Firefox problem with these forums?

Post » Sun May 13, 2012 6:23 am

I seem to be having Firefox (v 9.01 on Win7/64) do a lot of "Stop responding...." lately, and the one common factor I have identified so far is that I had open a page to bethesda's forums (usually Skyrim forums)

Is anybody else seeing this??

Is there some kind of issue with FF 9.01??

thnx

UPDATE : with the 2 add-ons disabled, I haven't had a problem the last few days, which kind of svcks, cause I really want my pop-up blocker back on (but I suspect it is the actual problem)
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Blackdrak
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 6:34 am

No problems here.

Don't see how any self-respecting PC'er could use anything other than Mozilla tbh. :confused:

Checked to see if your add-ons are up to date?
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Saul C
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 4:54 am

Firefox is pretty stable for me, and I usually browse with like 8 tabs open (multitasking FTW.) Like Zyghart said, check your addons and see if they're up to date.
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Emmanuel Morales
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 1:26 pm

I have been having problmes with firefox recently as well. It takes awhile for it to have its speed up to normal, but it only takes about 15 seconds for it to start running properly.

However I have had this annoying thing with netflix on firefox for awhile. It keeps telling me to restart firefox in 36 bit mode to be able to run netflix properly, and when I restart it, the whole internet crashes for about 3 minutes.
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FABIAN RUIZ
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 12:55 pm

Don't see how any self-respecting PC'er could use anything other than Mozilla tbh. :confused:

Because Chrome is available? :P

I used to use Firefox, but the constant crashing and hang-ups eventually got to me. OP, I don't think it's the forums. Try reinstalling Firefox without any extensions, and then slowly add new ones, one at a time. If you must use Firefox.
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Mashystar
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 2:00 am

I used to use Firefox, but the constant crashing and hang-ups eventually got to me. OP, I don't think it's the forums. Try reinstalling Firefox without any extensions, and then slowly add new ones, one at a time. If you must use Firefox.

Or go to Firefox button -> Help -> Restart with Add-ons Disabled
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Emily Martell
 
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 11:56 pm

I use the newest version of FF in the house and it constantly "Stopped Responding" on here, Community Discussion and the Fallout section.
I use the old version on my work laptop and it works perfectly.
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City Swagga
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 10:07 am

Or go to Firefox button -> Help -> Restart with Add-ons Disabled

I still think a fresh install would be better. When I was still using Firefox, I would reinstall periodically, and that would help keep it optimized. I don't know what the problem is, but FF seems to have some kind of a long-term memory leak or something.
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Jarrett Willis
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 9:31 am

I still think a fresh install would be better. When I was still using Firefox, I would reinstall periodically, and that would help keep it optimized. I don't know what the problem is, but FF seems to have some kind of a long-term memory leak or something.
I agree it's why I switched to Chrome. Which now becomes laggy as hell, maybe it's because it is running for 12/13 hours in a row...
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bimsy
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 6:47 am

I agree it's why I switched to Chrome. Which now becomes laggy as hell, maybe it's because it is running for 12/13 hours in a row...

http://www.pcwintech.com/cleanmem

It's like wizardry. I leave Firefox on FOREVAR with no problems.
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Kevan Olson
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 12:42 am

Is there some kind of issue with FF 9.01??

Yeah, it's not as good as Google Chrome. ;)
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Mandi Norton
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 9:42 am

I'm using version 9.0.1 as well and haven't noticed any issues of late.
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Ash
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 10:46 am

Because Chrome is available? :tongue:

I used to use Firefox, but the constant crashing and hang-ups eventually got to me. OP, I don't think it's the forums. Try reinstalling Firefox without any extensions, and then slowly add new ones, one at a time. If you must use Firefox.

Yeah, it's not as good as Google Chrome. :wink:

Yeah, who wouldn't want all that spanky Google tracking software?

Besides, everyone knows Open Source is sooo 1995. :P

Gah, had to get a jab in.

I may check out this, 'Chrome' , you call it?

From this Gewgle?

Curiouser and curiouser... :blink:
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Austin England
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 8:41 am

This is not a browsers war topic - lay off.

OP, I use Firefox without any problems and am probably on these forums a lot more than the majority here so I suggest the problem is at your end, not the forums.
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daniel royle
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 4:25 am

I disabled 2 add-ons: Ad-Block 2.03 and Better Privacy 1.68 ("Super Cookie" blocker) to see what happens. Still have Norton for AV. I'll try this for a few days and see - I never did crash all that often, but FF had been really stable the few months!
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Budgie
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 10:43 am

i use firefox and have no troubles. i would do as evangeline-san says
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