Is Firefox being slow and/or glitchy for anyone else lately?

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• zx50 Posts: 91,267

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  08/04/14 - 10:20 #2

  I got rid of Firefox because it was having trouble the odd time connecting to sites. It feels like my laptop is slower than it is when using Firefox. I just got rid of it and stuck to using either Chrome or Internet Explorer.

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• NewWorldMan Posts: 4,904

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  08/04/14 - 14:39 #3

  Jane Elliot wrote: »

  I'm having nothing but problems with it this morning. It's either ridiculously slow or glitchy (freezing, not letting me clear history) or both.
  
  I wanted to see if it's just me or not.

  
  No problems here.
  
  All browsers have such problems for some users while not having them for other users.
  
  For Firefox the recommemnded steps are:
  
  Try running in safe mode (disables all extensions among other things). If you don't get the same problems, re-enable extensions one by one until you discover the problem.
  
  If running in safe mode doesn't solve the problem, try creating a new profile. Look this up on the Firefox pages. It will uninstall extensions but still keep passwords, etc.
  
  I ran into Firefox stability problems a while back after several years without them. I finally created a new profile and it's been fine since then.

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• bobcar Posts: 19,424

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  08/04/14 - 16:28 #4

  NewWorldMan wrote: »

  No problems here.
  
  All browsers have such problems for some users while not having them for other users.
  
  For Firefox the recommemnded steps are:
  
  Try running in safe mode (disables all extensions among other things). If you don't get the same problems, re-enable extensions one by one until you discover the problem.
  
  If running in safe mode doesn't solve the problem, try creating a new profile. Look this up on the Firefox pages. It will uninstall extensions but still keep passwords, etc.
  
  I ran into Firefox stability problems a while back after several years without them. I finally created a new profile and it's been fine since then.

  
  I would just point out (because it might confuse some) that you mean Firefox Safe Mode not Windows Safe Mode.

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• zx50 Posts: 91,267

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  08/04/14 - 16:34 #5

  The 28 release of Firefox seems to be connecting to websites at a good speed and rendering them quite quick as well. I'll use it for a couple of days and see if there's any connection issues with it.

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• call100 Posts: 7,278

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  08/04/14 - 22:06 #6

  Using FF31, it's flying and giving no trouble...

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• Grouty Posts: 34,021

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  08/04/14 - 23:21 #7

  No problems with FF here either, v28.

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• LION8TIGER Posts: 8,484

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  08/04/14 - 23:48 #8

  Has been working a long time now for me without any problems.

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• radioanorak Posts: 4,247

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  09/04/14 - 07:30 #9

  Have a look @ Comodo Ice dragon browser.

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• zx50 Posts: 91,267

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  09/04/14 - 09:29 #10

  zx50 wrote: »

  The 28 release of Firefox seems to be connecting to websites at a good speed and rendering them quite quick as well. I'll use it for a couple of days and see if there's any connection issues with it.

  
  When I say connecting at a good speed, I just mean that the last release might have had trouble connecting to sites.

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• GoodBuddy Posts: 2,211

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  09/04/14 - 21:27 #11

  Yes its been slow and buggy for me for a week or so now. Just installed Chrome for the 1st time ever and my PC is flying along now.
  
  Bye bye Firefox and thanks for the last 5 years.

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• TRIPS Posts: 3,714

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  09/04/14 - 21:47 #12

  On 28, been crashing a few times over the past week.

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• mark_b Posts: 854

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  09/04/14 - 22:15 #13

  It got slow and buggy for me a little while back. I went to Help -> Troubleshooting and clicked on the Reset Firefox button. All my bookmarks were saved but I had to reinstall any add-ons.
  
  Now it's fine again, even with all the same add-ons installed that I had before.

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• zx50 Posts: 91,267

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  09/04/14 - 22:16 #14

  Have been using Firefox, release 28, for a day now and it's been almost fine. I had one crash where it just closed altogether but apart from that, it's been fine. Pages have continued to load quite quick on my laptop. It doesn't feel quite as light as Chrome when I'm browsing sites, but it's getting there with this release though. If the creators of this browser want to take the crown again, they'll have to do some more improvements in the speed department. They'll also have to fix some bugs as well judging from a few posts in this thread, and the crash I experienced as well.

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• gother Posts: 14,699

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  09/04/14 - 23:12 #15

  I'm on the verge of just getting rid of firefox, had nothing but trouble the last week from it. Chrome and Opera are fine so i know it's not my pc or connection.

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• zx50 Posts: 91,267

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  09/04/14 - 23:29 #16

  gother wrote: »

  I'm on the verge of just getting rid of firefox, had nothing but trouble the last week from it. Chrome and Opera are fine so i know it's not my pc or connection.

  
  Do you have release 28? This release has been mostly fine for me.

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• Andy2 Posts: 11,949

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  10/04/14 - 00:00 #17

  I changed to FF v28 a few weeks ago after having problems with Chrome on my website. FF is not as fast as Chrome, but it seems OK and is stable and reliable on my PC.
  Slightly off topic, I've noticed that since the Daily Mail upgraded their website it loads rather slowly and won't scroll properly until it's done. This happens on Chrome and my. Playbook browser as well.

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• gother Posts: 14,699

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  10/04/14 - 21:52 #18

  zx50 wrote: »

  Do you have release 28? This release has been mostly fine for me.

  
  Yes it's V28 but i think i've got the problem. I had something called iminent protection which turned out to be Malware. After malwarebytes got rid of it for me Firefox has been running smoothly (for now lol).

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• curiousclive Posts: 378

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  10/04/14 - 22:24 #19

  call100 wrote: »

  Using FF31, it's flying and giving no trouble...

  As the latest Beta version is 29 in UK. I would like to know how you got a V31 of Firefox

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• zx50 Posts: 91,267

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  10/04/14 - 22:46 #20

  ^ No idea where they got that from. I prefer to stick with the stable releases anyway.

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• call100 Posts: 7,278

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  10/04/14 - 23:24 #21

  curiousclive wrote: »

  As the latest Beta version is 29 in UK. I would like to know how you got a V31 of Firefox

  
  Once you stop learning you cease existing..... http://nightly.mozilla.org/

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• 2000motels Posts: 313

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  10/04/14 - 23:55 #22

  call100 wrote: »

  Once you stop learning you cease existing..... http://nightly.mozilla.org/

  They are only for testing, so I wouldn't recommend using them. if you want a 64bit version of Firefox why not try Waterfox. https://waterfox.codeplex.com/releases/view/120427

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• call100 Posts: 7,278

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  11/04/14 - 11:09 #23

  2000motels wrote: »

  They are only for testing, so I wouldn't recommend using them. if you want a 64bit version of Firefox why not try Waterfox. https://waterfox.codeplex.com/releases/view/120427

  
  I've used Waterfox for quite a while and it's still there should I need it. However, I am happy using the Nightly versions and realise they are test beds, if no one used them they wouldn't get tested. ;-) Not sure they need any recommendation. I've not had any issues with them, although the constant updates might not be for everyone.

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• stud u like Posts: 42,100

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  11/04/14 - 11:51 #24

  How much grot have you got on your system? Msconfig is useful to find out what begins on start up. I got rid of a lot of stuff as it was a resource hog and took ages for the webpages to come up.
  
  I also closed certain extensions.

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