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    #1

    Firefox.. WTF?!

    WTF happened to Firefox lately?
    To me, it looks like my once so beloved browser has turned into a total POS lately..

    constant lockups after a couple hours runtime, INSANE RAM usage (700MB for a couple windows with about 5 tabs each!?) and general instability/glitchyness..

    i've never had problems like this with the old 2.x versions or the early 3.0.x versions..

    i'll just leave this video here.. happened after less than 4 hours runtime.
    started out as tiny 0.5sec. lockups on ebay (most noticable while scrolling). got worse and worse.. lockups got longer and longer and more and more frequent.. shortly after i recorded this video, firefox crashed completely..

    everything's updated. i also tried disabling ALL of the plugins.. no go.. same BS..

    i guess Firefox is no good anymore for powerusers like me who usually have more than just 3 windows with 5 tabs in total open..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSP2FN00n48
    Last edited by Scenic; 07-04-2010, 03:06 PM.
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    Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

    I did this test a while ago.
    .... Using an old P4 PC with 512Mb RAM and Win2k.
    .... After a fresh reboot of the PC.
    .... and with the phone line to the DSL modem disconnected.
    I opened Firefox 3.2.x [I think it was] and went to a static [non-updating] page in the modem's web interface.
    [The internet was PHYSICALLY disconnected, the modem generated web page had nothing to update, - no communication going on.]
    -- THEN [With nothing else whatsoever being done on the PC.]
    I checked memory use in Task manager. [System only had 1/2 GB.]
    At the start it was something like 130-150 Mb.
    A few hours later it was up around 750Mb [more RAM than the PC even had.] and the PC was locked up.
    -

    And people have tried to tell me the FF memory leaks aren't bad ot don't exist.
    - I say DODO CACKA!
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      #3
      Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

      Firefox only functions fully if you remember to think in Russian.



      or you could try disabling java or try Opera.

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        #4
        Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

        firefox always sucked. opera ftw.

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          #5
          Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

          http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/

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            #6
            Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

            Originally posted by stj
            Firefox only functions fully if you remember to think in Russian.
            *?*
            Originally posted by stj
            or you could try disabling java
            i disabled pretty much EVERY SINGLE PLUGIN.. this crap STILL happens no matter what..

            trying to get used to SRWare Iron at the moment (which is a Google Chrome clone)
            RAM usage is so-so.. but it's nowhere near as glitchy/buggy so far..

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              #7
              Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

              firefox is second worst, after IE. google chrome for the win!!!
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                #8
                Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

                I've never had the sort of problems you're having. Admittedly, the memory usage is too high (as I type this firefox is using 104,320 K of memory according to task manager), but with 4GB of RAM, I have tons to spare.
                I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

                No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

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                  #9
                  Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

                  Originally posted by ratdude747
                  firefox is second worst, after IE. google chrome for the win!!!
                  I stay away from programs that monitor me.
                  .
                  Mann-Made Global Warming.
                  - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
                  -
                  Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
                  - Dr Seuss
                  -
                  You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
                  -

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                    #10
                    Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

                    Originally posted by c_hegge
                    I've never had the sort of problems you're having. Admittedly, the memory usage is too high (as I type this firefox is using 104,320 K of memory according to task manager), but with 4GB of RAM, I have tons to spare.
                    that is not completely accurate.. for me, i have 3 tabs open.. it is using 130,040 k... but what you are forgetting about is the plugin-containere.exe file.. that adds about an extra 26 megs on top of the firefox amount.. and it is a firefox program..

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                      #11
                      Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

                      Originally posted by Scenic
                      *?*
                      you never saw the film then?

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                        #12
                        Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

                        what film?! what the hell are you talking about?!?

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                          #13
                          Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

                          FireFox is a Secret High Tech Russian Fighter "MiG 31" NATO code named "FireFox. It can do Mach 6, and is invisible to radar. I think flying the plane and using its weapons was by thought command. Hence this is why you had to think in Russian to make it work. Its a pretty good movie. Its not one of Clint Eastwood's best but its still ok. Anyway Clint went to Russia and took this aircraft. He was chased by a second FireFox and they had a big dogfight which Clint won. Thats about it. Look it up on the Wikipedia and read the plot line.
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                          Rod Serling

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                            #14
                            Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

                            that sum's it up pretty good

                            and there was a game of the film that used flight footage.
                            http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/pages/ffx.asp

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                              #15
                              Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

                              Opera ftw
                              "The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."

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                                #16
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                                Originally posted by PCBONEZ
                                I stay away from programs that monitor me.
                                .
                                Agreed. I won't install ANYTHING on my system from a company that makes money from spam. I've used FF since v1.0 and still love it. So it has memory leaks.....my system has 24gb, I don't think it'll leak that much! Show me any program or OS that doesn't have a flaw or bug.......

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                                  #17
                                  Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

                                  ^ thats why i mentioned SRWare Iron. That's built from the chromium sourcecode and (supposedly) doesn't spy on you..

                                  never really liked opera either.. not back in the days when it was shareware, and i still don't really like it today..

                                  IE.. well.. no need to even mention that actually..

                                  was totally happy with firefox up till the latest 2.x versions.. 3.0 gave me some bugs.. was ok though.. after that... instead of fixing the bugs, FFX kept getting more and more it seems.. quality took a massive nosedive..

                                  and what else is left? safari? lol
                                  just too bad there isn't anything else than those.. most of the "alternative browsers" are just skins for IE or FFX or whatever.. not real browsers.. :|
                                  Last edited by Scenic; 07-05-2010, 02:05 PM.

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                                    #18
                                    Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

                                    the new 10.6 opera probably feels very different,
                                    for some reason they just switched from trolltech's QT library to GTK.
                                    maybe because Nokia are involved and it's licensed.

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                                      #19
                                      Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

                                      i thought chrome remembered that stuff for search suggestions... why would google care about that anyway?

                                      not to offend, only to make a point, but tc, your site has a bit of spam too, look at that damned antec banner! i know why it is there, but i havehad no issues in chrome, i like it, and it is not maliciously "spying on me". unless you can prove that it has f***ed us all, i will stay with it.
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                                        #20
                                        Re: Firefox.. WTF?!

                                        Originally posted by ratdude747
                                        i thought chrome remembered that stuff for search suggestions... why would google care about that anyway?
                                        They can sell it to advertising companies who use it to collect data on you to make sure you get the "correct" ads specially for you.

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