[ale] ff cpu usage jumps to 50% with all tabs minimized

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Hi all,

I've been experiencing a strange problem and I thought I'd mention it 
since others might be seeing it.  I'm using Firefox in Windows 7.  This 
may apply to Linux too, but I don't know for sure.  I have 6 FF windows 
open and maybe 80 tabs total.  When I MINIMIZE all the FF windows, the 
cpu usage on my Pentium dual core system jumps to 55% or so and stays 
there.  As soon as I display one of the FF windows, it goes back down to 
its normal idle of around 10%.  Just a few minutes ago, I restarted FF 
and allowed it to update from version 19.0 to 19.0.2.  This MAY have 
solved the problem.  I haven't seen the CPU staying way up high since 
then.  I'll follow up if I see it again, but I just wanted to see if 
anyone else had noticed this.

Sincerely,

Ron

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