Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up

CurtisSWN · 03-25-2011, 09:47 AM

I use Windows 7, but the new Firefox looks pretty, but it's an absolute piece of garbage.

Switching to Chrome.....

kimberly Aita · 03-25-2011, 09:55 AM

OMG... I upgraded yesterday and had to find old apps to reinstall an older version... I couldn't get ff4 to do anything and everytime I tried to open it just kept spinning and saying not responding.

I even tried system restore but then I couldn't get firefox to open at all.

I use too many ff extensions, addons etc. to switch plus I could never get chrome to open for some reason.

I finally googled reinstall firefox 2 and found I think it's oldapps.com but it gave me a list of older versions of firefox so I just picked one and finally got it working again.

I upgraded from one to the next last year and had the same problems so I was kicking myself for trying it again and I won't make that mistake again as in 3 strikes you're out... LOL

AaronJones · 03-25-2011, 09:56 AM

I'm not liking it much either. Many of my extensions are not compatible. Very important ones.

Plus it wasn't saving my tabs. I had to make all my tabs my home page as the only way I could have them all open when I launch firefox.

I wasn't saving them.

Aaron

FrankWhite · 03-25-2011, 10:00 AM

I am still getting used to it, but I agree with kimberly and would definitely warn people to consider their add ons before upgrading. I use roboform all the time and had to upgrade to roboform 7 which is not a free upgrade to get it to work with FF4.

Gene Pimentel · 03-25-2011, 10:01 AM

I like it a lot, but ran into multiple problems trying to upgrade the current installation. I had to completely delete FF, then install FF4 fresh. Now it's a beautiful thing. A few add-ons are not compatible (yet), but for me it was a good trade-off. The add-ons will catch up.

Slaughter · 03-25-2011, 10:51 AM

OMG. Really?

I installed FF4 on my iMac after 2 hours it was released and I think it's pretty awesome.

- Much faster
- Much simpler
- Much better looking
- More secure
- More efficient
- Better hardware acceleration
- Better for the new Web

The only thing missing is addons compatibility. But I think they'll get around this in a few updates.

iuditg · 03-25-2011, 10:55 AM

I am loving the new Firefix 4. I had been using the RC version from quite some time but was happy that the stable version was finally out. Its pretty fast then Firefox 3.6.15 but chrome is still faster then firefox 4.

BloggingPro · 03-25-2011, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CurtisSWN

I use Windows 7, but the new Firefox looks pretty, but it's an absolute piece of garbage.

Switching to Chrome.....

As a Chrome power user (my browser is so "tricked" out that when I see a normal installation I'm like WTF is this!) and its seriously the best browser I have ever used. Period.

It's great and now with the apps thing they just launched a whole new layer has been added to the cake. Web browsing has never been better.

SgtBadass · 03-25-2011, 11:07 AM

I'm hating FF with a passion now. I'd just got it tuned and then upgraded and a whole world of pain has opened up.

Matt Ward · 03-25-2011, 11:50 AM

To the person that said they downgraded to Firefox 2: using a very outdated browser is just asking for malware. I would never suggest that, ever. If you're having issues with FF 4.0, it might be happening if you installed it over top of the old version.

If you install FF 4.0 and your extensions don't work, you can disable the compatibility checking and most of them will work again.

Do this:

1. In the address bar, type about:config and hit enter.

2. When the screen shows up, right-click in the white area and select "New" -> "Boolean" and enter the title as "extensions.checkCompatibility.4.0" with a value of "false"

3. Restart your browser and check out your add-ons. All of them should be enabled again and most of them should be working properly. There's a chance some of them won't, though. In my experience, only about 1/10 of my FF3 extensions didn't work anymore.

LaLaLives · 03-25-2011, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AaronJones

I'm not liking it much either. Many of my extensions are not compatible. Very important ones.

Plus it wasn't saving my tabs. I had to make all my tabs my home page as the only way I could have them all open when I launch firefox.

I wasn't saving them.

Aaron

A possible solution to the tabs issue may lie here:

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/qu...#answer-151444

FF4 also lets you group your tabs. For instance, out of curiosity about how the button worked, I labeled a group of tabs yesterday. Today, when I select the button to group tabs, I see that yesterday's group is still stored.

