems OK and will, no doubt, get better.