Mozilla - we used to be friends...

[Chalkie]

I've had it with firefox! The bloody thing will freeze on me about 3 or 4 times an hour - normally when I have my gmail account open. Seemed to start happening after the second latest update a few months. And mostly when I'm opening a hyperlink from an email in my gmail account. I'm running the following add-ons:

All in one-sidebar
ColorZilla
English(AUS) dictionary
Favicon Picker 3
FxIF
ImageZoom
Microsoft .Net Framework Assistant
Remember the Milk for Gmail
Trend Micro Toolbar

How can I restore my friendship with Firefox?

 

[AngoXC]

How can I restore my friendship with Firefox?

Tea party maybe?

 

[mittagongmtb]

how about turning off all your extensions and then working through them? Or post the question on the mozilla forum..

 

[Kizzmtbr]

Get Google Chrome.


well worth the download. Fast, Simple and easy to use

 

[Matt H]

I've also been pissed of with firefox lately. It hate how it automatically updates itself, and for some reason it won't load facebook properly.

 

[cam-o]

+1 for Google Chrome.
It loads WAY faster than IE and firefox.
Thus far the only site I've had problems with is the editor for Ebay listings.

 

[Moggio]

I've had this type of problem for maybe two years on and off... I've just done this procedure and it seems to fix it... well at least for a while.

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/09/firefox-runs-slow-speed-memory-fast.html

 

[Breaka]

Not sure if it'll fix all your problems but Opera is pretty damn sweet.

 

[Joy]

Chrome isn't that great, I'd go back to Firefox but it'd be a massive pain with all my bookmarks and saved passwords etc. Chrome crashes all the time and it HATES facebook. I think the next version should be pretty sweet

 

[frensham]

Have had no problems with Opera or Safari.

 

[Tristan23]

I know by responding to this thread i'm jinxing myself, but i've been using Safari for the past three years with no problems.

 

[leitch]

I know by responding to this thread i'm jinxing myself, but i've been using Safari for the past three years with no problems.

I second this motion.

 

[TheBofh]

I've been using Seamonkey which is another Mozilla offshoot, mostly for testing. It seems ok, it is more like Netscape & has some developer options too.

 

[Dan.]

I've also been pissed of with firefox lately. It hate how it automatically updates itself, and for some reason it won't load facebook properly.

I've found this too. I have to open everything on there in a new tab to make it load.

 

[Big Chuck]

+ 1 for Firefox. I would uninstall Firefox and do a full clean out, then reinstall Firefox + any addons. Make sure you back up any data etc.

If you want to try Chrome(spyware) then maybe try Iron.

 

[Daneel]

i'm in the opposite boat. firefox is fantastic when you set it up properly.

i'm running the latest revision with these add-ons:
DownloadThemAll! - select stuff on a page and right click to download any content contained within the selection, links and all. or just right click and download everything on the page. great filtering options

Google Toolbar

New Tab Button Position - gives you the little plus button at the end of the tab row to add a new tab with one click similar to IE..

PDF Download

Having a low number of add-ons keeps things nice and simple.. i've never had it freeze up or die on me unless i was doing something stupid. it even handles the 6000 windows and tabs i usually have open.

i'd try for a clean install of firefox and see how you go. do you need all those add-ons? things like coloured tabs are a waste of time in my opinion..

that said, been trying out chrome again for a while and i have to say, yes, it's quick and smooth, but firefox is just as fast for me.. plus chrome renders things like crap on a bunch of major websites.

 

[Jazz]

Chrome isn't that great, I'd go back to Firefox but it'd be a massive pain with all my bookmarks and saved passwords etc. Chrome crashes all the time and it HATES facebook. I think the next version should be pretty sweet

When you install f/fox it should prompt you to import all your settings from another browser.

 

[Joy]

When you install f/fox it should prompt you to import all your settings from another browser.

It only gives me the option to do it from IE and not Chrome

 

[Smacks]

I used firefox successfully for about 4 years, nothing at all went wrong. Then facebook stopped working on it so I simply had to get rid of it.

I'm using Chrome now and it's pretty cool. Facebook works, and that's all I care about.

 

[S.]

I know by responding to this thread i'm jinxing myself, but i've been using Safari for the past three years with no problems.

That's all well and good, but a lot of us are into girls.

Anyway, I mainly use Chrome now. It's just a bit cleaner than Firefox, though I did find one site that doesn't format properly with Chrome (works fine with IE though). Had it crash a couple of times but it's not making a habit of it so no real issues.