How to Find Out Which Page is Slowing down Firefox | Optimize Browser

The problem that causes your Firefox browser to work slowly when loading a page or doing a download it can be caused by a specific web page, Said problem, in addition to being stressful, can be worrying, which is why today we will explain how to search for and close the problem page.

What are the indicators to know that Firefox is running slowly?

There are several indicators that can give you certainty that the Firefox browser is slow, among them we can find the following:

• It’s late Firefox takes a long time to download having good internet speed.
• Slowness when doing some type of process within a page.
• If the browser hangs when trying to switch from one window to another It may be a problem with the flow of the browser.
• If there is a delay when loading a page even though the internet you are using is fast.

If when you are using your Firefox browser you get a pop-up message informing you that A website is slowing down the browser, it is because said browser is confirming or warning you that the malfunction it presents is caused by a web page (it does not inform you which page is the problem), to have knowledge of which page is the problem, you only have to apply the following method:

Use the task manager

The Firefox browser has a task manager, in it you will find the information of the tasks that said browser is carrying out, in addition to the consumption and problems that these are presenting, to open the Firefox Task Manager and obtain all this information, do what following:

1. Open your Firefox browser.
2. Inside the browser click on the search field and type about, then press enter to start the search.
3. Next, a window will be shown with all the web pages that the browser has open in addition to the information regarding the power and memory consumptionto. The page with the highest consumption of these two indicators is the problem page.
4. If you want to close it to solve the problem, you just have to click on the X next to the page.

To solve the problem that your Firefox browser is not working, you can apply any of the methods that we will give you below:

Refresh the browser

Updating your Firefox browser can fix any issues you’re experiencing, including slow running. Firefox is automatically updated, however, errors may occur that cause this update not to be carried out, to ensure that said update is carried out, carry it out manually, to achieve this, carry out the procedure:

1. Open the Firefox browser.
2. Within the browser, look for and press on the three horizontal lines, when doing this you will be shown the Help option, press on it and then on the option About Firefox.
3. After doing the above you will enter the About Firefox window, in the same way a search for available updates for Firefox will begin, when you get one automatically the browser will begin to update.
4. At the end of the update download, you will be shown the option Restart to update Firefox, click on it. At the end of all the problems I had the Firefox browser must have been fixed.

Check RAM usage

Many times the cause of the Firefox problem is slow, it is a failure of the RAM memory of the browser or the computer. To check the use of RAM memory, carry out the corresponding method:

Memory usage in the browser: place in the Firefox browser about: memory, when doing this you will be sent to a page in which you will be shown if there is any extension or web page that uses a lot of memory, if so, to solve the problem, you will just have to press to minimize memory usage.

Use of computer RAM: checking the use of RAM memory is different in each operating system, which is why we have defined the method for each of them:

Windows system: the first thing you should do to check the use of RAM memory is press Windows keys plus R, a window will open in it you must place mdsche.exe and press Enter, after this you will get the option Restart now and check if there is any problem, press on it to start the diagnostic process.

At the end of the diagnostic process, your computer will restart and send you a report in which it will be presented if the memory of your computer presents some error or storage very full, If the problem is due to storage, you should free up space in RAM memory as soon as possible.

Linux system: open the terminal of your Linux computer, in it place the memtester command to verify if it is installed, in case you should not install it, to do so, place in the terminal the comando sudo apt-get install memtester. At the end of the installation, place in the terminal su – and then the command memtester 100 5 to start the diagnosis of the RAM memory.

In the new window place instead of the number 100 the MB of the RAM memory that your equipment has, finally place the command echo $, at the end of the diagnostic process you will be shown the exit and a number, if it is 0 it is because there is no problem in case there is right there you will be informed.

MAC operating system: to know the life of the RAM memory of your Mac computer and if it presents problems, you should go to the Finder section, within it click on the Applications options, Tools and activity review. Next, a new window will be shown where you will find the RAM Memory section, click on it to be shown if there is a problem.