Firefox 3.5

[rockymtnhigh]

Not sure if it is Firefox or just a laptop that has been acting very cranky as of late, but I have had FF locking up a lot lately, and just not being very responsive. I run the darn thing all day long with multiple tabs. When this happens I usually close it, and then go into the task manager, and still have to end the FF process -- which often is as large as 700,000K - more than 1,000,000K.

I have no idea what is causing it to become such a hog in terms of memory - although I am thinking that Mafia Wars could be part of the problem (not sure though). As a result I have been running chrome more often as an alternative, and it seems to be more stable (at least on this machine) and faster in general.

 

[long_time_DNC]

Went up to FF 3.5.2 recently... Other than the loss of the Norton IPS extension, it works quite well and seems to be very stable. Fast too.

 

[ab187]

Not sure if it is Firefox or just a laptop that has been acting very cranky as of late, but I have had FF locking up a lot lately, and just not being very responsive. I run the darn thing all day long with multiple tabs. When this happens I usually close it, and then go into the task manager, and still have to end the FF process -- which often is as large as 700,000K - more than 1,000,000K.

Now that you mention it Firefox (3.5.2) has also been acting up on my PC. It seems to be crashing more often, usually when I have flash player running. Off topic, but I wish Silverlight would be adopted my more websites. Flash is to much of a resource hog.....

 

[rockymtnhigh]

I have been using chrome almost exclusively for the past two days, and like it.

I switched to the developer channel, which has more features; including bookmark sync, and was able to import all my google toolbar bookmarks. But I wish it had Scrapbook and Zotero.

 

[Rey]

Went up to FF 3.5.2 recently... Other than the loss of the Norton IPS extension, it works quite well and seems to be very stable. Fast too.

this is why i went back to the previous version.

 

[long_time_DNC]

this is why i went back to the previous version.

I'm hoping they'll come out with a Norton extension compatible with 3.5.2 soon...

 

[Ramy]

You all should drop Norton and go with AVG. It is much better at catching viruses than norton, even day 1 viruses.

 

[KAB]

You all should drop Norton and go with AVG. It is much better at catching viruses than norton, even day 1 viruses.

Or Avast. Norton...yuk!

 

[rockymtnhigh]

You all should drop Norton and go with AVG. It is much better at catching viruses than norton, even day 1 viruses.

Norton was bad, but AVG was a serious resourcehog. I switched to Sunbelt's Vipre, and have been very pleased; but I have also heard really good reports about the newest Norton, which supposedly is a LOT better.

I just wish I knew what was causing my FF to act so erratically.

 

[DodgerKing]

 

[long_time_DNC]

Norton was bad, but AVG was a serious resourcehog. I switched to Sunbelt's Vipre, and have been very pleased; but I have also heard really good reports about the newest Norton, which supposedly is a LOT better.

I just wish I knew what was causing my FF to act so erratically.

I like NAV 2009 version...it's really not a resource hog at all. Sunbelt's CounterSpy is my anti-spyware/adware product of choice...I'd try Vipre, but I'm paid-up for 2 more years on my NAV subscription.

Have you tried uninstalling/reinstalling FF? Sometimes that fixes software issues...

 

[navychop]

I've had resource usage problems with AVG too, unfortunately. Guess I'll use 360 on my new W7 machine at home, like I must at work.

 

[4saken]

I use Addons to stabilize my memory resources

I'm using FF 3.5.2, and I can also see FF suck up several hundred K of memory if I have several tabs open with lots of content.

If you haven't already, I would HIGHLY recommend several of the addons which prevent automatically downloading or displaying many of the common web content delivery mechanisms.

Such as:

AdBlock Plus
NoScript
Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out (TACO)

Is a good way to keep extra content from filling up your memory space needlessly.

B

 

[bateau980]

4saken

Thanks for the reminder about the Opt-out! I just rebuilt my computer to Win7 and didn't add it back. I won't go anywhere without AdBlock Plus installed!

 

[Ghpr13]

A little help, please...

I just installed FF 3.5.3. This is the first time I ever used any other browser then IE. My question is how do I "blacklist" web sites that I want to prevent my 19 yo son from going to? In IE8 I used the Internet Options, but with FF I haven't been able to figure it out. My son is not computer savvy, so I'm not worried about him defeating what I set up (he never got around the blocks in IE8). I just need to keep him from "porning up" my computer...
I running WindowsXP SP3. I have ZoneAlarm F/W, avast! A/V, and ThreatFire. I do have the NoScript plug in for FF.
Thanks for any help....
Ghpr13

 

[avg1joe]

Try the add on ProCon Latte. I found it more effective to set it to only allow whitelist pages and then define a handful of pages as ok.

 

[Ghpr13]

Try the add on ProCon Latte. I found it more effective to set it to only allow whitelist pages and then define a handful of pages as ok.

Avg1joe,
Thanks for that info. I'll give it a try.
Ghpr13