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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Gtk+ update results in slow Firefox
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:10:54
Message-Id: hckiu8$65t$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Gtk+ update results in slow Firefox by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On 10/30/2009 10:06 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2 > On 10/30/2009 09:39 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
3 >> On Freitag 30 Oktober 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
4 >>
5 >>>>
6 >>>> do you have a bigger page with more scrolling showing the problem?
7 >>>> because it seems to be fine here.
8 >>>
9 >>> http://www.kamenos.gr
10 >>>
11 >>
12 >> scrolls without any lag. Instant response. No lag at all.
13 >> Even with effects turned on there is no lag.
14 >
15 > Then I wonder what's wrong here. It's so slow, that if I scroll the
16 > mouse wheel up/down quickly a few times, Firefox is still scrolling for
17 > several seconds after I stopped using the wheel, trying to catch up.
18 > Starting with a clean profile didn't help either.
19 >
20 > I've updated to Firefox 3.6 Beta (mozilla overlay) and this version
21 > restores the speed again. I guess I'll stay with this beta since
22 > (fortunately) the add-ons I use work with it.
23 >
24 > So I guess problem "solved." :P
25
26 Gah, the Flash plugin is very buggy with 3.6 (rendering corruption). I
27 reverted to 3.5.4 and downgraded to Gtk+ 2.16.6 and gtkmm 2.16.0 instead.
28
29 Any pointers at to what might be wrong are still welcome.

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