Download and install the latest firebug add-on from here. Firefox 29.1 did not list Firebug 2.0 as an available add on.Ģ. We used version 30.0 of Firefox for this post. Install/Upgrade-to the latest firefox browser from here. In case you missed it, here is how you use this super-cool feature. I was pleasantly surprised to find a cool feature that I think testers will find useful – the ability to check XPATHs within Firebug. I recently upgraded my Firebug to version 2.0. In the time before every browser had decent developer tools, Firebug was a revolutionary add-on that allowed many testers, like myself, tools to interact, learn and explore what web applications were doing.
When I came back, TradeSkill Mods page showed 2.Firebug has been my favorite Firefox add-on for a long time now. forum search results - gotta love this page only 2ms spent here DyeStationAchievementLinks page - 5.8s in google apis PotionMaker page - 4.3s spent mostly in some google apis TradeSkill Mods page - 14s spent mostly in I enabled Firebug again, opened all TradeSkill Mods (41 tabs) and done a few 5-minute Profilings in Firebug: For example I had "Seerah's Portal » LibAddonMenu-2.0 Docs" and "Seerah's Portal » Details on LAM2 data tables" open for like 2 weeks before I restarted ff, and didn't see a problem with them.Ĭouldn't resist. something's definitely wrong.Īds you say? Ok, I'm disabling AdBlock Edge now, and all other add-ons as well (though I'm not sure how long I can live without GreaseMonkey and FoxyProxy )īut ads are all over the place, it's weird that only some pages grow. Obviously I have a lot more garbage open today But still, over 600MB and 20% load off for only 3 downloads/info pages. I'm a bit disappointed, because several days ago, when I closed a few addon pages that were showing ~250MB each in about :memory, firefox went down to ~1% CPU usage. I'm going to close the 3 tabs and see what happens.īefore (RES is roughly the amount of allocated memory): My suspicion is that these pages keep constructing and discarding huge amounts of objects, although I have no idea why. After a few minutes, one page calms down and stays low, but another addon's page starts growing and shrinking in it's stead. When it drops, the released memory is listed under js-non-window/gc-heap/unused-arenas. If I watch it for a while, one page goes over 700MB, then drops down to 30-90MB, and starts growing again. I'ts not a problem specific to PotionMaker, Alchemist, or SousChef, they take turns. I minimized firefox window with these 4 tabs (tradeskill mods + 3 addons), and let it sit there for a day.įirefox has been progressively more and more busy, now after 24 hours it's constantly consuming ~30% CPU time, when I'm not doing anything. ~23MB each downloads/info page, already the largest pages right after load, which of course is not a problem in itself. Here's a portion of about :memory after I opened them: I opened TradeSkill Mods in a new window, and 3 addon pages in tabs from there. So with these 50 tabs of various forums, wikis, github, email, etc., including several esoui pages, I decided to make a little test. I usually have around 50 tabs open, with about 5-15 per window. I've been observing this for quite some time.