Firefox 3.5 is slow [Archive]

gareth_esutera

11-18-2009, 06:06 AM

Ace

11-18-2009, 08:40 AM

I don't find Firefox 3.5 slow, it might be possible that you are using too many plug-in in your Firefox which may be slowing it, try uninstalling those and then check.

innominds

11-18-2009, 09:04 AM

Are you using SEO firefox plugin?
Sometimes the browser gets slow while loading all the options.

MayaLocke

11-18-2009, 01:30 PM

Have you scanned your system for a virus or malware? THat is more likley the problem than Firefox.

ammonetbenson

11-18-2009, 04:43 PM

Firefox is fast - it's the Firefox plugins that slow your PC down. The slowdown is related to "memory leak" - vast and increasing consumption of the RAM of your PC. The latter is also due to the plugins rather than to Firefox itself.

copywriter39

11-18-2009, 04:49 PM

I've had the same problem with slow loading time with the new Firefox. And I have the same plugins I had with the previous edition.

kettlewell

11-18-2009, 04:56 PM

As others have said - plugins are likely the real problem.

I'd disable them all for a bit, and see if it helps.

opalcomp

11-18-2009, 05:23 PM

Firefox memory size does keep growing and eventually slows, then crashes, especially with multiple tabs open. I disabled almost all my plugins two months ago, but the problem persists. My next step would be to disable ALL plugins and see what happens...

Clarrie

11-18-2009, 05:42 PM

I think the plugins are probably part of the problem, but I've found that Firefox has got slower generally as its got bigger.

Like Opalcomp I find FF gradually slows and slows until you need to close it and start again.

Unfortunately, just disabling plug-ins isn't really the solution - as one of the reasons I use FF at all is BECAUSE of the plug-ins!

I always used to flick between FF and Opera anyway, and the current slowness of FF means I use Opera more (its my default browser now) and FF less.

syd

11-18-2009, 06:02 PM

I used speedy fox - seems to have done the trick.

Consaka

11-18-2009, 07:18 PM

nirose

11-18-2009, 08:35 PM

No firefox 3.5 isnt slow may be the plugins you are using is causing it to run slow. If you have firebug. you may want to disable it. i did it and it runs fast and without problem.

mnboater

11-18-2009, 08:37 PM

Same here, but yes, I too use FF because of its plug-ins. Anyone have ideas about which ones are the culprits?

Consaka

11-18-2009, 11:59 PM

I loved firefox till the 3.5.5 update. I usually have many windows open for the same flash based or java based game. 3.5.4 or the version that came previous to 3.5.5 was really fast and allowed me to have many windows open. But now it is so bad with being slow and stalling that I can no longer even use firefox. If someone could point me to a previous version that is part of the 3.5 upgrade id appreciate it.

You guys that keep saying version 3.5 and plugins are not getting it. First off because are a number of updates after 3.5 and one of those (the latest) is the culprit, at least for my problem. AND if it is a plugin why would it be so sudden? especially when you didnt change them. As I see it the problem is still firefox and not the plugin because they did something that would cause the plugins not to work properly, assuming that we suddenly have an ailing plugin.

jimn

11-19-2009, 12:33 AM

Consaka

11-19-2009, 01:15 AM

I use FireFox and IE and IE is much faster than FF. When I load FF I sometimes think my system is hung while waiting for FF to load. IE in contrast loads immideately. There are many love to bash IE but are willing to make excuses for FF. Go Figure...

