Chimera CPU Usage Observation
I read a thread recently where the original poster had observed that Chimera used a large % of the CPU. I noticed something similar tonight. I was sitting at my desk with Yahoo Messenger and Chimera open, thats all. All of a sudden my fan kicks in on turbo. Puzzled, I opened CPU Monitor and Process Viewer, and saw that Chimera was eating about 60% of my CPU. At the time, I was reading <a href="http://www.dslreports.com"; target="_blank">DSLreports.com</a>. I clicked over to AI ( 
) and presto, CPU usage dipped to like 10%. As I post this, the usage jumps up to like 30%. Is it possible that just sitting there on a certain page can effect the browser's CPU usage that much? Perhaps some javascript running that you can't see or something of that nature? I just thought this was interesting. As Chimera is refined do you think this will be something that can be fixed, or is it simply the way the relevent web page is coded? Just a query from a curious Mac user.
Edit: Hmmm...I just went back to DSLreports and now its only 5% CPU. Very funky.
[ 11-23-2002: Message edited by: VanDeWaals ]</p>
) and presto, CPU usage dipped to like 10%. As I post this, the usage jumps up to like 30%. Is it possible that just sitting there on a certain page can effect the browser's CPU usage that much? Perhaps some javascript running that you can't see or something of that nature? I just thought this was interesting. As Chimera is refined do you think this will be something that can be fixed, or is it simply the way the relevent web page is coded? Just a query from a curious Mac user.Edit: Hmmm...I just went back to DSLreports and now its only 5% CPU. Very funky.
[ 11-23-2002: Message edited by: VanDeWaals ]</p>
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Shoot, sometimes Chimera will be hidden in the background with NO windows open and it'll start eating 60-70% CPU constantly. I've gained the habit of just quitting Chimera when I'm not using it. Normally, though, I leave my apps open.
It's so strange. I have no idea if this will be fixed any time soon.
<strong>It's so strange. I have no idea if this will be fixed any time soon.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Have you noticed this in any other browser? I never tried it in IE or Netscape (the only other browsers I use). I only checked because my fan was priming for take off with 2 fairly innocuous apps open. I am assuming its browser specific. I wonder if Mozilla and Netscape suffer this, since they use the same basic core code. I am running 10.2.2 BTW, but I doubt its an OS issue. But then, I'm not a programmer
<strong>I have no idea if this will be fixed any time soon.</strong><hr></blockquote>
This is most likely a Gecko problem and will be fixed as soon as the Chimera developers finally move the Chimera branch over to a more modern Gecko.