So far, I like the upgrade. I only lost one extension and I trust that an updated version will be available soon. I can live without it until then.

I left my computer on while I made a Starbucks and bank run this morning and when I returned my screen was frozen. An error message concerning Adobe was also frozen on my screen. I rebooted and was asked to update Acrobat. After doing so, I'm back to business as usual. I haven't experienced any other problems (If you don't count constantly opening another window instead of another tab, since I'm not quit used to the new layout, lol).

zigato · 03-25-2011, 01:11 PM

Really? Not having any problems and I got it the day before it was released in the USA on their official site. PC user here.

Sunfyre7896 · 03-25-2011, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CurtisSWN

I use Windows 7, but the new Firefox looks pretty, but it's an absolute piece of garbage.

Switching to Chrome.....

I used to use Firefox until all of the addons made it run about as fast as dirt aging. I also switched to Chrome and find it faster than any I have used yet. It is simple, yet intuitive with many nice little features. I just found out that to view your history, just hold on the back button. Pretty neat and saves space. Just don't do it unless you plan on going back a page.

Wakunahum · 03-25-2011, 01:45 PM

If it's frozen, you didn't install it properly.

I would uninstall ALL versions of Firefox and try it again.

It works fine on my 2 laptops, my netbook, my virtual Windows machine, my Linux installation, and my Windows Server.

Roaddog · 03-25-2011, 03:15 PM

I reiterate what others have said in this thread.
Uninstall all old versions, start fresh, it can and mostly will, cause problems to install over an old version.

CurtisSWN · 03-25-2011, 05:47 PM

That's what I now did, uninstalled completely and reinstalled. So far so good.

Christophe Young · 03-26-2011, 03:18 PM

I wonder if there's any way to put the Home and Bookmarks buttons back on the left side. I don't like them on the far right.

Roaddog · 03-26-2011, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christophe Young

I wonder if there's any way to put the Home and Bookmarks buttons back on the left side. I don't like them on the far right.

Go up to one of the toolbars...right click...hit 'customize' on the bottom of the pop up window...pretty much do what you want from there...drag an drop

excoder01 · 03-27-2011, 11:43 AM

Anyone know if SEOtoolbar works with FF4?

swopnet · 03-27-2011, 05:20 PM

Firefox 4 installed on my Win7 machine over the old version. It works for me without any issues. Some Add-Ons didn't work, but they are being updated or replaced as needed.

03-25-2011, 09:47 AM	#1
CurtisSWN IM Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: St Paul, MN, USA Posts: 146 Thanks: 5 Thanked 28 Times in 18 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up I use Windows 7, but the new Firefox looks pretty, but it's an absolute piece of garbage. Switching to Chrome.....

03-25-2011, 09:55 AM	#2
kimberly Aita I can I will I must War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Earlville IL Posts: 634 Thanks: 108 Thanked 114 Times in 103 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up OMG... I upgraded yesterday and had to find old apps to reinstall an older version... I couldn't get ff4 to do anything and everytime I tried to open it just kept spinning and saying not responding. I even tried system restore but then I couldn't get firefox to open at all. I use too many ff extensions, addons etc. to switch plus I could never get chrome to open for some reason. I finally googled reinstall firefox 2 and found I think it's oldapps.com but it gave me a list of older versions of firefox so I just picked one and finally got it working again. I upgraded from one to the next last year and had the same problems so I was kicking myself for trying it again and I won't make that mistake again as in 3 strikes you're out... LOL

03-25-2011, 09:56 AM	#3
AaronJones Regina Sask War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Regina, Canada. Posts: 1,051 Thanks: 263 Thanked 234 Times in 122 Posts	Re: Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up I'm not liking it much either. Many of my extensions are not compatible. Very important ones. Plus it wasn't saving my tabs. I had to make all my tabs my home page as the only way I could have them all open when I launch firefox. I wasn't saving them. Aaron

03-25-2011, 10:00 AM	#4
FrankWhite Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 17 Thanks: 11 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up I am still getting used to it, but I agree with kimberly and would definitely warn people to consider their add ons before upgrading. I use roboform all the time and had to upgrade to roboform 7 which is not a free upgrade to get it to work with FF4.