Jimn

ROFL IF IE is faster on your computer then FF then something is wrong with your computer or your version of FF. Till this last update FF was roughly 6 times faster then IE.
I use FF, Google Chrome, Opera, and Safari on a regular basis. IE is the slowest by far, so much so that I seldom ever fire it up anymore. In fact the only thing I use it for are a few pages that it auto logs in for passwords I have forgotten. Maybe once every two months do I have to use it.
Google chrome is by far the fastest of them all, BUT it is still a little rough around the edges how it does some graphics and how it saves some onscreen info, cookies and that sort of thing.
I have had FF load 25 pages faster then IE will even load itself. My point is if you like your pages to show up fast then it is worth your time to figure out why FF is slow OR to explore some of these other browsers like Google Chrome. I have found I like some kinds of browsers for different things. Ill use safari for some things and google chrome for others. Till this last update I used FF the most since it trumps IE in nearly every way, and is a very polished. Google chrome is a fast stripped down browser and I like to keep it that way. When I am in a hurry Ill grab it every time. When I want to Game or mess with flash and java based stuff I liked to use FireFox. I just striped every plugin out of it to see if the plugin naysayers are right. So Im off to test. Seriously Jimn, fix that computer for Firefox and you will never go back.

Consaka

Consaka

11-19-2009, 01:38 AM

Still slow with version 3.5.5.
Anyone know where I can get the previous version?

pietpetoors

11-19-2009, 01:52 AM

I also found that FireFox was extremely slow and memory hungry.

I tweaked the config a bit to limit the amount of memory it uses and to dump the memory it allocates when you minimize it.

At pietpetoors.com/blog/speed-up-your-firefox-browser/ I describe how to do this if you would like to try it.

milonic

11-19-2009, 04:28 AM

I've been seeing Firefox get slower and slower after each release. I think Firefox 2 was about the best.

I guess it's just how it is. Or is it just us people that don't have quad core machines with 10 gig of ram seeing this.

Now, if only Google could sort out the bugs in Chrome add pluginability and their own toolbar (FFS) and they might just be on to something.

Clarrie

11-19-2009, 05:18 AM

ROFL IF IE is faster on your computer then FF then something is wrong with your computer or your version of FF.

the problem is with the version of Firefox - it's the latest version :-)

More seriously, this isn't a machine problem - we have to test websites on different browsers on several different machines, and in all cases the latest versions of FF (anything after v3), have been the slowest to load, and the pages are slowest to open on all machines.

Opera and Chrome the fastest, then IE, then FF.

Nirose mentioned disabling Firebug - I'd agree with that, it does improve things, but not much help if you are a developer and wanting to use firebug and other developer tools! There is an alternative - Opera and the Dragonfly add-in is a good option - in fact I prefer Dragonfly to Firebug. And Chrome has its own set of developer tools as well.

I've been a long term fan of Firefox, and my two browsers of choice are Firefox and Opera, and I spend most of my day with both open and switching between them for different tasks.

But I switched to using Opera as my default browser a while back after I got fed up with FF's sluggish performance.

TechEvangelist

11-19-2009, 07:16 AM

Perhaps Mozilla hired some of the former Netscape bloatware engineers for the FF team. :D

FF appears to be a little slower for me, but does take a noticeably longer time to load.

sofakingdabest1

11-19-2009, 08:48 AM

Isn't there an App for that?

Clint1

11-19-2009, 12:55 PM

I don't know if it's consuming too much memory or what but Firefox 3.5 is slowing my computer down.

Fortunately, I still have the installer of Firefox 3.0. I just have to remove firefox in its entirety and reinstall the older version.

The only difference I can see between 3.0 and 3.5 is that in 3.5, you can drag tabs away to turn them into separate window, just like in Chrome.
That's the main reason why I still use IE as my main browser--FF is just to painfully slow. It takes forever to load when I start it, and it's also very slow at browsing. This has propagated across every one of their versions for me as well. From their first, to 3.5.3 or whatever the latest is (I can't check to see because it takes too long to open!), but I have the latest. It also happens without extensions/plugins, so that's not what's causing it.

It stands to reason IE is faster (should be faster) because IE is part of the Windows core or shell, an integral part of it. For those that say FF is faster; like they claim something may be wrong with the FF install where it is slow on some PC's--I say something is wrong with IE on their PC's. It would be interesting to know exactly what causes this, because it obviously depends on the PC as to which browser each individual will find faster. :confused:

opalcomp

11-19-2009, 01:51 PM

IE might be OK - except that it keeps saying "Connecting..." for 20 seconds every time I open a new tab, before you can even start typing in a URL. I have not yet found an answer for that. With FireFox, one clue to memory corruption is that I might close it with 10 tabs open and, say, 500mb in use, and when I re-open it the same 10 tabs are opened, and yet it may only use 120mb. Whatever the cause of the problem, Firefox team should implement a core module that traces memory leakage and can pinpoint where the problems are.

