Firefox, what is going on?

13 years ago

Yep! I gave up on Firefox outside of when I need to use some of their plugins.

I only use Google Chrome now, it's so much faster and better it's ridiculous.

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SteveFinch

13 years ago

I went over to Google chrome a while back and it appears to be ok so far. I find it to be a lot quicker than firefox.
But each to their own.

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ASHLEY999

13 years ago

Hi, I'm new here but I am experiencing the same as you. I have used FF for many years and the last 2 versions has been the worst. The problem is that I need it because of the SEO plugin and the Rank Checker plugin, but it is damn annoying.

I use Chrome now when I am not doing research and it really is great! The speed and performance is much better than FF and there are a number of cool plugins as well.

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Kay King

13 years ago

I've always avoided new versions as long as possible and I do that with many things online. Just because you want me to use the latest, greatest update doesn't mean I have to do it.

I don't allow auto updates on my computer and I decide when and if I want a new version of Firefox. That's saved me a lot of time over the years

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colll999

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

I've always avoided new versions as long as possible and I do that with many things online. Just because you want me to use the latest, greatest update doesn't mean I have to do it.

I don't allow auto updates on my computer and I decide when and if I want a new version of Firefox. That's saved me a lot of time over the years

Thanks for the advice, I wont be as quick to click on that update button so fast next time!

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sbucciarel

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

I've always avoided new versions as long as possible and I do that with many things online. Just because you want me to use the latest, greatest update doesn't mean I have to do it.

I don't allow auto updates on my computer and I decide when and if I want a new version of Firefox. That's saved me a lot of time over the years

Same with me. I only upgrade anything after it's been out long enough to be stable and have bugs fixed.

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hometutor 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

I've always avoided new versions as long as possible

Back when we put in our own TCIP numbers I got an email from my service provider to change our numbers right away so we don't lose our dial up connection. I put it off of course and two days later got an email telling everyone to put them back the way they were or they won't have an internet connection.

I had to call them on that one asking how they expected their clients to get the email if they did what they were supposed to do right away. They didn't have an answer just said they had to wait for people to call in

Rick
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colll999 13 years ago

Cheers guys for the replying, It seems google chrome is a popular choice, Im just going to miss the add-ons, but until they of if they sort it out looks like im going it give chrome a try.
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Martin Gram

13 years ago

Same problem here, I hope they will fix it I really like Firefox and are not so happy about changing to Chrome.

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colll999

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Martin Gram

Same problem here, I hope they will fix it I really like Firefox and are not so happy about changing to Chrome.

Yer It's a shame, I thought I sorted the problem of it freezing up, I simply changed the theme and this worked for a while but then it just slowed down and kept crashing, I think the plugin container is a main problem.

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sparrow

13 years ago

Don't forget who owns Chrome

If you don't want to have all your surfing habits monitored then don't use Chrome

I agree the latest FireFox has some problems so I am running an older version that has not given me problems 3.6

I am not to quick to make any new versions of anything part of my system to do work

Ed

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azmanar

13 years ago

Originally Posted by sparrow

Don't forget who owns Chrome

If you don't want to have all your surfing habits monitored then don't use Chrome

I agree the latest FireFox has some problems so I am running an older version that has not given me problems 3.6

I am not to quick to make any new versions of anything part of my system to do work

Ed

Hi Ed,

FF has been freezing up since v4. Then I updated it to v5. Still freezes up but much lesser than v4.

What I did was by minimizing the number of active plugins, add-ons and toolbars.

Having some stuff in AWS S3. The S3FOX plugin is just amazingly convenient.

About Big G monitoring our activities via Chrome, I'm having the same suspicion. I use Chrome only for web site quality check and news reading.

Thanks for the reminder.

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sparrow

13 years ago

Originally Posted by azmanar

Hi Ed,

FF has been freezing up since v4. Then I updated it to v5. Still freezes up but much lesser than v4.

What I did was minimize the number of active plugins, add-ons and toolbars.

Having some stuff in AWS S3. The S3FOX plugin is just amazingly convenient.

About Big G monitoring our activities via Chrome, I'm having the same suspicion. I use Chrome only for web site quality check and news reading.

Thanks for the reminder.

azmanar

Google originally used that green PR bar to get information, but now they created their own browser to give them more information, I suspect they monitor where you click on pages and give them heat maps like the studies that have been done and more

Chrome can do so much more than that little green bar for monitoring

Ed

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Rick Wilson

13 years ago

I've never had any real issues with IE over the years but I do use FF for the most part nowadays. I tried to go to FF v4 and it crapped everything up for me so I reverted back to FF v3.6 and everything works fine. Not even gonna attempt FF v5 till it's settled in for awhile.

Rick Wilson aka CorpRebel

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heavyjay

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Rick Wilson

I've never had any real issues with IE over the years but I do use FF for the most part nowadays. I tried to go to FF v4 and it crapped everything up for me so I reverted back to FF v3.6 and everything works fine. Not even gonna attempt FF v5 till it's settled in for awhile.

Rick Wilson aka CorpRebel

Same here. FF v4 gave me problems, so I went right back to 3.6.

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colll999

13 years ago

Originally Posted by sparrow

Don't forget who owns Chrome

If you don't want to have all your surfing habits monitored then don't use Chrome

I agree the latest FireFox has some problems so I am running an older version that has not given me problems 3.6

I am not to quick to make any new versions of anything part of my system to do work

Ed

I will hold off pressing that update button from now on

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Dennis Gaskill 13 years ago

Originally Posted by sparrow

I agree the latest FireFox has some problems so I am running an older version that has not given me problems 3.6

I'm still running 3.6 as well, for two main reasons. One is because some of the plugins I use still haven't been updated to v4, let alone 5. The other reason is because of a modification I did to one of its functions that I'm sure will be wiped out if I upgrade. I could modify it again, just don't want to have to bother with it.

That, and I never jump on new software or new upgrades. I let others work out the bugs first.
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- RubenJames 13 years ago
  
  When Firefox commanded me to upgrade to 4.0...it actually TOLD me that a slew of plug-ins would NOT work i.e. Download Helper and others... :confused:
  
  FORGET THAT!!!
  
  I'll wait!
  
  Ruben
  
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UncleHQ

13 years ago

Hi Colin,

When I upgraded to FF 5, I also experienced some problems which I was able to trace to a few scripts on my sites (in one case my script supplier fixed the problem and it works fine now) clearing the cache (only the cache) fixes the other problems if I experience them.

Still my first choice :-)

Brian

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AMiRU

13 years ago

I thought it only happen to me, looks like reinstalling to Firefox v3 is worth a try!

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Brian Alaway

13 years ago

Just switched to FF5 on one of my computers and so far no problems. Skipped FF4. FF5 seems to be much snappier. Like others though I've become addicted to Chrome's minimalist ui and of course it's speed. On the downside, Chrome crashes more than FF, is a memory hog and if you're a heavy user of bookmarks, Chrome is pretty pathetic for that. Biggest downside of FF5 is that v6 Roboform is incompatible. Wouldn't have taken the plunge yet if this were my only computer.

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RubenJames 13 years ago

I downgraded to FF 3.8....works FINE!

I'll wait a few decades to upgrade until they've fixed the *%#@$ BUGS!

Ruben
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colll999

13 years ago

OK re-installed Firefox 3.6.19 It kept all my bookmarks too without having to import them :-)

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