Anyone care to explain to me why...

[andrewducker]

My email app (Thunderbird) takes up 1-2% of CPU to sit there happily checking and displaying email.
GMail running in Firefox takes up 35% of CPU.
Winamp will stream internet radio while taking up 2-3% of CPU
Deezer (flash music streaming site) in Firefox takes up 40% of CPU to do the same thing.

I know that Flash is going to be less efficient than something running separately - but why the hell is it 10x slower?  And the same with AJAX - why on earth does sitting there with a connection to google, doing nothing, take up that much CPU?

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[robhu.livejournal.com]

I think the Google JS apps tend to leak over time. Try restarting your browser, and seeing if it still uses so much CPU.