Zhannalight

11-20-2009, 08:50 AM

Having the same problem with my FF 3.5.5 - it gets extremely slow when multiple tabs are open, especially when a big-size Flash file is playing on a site.

kirsky

11-22-2009, 04:44 AM

Why not try google chrome?

11-22-2009, 10:10 PM

Clint1

11-23-2009, 06:22 AM

Are all the plugins a problem, or just particular ones?
See my post #23 above. In my case, it happens with no plugins.

pietpetoors

11-24-2009, 01:14 AM

That also happened with me and I only had two plug-ins. See my post #18 above, the fix works really well.

Clint1

11-24-2009, 01:47 AM

That also happened with me and I only had two plug-ins. See my post #18 above, the fix works really well.
What do you enter for 2gb of memory, "30000"?

Clint1

11-24-2009, 01:57 AM

What do you enter for 2gb of memory, "30000"?
I think I just hosed something. :lol: While I was waiting on your reply, I did the area at the bottom of the page.

Then I went to the top area (browser.cache.memory.enable) and it was already set to "True". So I right clicked and did the integer, then entered browser.cache.memory.capacity just to see what would happened, it already put in the box itself 65536. Thinking I could change it, I just closed it. Now, the new integer along with the value, is gone! Doesn't show anywhere. How do I get back to that area and change that #?? :confused:

pietpetoors

11-25-2009, 12:36 AM

I only have 1Gig so I entered 15000

Clint1

11-25-2009, 04:21 AM

I only have 1Gig so I entered 15000
Yeah I know, that much I read. ;) But what does one enter for 2gb? And how do I change the value that was entered?

Clint1

11-25-2009, 07:59 AM

The confusion continues.....

I tried to finish the rest of what was on your webpage (http://pietpetoors.com/blog/speed-up-your-firefox-browser/), the area is: "Next up you will force FireFox to release memory when it is minimized:" and I right clicked that area to create the new boolean, and I put config.trim_on_minimize in the box, but, nothing happened! Like the other one I added, it not only doesn't show up but there was no pop-up of any kind to set it to "TRUE"! What's going on here?

pietpetoors

11-26-2009, 01:32 AM

Are you running the latest version?

Clint1

11-26-2009, 04:42 AM

Are you running the latest version?
Yes, 3.5.5 .

Clarrie

11-26-2009, 07:01 AM

You know, this does seem like an awful lot of effort for something the others manage to achieve "out of the box" ... :-)

Clint1

11-26-2009, 07:17 AM

You know, this does seem like an awful lot of effort for something the others manage to achieve "out of the box" ... :-)

That's for sure!

nathan_s

12-03-2009, 06:21 AM

No new problems with FF after update, but it always slowed down when left with a number of tabs over time to the point that have need to restart FF. However I've recently started to ahve problem with FF freezing on me when bringing the popup menu on flash content - the menu shows, bu it's not selectable or clickable, and FF freezes for a couple of mins, you can't even alt+tab out of it, i either wait for it to work again or close the proccess. Any ideas on this one?

Clint1

12-03-2009, 06:50 AM

"Pietpetoors", what about the problems I'm having above starting with post #30?

safdar_ali

12-11-2009, 05:31 AM

I am also using the same FF 3.5 and its working good. Please re-check your plug-ins may be the problem due to these ping ins.

All the best!

cleanweb

12-11-2009, 06:57 AM

The rule is "the more the plugins , the slower firefox becomes "

Clint1

12-11-2009, 09:26 AM

Firefox is the fast and very reliable web browser nowadays. I think you have a lot of plug-ins to load up when you use your Mozilla 3.5 browser. Limit them, use only plug-ins that you really need cause we all know that firefox offers a lot of plug-ins.

