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App to Tell Which Windows Taking Up Most CPU?

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mcmike100

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Jan 31, 2005
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I typically have 30-40 windows open in Firefox, and often everything's fine. But sometimes, my CPU usage rockets up to 70%. I think this indicates that some of the sites I have open must have big flash animations or something going. Is there some app to tell me which specific Firefox windows are taking up the CPU? I know Activity Monitor can tell me which program, but I already know it's Firefox, so I'm looking for something more specific.

Thanks
 
Not sure of a way to do that. My suggestion is to not have so many windows open.
 
30-40 windows?!?!?!?!?!
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What do you do that needs so many up. I don't think theres and app that will tell you which windows are taking up so much CPU, but activity monitor can tell you which apps. My best suggestion, if you need that many up, at least minimize them.
 
yankeefan24 said:
30-40 windows?!?!?!?!?!
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What do you do that needs so many up. I don't think theres and app that will tell you which windows are taking up so much CPU, but activity monitor can tell you which apps. My best suggestion, if you need that many up, at least minimize them.
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Minimized or not, they will still consume RAM/CPU. You may try using tabs instead to see if it is a website issue or a firefox issue with that many windows.
 
belvdr said:
Minimized or not, they will still consume RAM/CPU. You may try using tabs instead to see if it is a website issue or a firefox issue with that many windows.
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true, but they use less RAM.
 
yankeefan24 said:
true, but they use less RAM.
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That doesn't make sense. Why would minimizing a window consume less RAM? The process is still active, regardless of whether it is displayed or not.
 
Haha, thanks for the advice. The reason I typically have many windows open is because I browse a lot of message boards, Amazon, and wikipedia. While reading articles in wikipedia or browsing topics in Amazon, for example, I tend to open lots of books and articles in new tabs to read after I finish the one I'm on.

I suppose I should try to do that less, but I always feel the need to be thorough and eventually read every side article related to the one I'm currently reading.
 
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