03-25-2011, 10:01 AM	#5
Gene Pimentel FT Domainer since 2005 War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oswego, NY USA Posts: 3,110 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,064 Thanked 1,789 Times in 721 Posts Social Networking	Re: Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up I like it a lot, but ran into multiple problems trying to upgrade the current installation. I had to completely delete FF, then install FF4 fresh. Now it's a beautiful thing. A few add-ons are not compatible (yet), but for me it was a good trade-off. The add-ons will catch up.

03-25-2011, 10:51 AM	#6
Slaughter Joseph Tosh War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,730 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 224 Thanked 352 Times in 159 Posts	Re: Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up OMG. Really? I installed FF4 on my iMac after 2 hours it was released and I think it's pretty awesome. - Much faster - Much simpler - Much better looking - More secure - More efficient - Better hardware acceleration - Better for the new Web The only thing missing is addons compatibility. But I think they'll get around this in a few updates.

03-25-2011, 10:55 AM	#7
iuditg Designs Speak War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: India Posts: 559 Thanks: 60 Thanked 80 Times in 69 Posts Social Networking	Re: Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up I am loving the new Firefix 4. I had been using the RC version from quite some time but was happy that the stable version was finally out. Its pretty fast then Firefox 3.6.15 but chrome is still faster then firefox 4.

03-25-2011, 11:07 AM	#9
SgtBadass Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 67 Thanks: 2 Thanked 14 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up I'm hating FF with a passion now. I'd just got it tuned and then upgraded and a whole world of pain has opened up.

03-25-2011, 11:50 AM	#10
Matt Ward Addicted to IM War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: {Sunny\|Frigid} Canada Posts: 716 Thanks: 65 Thanked 150 Times in 89 Posts	Re: Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up To the person that said they downgraded to Firefox 2: using a very outdated browser is just asking for malware. I would never suggest that, ever. If you're having issues with FF 4.0, it might be happening if you installed it over top of the old version. If you install FF 4.0 and your extensions don't work, you can disable the compatibility checking and most of them will work again. Do this: 1. In the address bar, type about:config and hit enter. 2. When the screen shows up, right-click in the white area and select "New" -> "Boolean" and enter the title as "extensions.checkCompatibility.4.0" with a value of "false" 3. Restart your browser and check out your add-ons. All of them should be enabled again and most of them should be working properly. There's a chance some of them won't, though. In my experience, only about 1/10 of my FF3 extensions didn't work anymore.

03-25-2011, 01:11 PM	#12
zigato HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 128 Thanks: 1 Thanked 14 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up Really? Not having any problems and I got it the day before it was released in the USA on their official site. PC user here.

03-25-2011, 01:45 PM	#14
Wakunahum Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Posts: 654 Thanks: 6 Thanked 37 Times in 33 Posts Contact Info	Re: Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up If it's frozen, you didn't install it properly. I would uninstall ALL versions of Firefox and try it again. It works fine on my 2 laptops, my netbook, my virtual Windows machine, my Linux installation, and my Windows Server.

03-25-2011, 03:15 PM	#15
Roaddog Gruntled War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: On the Border Posts: 522 Thanks: 1,633 Thanked 1,058 Times in 676 Posts	Re: Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up I reiterate what others have said in this thread. Uninstall all old versions, start fresh, it can and mostly will, cause problems to install over an old version.

03-25-2011, 05:47 PM	#16
CurtisSWN IM Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: St Paul, MN, USA Posts: 146 Thanks: 5 Thanked 28 Times in 18 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up That's what I now did, uninstalled completely and reinstalled. So far so good.

03-26-2011, 03:18 PM	#17
Christophe Young Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco Posts: 617 Thanks: 55 Thanked 106 Times in 83 Posts Contact Info	Re: Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up I wonder if there's any way to put the Home and Bookmarks buttons back on the left side. I don't like them on the far right.

03-27-2011, 11:43 AM	#19
excoder01 Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 616 Thanks: 19 Thanked 77 Times in 54 Posts	Re: Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up Anyone know if SEOtoolbar works with FF4?

03-27-2011, 05:20 PM	#20
swopnet Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Desktop, Pad, iPhone. Posts: 30 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Firefox 4 -- Installed, just freezes up Firefox 4 installed on my Win7 machine over the old version. It works for me without any issues. Some Add-Ons didn't work, but they are being updated or replaced as needed.