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Bookmarklets executes slow in the background

I have a bookmarklet that jumps down (basically sends end repetitiously) to scroll down the feed on web sites that uses an "infinite feed" (e.g., Facebook, Quora). For obvious reasons, most ...
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Google Chrome runs too slow vs. Mozilla Firefox

I have both Firefox and Chrome installed in a Windows 7 device. Firefox works very well and it doesn't hangs and it's also super fast. BTW in playing videos firefox in all of my devices is slow and ...
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Why is Google Chromium so much faster than Mozilla Firefox in Google's Octane 2.0 benchmark?

It is crazy that my CPU is getting 45744 score in Octane 2.0 benchmark when it's is running on Google Chromium. On the contrary, the same Octane 2.0's score is 34406 when it's run on Mozilla Firefox. ...
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Measuring impact of gpu acceleration on rendering time of websites

How can I measure what, if any, speed up website loading times during webbrowsing with Firefox (or Chrome) an added dedicated graphic card (Nvidia GT 1030) provides over an old integrated one (Radeon ...
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Why is Firefox so slow when compared to Chrome when used for HTML5 gaming (“Forge of Empires”)?

I am on my laptop just contemplating on transitioning one Flash game I play (“Forge of Empires”) that is currently available in HTML5. I’m having a difficult time comprehending why the Firefox is so ...
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How can I speed up my pc for multi tab browsing?

What can I do to improve browsing performance? In particular I have a browser-session with around 1000 tabs (they only load when they're clicked). And I also open up many new tabs at the same time ...
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Why does my browser cache fill up so fast? [closed]

So on my second desktop there seems to be a problem with the browser cache. To clear up the cache i'm using this program called ccleaner. Helps me alot keeping everything clean. Recently the browser ...
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Why is my browser using so much memory?

I've recently had problems with Firefox running very slowly when I have many tabs open; say 20 tabs. My whole system would slow down. I decided to give Google Chrome a try, and it started out fine. ...
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Firefox and Chrome slow on localhost; known fix doesn't work on Windows 7

Firefox and Chrome are known to be slow on localhost when IP6 is enabled. In previous versions of Windows, the simplest fix is to comment out this line from the hosts file, as explained in the answer ...
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