I am also using the same FF 3.5 and its working good. Please re-check your plug-ins may be the problem due to these ping ins.

The rule is "the more the plugins , the slower firefox becomes "
I don't know if those are meant for the OP or me. See my post #23 above.
http://www.webproworld.com/browsers/94308-firefox-3-5-slow.html#post478804

I also noticed yesterday when I had the XP Task Manager open, ONE FF window was taking up an insane 266MB. The same page in IE took up 142MB.

Johnny27

12-11-2009, 10:36 AM

firefox wastes more memory than opera. maybe try to switch to the latter.

Doc

12-12-2009, 11:55 AM

Have you had any luck in improving your FF performance, Clint?

I use FF by default, and have noticed that it is a good bit slower that IE, too. But I like the security add-ons as well as the various tool add-ons, so I've been putting up with it. However, I've recently taken to disabling all the add-ons I can, unless I'm presently using them. That has helped somewhat. Also, I downgraded to version 3.0.6, because of memory issues...it seems to be one of the least intrusive versions, when it comes to resources.

Clint1

12-13-2009, 02:25 AM

Have you had any luck in improving your FF performance, Clint?
Good question. No. "Pietpetoors" has apparently left the thread so I'm left hanging about what I mentioned starting in post #23.

I use FF by default, and have noticed that it is a good bit slower that IE, too. But I like the security add-ons as well as the various tool add-ons, so I've been putting up with it. However, I've recently taken to disabling all the add-ons I can, unless I'm presently using them. That has helped somewhat.
IE is still my default browser, but I have FF installed because of all the available extensions/plug-ins, and one should always check their webpages in both major browsers. It's just too painfully slow to use as a main browser. It's not just the ~20 secs it takes just to open, it's just too slow on webpages. Even trying to close out webpages with several open has a long lag. It affects my productivity and efficiency so much I just can't use it as a default.

Also, I downgraded to version 3.0.6, because of memory issues...it seems to be one of the least intrusive versions, when it comes to resources.
What kind of memory issues did you hear about or notice in newer versions? That's interesting. I have FF (newest) set to open with a blank "page", nothing is there. When I open that default "page", it instantly showed 27mb just for that blank "page", then immediately started climbing.....to 33mb, 37mb, and stayed at 40mb. Sounds like some kind of memory leak. I have eight IE webpages open right now which are only taking up 74mb.

One single instance of FF and it's a totally blank page, taking up 40mb, and 8 active IE webpages open using only 74mb, is a definite resource parasite, and sounds like a memory leak as well.

talius

12-13-2009, 06:10 AM

I'm still using firefox 3.0.15 because the newer version isn't compatible with some of my plugins. I'm glad I haven't changed yet as firefox always takes up a lot of memory,but I do like the features

Clint1

12-13-2009, 06:24 AM

I'm still using firefox 3.0.15 because the newer version isn't compatible with some of my plugins. I'm glad I haven't changed yet as firefox always takes up a lot of memory,but I do like the features
There are ways of getting some older extensions to work with newer FF versions. I don't know where the post is now, but if you search for posts by me using the word .xpi you should find it.

pietpetoors

12-13-2009, 09:00 AM

Sorry for the late reply, I did not get my notification emails.

Clint the steps I described on my blog was passed on to me by a friend. I tried it and it worked very well for me. I am not a FF modification expert so if it do not work for you I am not sure what else you can do.

Clint1

12-13-2009, 09:10 AM

Sorry for the late reply, I did not get my notification emails.
That's been an ongoing problem here for many. I was getting them until a few days ago then they stopped for a day or so. Now I'm getting them again.

Clint the steps I described on my blog was passed on to me by a friend. I tried it and it worked very well for me. I am not a FF modification expert so if it do not work for you I am not sure what else you can do.
I understand, thanks for replying and clearing that up. I guess I can ask it at a FF forum or email list.

