Firefox v20 has just become very slow.

[sean ritzler]

Joe,
No, Firefox is not "now a victim of bloatware." Something is wrong
with your configuration or system somewhere. See if you can debug it
with strace.

I've had Firefox start slowly when there was a bad entry in
/etc/resolv.conf, but it sounds like you might have a messed up
Firefox config.

Sean

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 7:39 PM,  <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
> Until recently, Firefox had been working fairly well, but as of
> today, it has become strangely slow to open.
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> Once open, it seems to work generally okay for most websites; but
> the initial start-up now seems to take 10 to 15 seconds.
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> I had previously implemented most of the about:config changes that
> various sites have suggested, and I just checked them and all seem
> to be revised as previously recommended.
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> I checked 'top' and there are no processes taking unusual amounts of
> time or processing.
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> Is Firefox now a victim of bloatware?  Or what could be the problem?
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> Strangely, once I have one Firefox session running, I can open a
> second and third and those pop up in a couple seconds. It's just the
> initial session that is unusually slow to open.
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