On 09/03/07, Brian de Alwis <bsd@cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
> I've noticed that viewing pages from two particular sites cause
> significant delays when switching to another window.  I've tried
> this with a natively-compiled Firefox 2, and Seamonkey for Linux
> (under Linux compat).  The sites in particular are:
>
>     www.studio360.org
>     www.maisonneuve.org
>
> It's not just that the browser performance degrades (switching
> between tabs, for example, takes several seconds) -- it also affects
> other applications.  Switching to another window (for example, to
> type this e-mail) will result in a 3-4 second delay before any text
> appears.  Switching to a tab displaying some webpage that is not
> from these sites restores the normal performance.
>
> Is this just my machine?  Or do other people see it as well?

Probably just your machine. I have

 - a lengthy pkgsrc compile going om
 - jdiscreport (java) scanning the whole filesystem
 - opera 9.10
 - firefox 2.0.0.2
 - seamonkey 1.1.1 (the latter two native) all running each about ten
tabs, including the two you quoted - without any issues.

>
> Brian.
>
> --
>   Brian de Alwis | Software Practices Lab | UBC | http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~bsd/
>       "Amusement to an observing mind is study." - Benjamin Disraeli
>
Cheers,

  Chavdar