Doc

12-13-2009, 12:34 PM

What kind of memory issues did you hear about or notice in newer versions? That's interesting. I have FF (newest) set to open with a blank "page", nothing is there. When I open that default "page", it instantly showed 27mb just for that blank "page", then immediately started climbing.....to 33mb, 37mb, and stayed at 40mb. Sounds like some kind of memory leak. I have eight IE webpages open right now which are only taking up 74mb.

One single instance of FF and it's a totally blank page, taking up 40mb, and 8 active IE webpages open using only 74mb, is a definite resource parasite, and sounds like a memory leak as well.

This particular page is 43.2 MB for me, on FF 3.0.6, and I've got most of my add-ons turned off. I'm currently only running NoScript, SpeedDial, SearchStatus and Foxy SEOTool. In IE6, it is 410 kb!

I think I'm going to have to look into Opera, and use FF only for checking webpages. A shame, because there are a lot of great tools tacked on.

And I'm REALLY going to miss my speeddial! :?

Clint1

12-13-2009, 01:22 PM

This particular page is 43.2 MB for me, on FF 3.0.6, and I've got most of my add-ons turned off. I'm currently only running NoScript, SpeedDial, SearchStatus and Foxy SEOTool. In IE6, it is 410 kb!

I think I'm going to have to look into Opera, and use FF only for checking webpages. A shame, because there are a lot of great tools tacked on.

And I'm REALLY going to miss my speeddial! :?
If you mean this exact page and not the previous page, the latest FF version is showing 50MB, and IE only showing 22MB!

Yeah I would miss those FF extensions. Opera can't make any dent in the market until they have a browser with similar plug-ins.

Clint1

12-14-2009, 06:14 AM

What happened to this post:

It is so slow here too I thought there was some thing wrong with my settings
So others have noticed it too
I guess a FF supporter deleted it.

So it's fast for some and it's slow for others, and extensions have nothing to do with it....at least not slowing it down. That's a bit of a mystery. I just read another write-up (about Opera) where it commented on the fast speed of FF. I don't understand why it's fast for some, and so slow for others.

It's got to have something to do with other programs installed on a PC. Or, maybe it's some extension that speeds it up?? Those of you that say FF is fast on your PC's, have any of you installed any extensions that speed it up? Have you done any tweaks (like about:config) to it to speed it up? Are there any internal default settings that could be changed to speed it up, or, slow it down?

Doc

12-14-2009, 11:36 AM

What happened to this post:

I guess a FF supporter deleted it.

So it's fast for some and it's slow for others, and extensions have nothing to do with it....at least not slowing it down. That's a bit of a mystery. I just read another write-up (about Opera) where it commented on the fast speed of FF. I don't understand why it's fast for some, and so slow for others.

It's got to have something to do with other programs installed on a PC. Or, maybe it's some extension that speeds it up?? Those of you that say FF is fast on your PC's, have any of you installed any extensions that speed it up? Have you done any tweaks (like about:config) to it to speed it up? Are there any internal default settings that could be changed to speed it up, or, slow it down?

Clint, I certainly have never seen any add-ons that claimed to speed up FF. I imagine that there are many that only slow its initial program load, not necessarily every pageload, but I would think that any add-on is going to add to the memory consumption of FF, and many of them would slow pageload when implemented.

I think the sad truth is that we make it a memory hog, by adding so many extensions. Unless you happen to be a proficient coder/developer, it would be very difficult to quantify the effects of adding an extension. I have a number I really like, but I try to keep as many of them disabled as possible, until I'm going to use them.
Speeddial is one I keep on ('cause I'm spoiled), but I have a total of 89 pages set up on it, on 6 different tabs. I have no idea how much that affects me, but it's a safe bet it does. :-?

Clint1

12-14-2009, 11:48 AM

Clint, I certainly have never seen any add-ons that claimed to speed up FF.
Neither have I, but I'm wondering if some possibly exist. I'm just trying to find some reasons as to why for some, it's "the fastest I've ever used", and for others "the slowest I've ever used". You know, I'm wondering if it could be that for some that claim it's so fast, if they don't simply have IE problems on their PC's that make FF so much faster in their cases. ??

