[Bug 334499] [NEW] Firefox EXTREMELY slow with many (more than three) tabs open

[itix]

Public bug reported:

First of all, I am worthless at bug reporting so a bit of help would be
appreciated. All my prevoius bugs have been invalidated since they "lack
the information necessary to fix the bug", so I'd LOVE to get some help
requiring the information necessary this time.

The thing is that firefox is extremely slow when browsing the web with
more than 3-5 tabs. If I use more than 8 tabs, it becomes almost
unusable. Scrolling is done at speeds below one broswer window hight a
minute. Flash runs ok under theese conditions so I'm sure that it has
nothing to do with flash. Firefox is even better at handling flash than
opera on the same computer.

Opera, as I mentioned before, runs flawlessly and smoothly so it has
nothing to do with the hardware or anything.

Information about package, system and ubuntu version
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System:
Eee PC 901, standard ubuntu install, all settings set to maximize performance.
Ubuntu 8.10, standard release, eee-control and eee-pc-kernel installed

Package:
  Installed: 3.0.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
  Candidate: 3.0.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 0
        500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages

If you need more info, PLEASE DO TELL ME WHAT TO DO instead of closing
the bug report.

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Firefox EXTREMELY slow with many (more than three) tabs open
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/334499
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