Originally Posted by
serpens
Thanks again, fransknorge.
I'll stand by my assertion that I do not have Flash, since it does not appear in the list of Add-ons. There is no cog icon at the top-right of the browser, perhaps because I'm on a Macintosh. There is an icon with three horizontal bars. Clicking it generates a pane with a cog, but that opens Preferences. There is also a jigsaw puzzle piece icon that opens the Add-on Manager, and that is where I find no trace of Flash.
I appreciate the hints.
If you do not have flash, then likely the CPU usage is nearly only Javascript or other scripts. Best for you is then to desactivate those still. You can double click on a forum icon to mark it as read