I imagine that there are many that only slow its initial program load, not necessarily every pageload, but I would think that any add-on is going to add to the memory consumption of FF, and many of them would slow pageload when implemented.
I just disabled some extensions I don't need all the time on mine to see if that will help. But like I said above (and just FTR again), even with no extensions I didn't see any change in load speed. The next time I need to use it on a page, I'll open a bunch of other pages with it and see if it still exhibits the same unusable sluggishness.

pietpetoors

12-15-2009, 03:44 AM

I found that it helps a lot if you open links in new tabs instead of new windows. I always have lots of windows open at the same time. With FF it is best to have one window with more tabs. The moment you open more windows it takes over your pc memory.

@Clint 1 - I think the reason it is fast for some and slow for others is because we all use different machines. I think the main reason why FF is slow is because it uses stacks of memory. If you have a machine with lots of memory FF should be fast, if you have an older machine with less memory FF will be slow. And of course the operating system will make a difference as well, I mean Vista on its own uses just about all the memory you have so nothing is left for other apps.

Clint1

12-16-2009, 01:03 AM

@Clint 1 - I think the reason it is fast for some and slow for others is because we all use different machines. I think the main reason why FF is slow is because it uses stacks of memory. If you have a machine with lots of memory FF should be fast, if you have an older machine with less memory FF will be slow. And of course the operating system will make a difference as well, I mean Vista on its own uses just about all the memory you have so nothing is left for other apps.
Different PC's shouldn't matter. That doesn't explain why some claim FF is faster than IE on their PC's, and why some say IE is faster than FF on their PC's. FF only needs 64/128MB, and it's the same for IE6 on XP (although it's 64/64MB so the "recommended" amount is a bit higher). These days 1gb is common with most probably having 2gb. (BTW, I have 4gb and 3.4ghz). But, I guess it's 'possible' that "some" of those complaining about the slowness of it are still using only ~128MB or less, but not very likely. ;) (And again, I have 4gb dual-channel).

The only way to know for sure is do some kind of a...........poll. (Hey Tubby, how 'bout a poll for that? ;)), and ask something like:

Which is faster on your PC, FF or IE?
Which versions of them are you using?
In FF, do you use tabbed browsing or window browsing? (State in IE as well if applicable).
What is your amount of RAM and CPU speed?

Then we may be able to start making some sense of this.

Doc

12-16-2009, 01:20 AM

I think a poll is a good idea, Clint. It'll be a little complex, in order to get any really good findings, but we just might be able to find out exactly what is making it slower.

Is it just the browser? Does FF just take up a lot more resources to load?

Or is it the add-ons that many of us use? And if so, which ones eat up the most memory?

Personally, I use nothing but tabs... I very rarely open a new window. On the rare occasions that I do, it's an IE window, by necessity.

Also, I've noted that each new version of FF uses just a little (sometimes a lot) more memory than the last. New features come at a cost. I'm running 3.0.6 for that very reason. But now, 3.5.6 is available... I haven't tried it, and wasn't planning to. But perhaps it'll take a few of us, willing to customize our set up for testing purposes, to get any meaningful findings.

I'm game.

Different PC's shouldn't matter. That doesn't explain why some claim FF is faster than IE on their PC's, and why some say IE is faster than FF on their PC's. FF only needs 64/128MB, and it's the same for IE6 on XP (although it's 64/64MB so the "recommended" amount is a bit higher). These days 1gb is common with most probably having 2gb. (BTW, I have 4gb and 3.4ghz). But, I guess it's 'possible' that "some" of those complaining about the slowness of it are still using only ~128MB or less, but not very likely. ;) (And again, I have 4gb dual-channel).

The only way to know for sure is do some kind of a...........poll. (Hey Tubby, how 'bout a poll for that? ;)), and ask something like:

Which is faster on your PC, FF or IE?
Which versions of them are you using?
In FF, do you use tabbed browsing or window browsing? (State in IE as well if applicable).
What is your amount of RAM and CPU speed?

