When one Firefox tab has a process that hangs, the browser freezes

[Elliot B.]

Let's say I about to run an intensive Flash game in a tab.

 

When the game is loading, it freezes the entire browser until it's finished.

 

This means I can't use other tabs whilst I wait.

 

A message will pop up after 10 seconds or so informing me that I can stop the plugin or wait but that's no use.

 

Is there any way to make the tabs more independent from each other, resource-wise?

[techbeck]

Let's say I about to run an intensive Flash game in a tab.

 

When the game is loading, it freezes the entire browser until it's finished.

 

This means I can't use other tabs whilst I wait.

 

A message will pop up after 10 seconds or so informing me that I can stop the plugin or wait but that's no use.

 

Is there any way to make the tabs more independent from each other, resource-wise?

 

I have that issue as well but only with flash.  Flash and FF do not seem to play well together.  I will be watching a YouTube clip or another flash based movie/video, and the video will stall (page will freeze) for a few seconds and the video will continue.  Funny thing is , I have no problem on my work system.

[Brandon H Supervisor]

this is one of the reasons other browsers such as Chrome have gone multi-process. so that if the content on a page freezes/crashes it won't bring down the entire browser