Then we may be able to start making some sense of this.

victor_wp

01-02-2010, 07:15 AM

Well, disabling some plug ins that I don't usually use somehow fixed the problem. But I noticed that some of my plug ins are not working well with the latest Firefox update.

triman101

01-11-2010, 07:37 PM

Besides slowness, it keeps getting crashed, over and over again. I hope 3.6 will be mire stable release.

Clint1

01-12-2010, 01:29 AM

Besides slowness, it keeps getting crashed, over and over again. I hope 3.6 will be mire stable release.
Mine crashes a lot to, it just stops responding. I just noticed v3.5.7 is out and it says this:

Firefox 3.5.7 fixes the following issues:

* Fixed a common stability issue.

Hopefully that will fix it.

deepsand

01-12-2010, 09:44 PM

IF IE is faster on your computer then FF then something is wrong with your computer or your version of FF.
In that case, a lot of us have "something wrong with (our) computers or (our) versions of FF."

However, given that many of us are very far from being novices in these regards, I'm given to saying that FF is not exactly platform agnostic.

Yes, a good deal of the cited problems do relate to an excessive no. of active extensions of a certain type. However, the fact remains that, even with no extensions, FF does, on some platforms which experience no other problems, consume an inordinate amount of memory, and/or take an unacceptably long time to load.

Yet, on these very same platforms, IE runs just fine.

So, to simply say that FF is not, and cannot be the culprit, is most specious.

chandrika

01-13-2010, 11:00 AM

I have to say that in my limited experience, I find a really noticable difference in speed with firefox being faster than ie, I rarely use ie for that reason. I have never bothered to look into why ie is so slow on my machine, but I have the latest firefox 3.5.7, loads of addons and no problems with speed.

I am on windows xp mce, service pack 3

AaronNeal

01-15-2010, 10:49 AM

I've been a big fan of Firefox since it was first introduced. The other day I decided to try Chrome and was shocked by how quick it was compared to Firefox. The only problem with Chrome is they don't have the addons for SEO yet.

deepsand

01-16-2010, 01:17 PM

Of course, with the addition of extensions, Chrome too will become slower.

kamrenroder0

03-22-2010, 06:02 AM

I upgraded my firefox from 3.0 to 3.5..it really starts up slow...ver 3.0 was like instant loading..y is this..?it supposed to be faster than the older one rite..?

Clint1

03-22-2010, 08:46 AM

I upgraded my firefox from 3.0 to 3.5..it really starts up slow...ver 3.0 was like instant loading..y is this..?it supposed to be faster than the older one rite..?
3.6 loads about the same for me as they all did.......S-L-O-W. But v3.6 is even worse at being the slowest browser on the planet at websites. If I want to click a link, I have to wait about 30 seconds for anything to happen.

Does anyone know how to find a previous version of an extension? When "upgrading" to v3.6, I also regrettably allowed it to update the "DownloadHelper" extension to v4.7.x and those jerks destroyed it. (The download status info opens in a full screen blocking all other windows. You also cannot select many options in many of its drop-down men us, they "lose focus" and are not clickable/changeable! "Menu expiration" is set to only 60 secs, and when you click it to change it, it instantly "loses focus" and the background gets focus). I always save all older extensions but naturally I can't find this one.

deepsand

03-27-2010, 04:00 PM

Very much of the slowness experienced by many owes, not to the browser itself, but to the extensions that are installed, many of which consume resources in the background even when not being actively used.

Additionally, anti-malware applications continue to consume increasing amounts of resources with each new update.

And, of course, on-line resources themselves continue to grow in size.

All of these combined serve to increase RAM and CPU usage, swap file fragmentation, and swap activity. While RAM can be increased up to a finite limit, and the swap file size and location optimized for a particular platform eventually the time will come when any given platform will no longer be able to provide sufficient resources for current applications, thus necessitating a hardware upgrade.

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