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Old 06-12-2016, 15:42
Gort
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In my experience recent releases have resulted in Firefox becoming a less stable, slower and more prone to becoming unresponsive or hanging browser.
Not that this disproves your experience, but it's not my experience on Windows and Linux. Firefox is rock solid for me (can't remember the last crash).

I'd suggest you check your extensions, if any, which might be incompatible with the newer versions (type "about:support" [no quotes] in your address bar and choose Restart with Add-ons Disabled *). If that isn't the case and there's no improvement, then try a fresh profile (in "about:support" click on Refresh Firefox). Profiles can become corrupted over time.

* - You can do the same thing by clicking on Menu (box with three lines), then choosing Help Menu (question mark button), then selecting Restart with Add-ons Disabled.
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Old 06-12-2016, 15:50
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Flash is usually the culprit of causing crashes.
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Old 07-12-2016, 09:56
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Flash is usually the culprit of causing crashes.
What won't work, if anything, if one disables or removes flash?
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Old 07-12-2016, 10:36
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The obvious answer is any web site that uses Flash.
Like BBC iplayer & ITV Hub.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:42
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What won't work, if anything, if one disables or removes flash?
Very little of any worth these days.....I guess it depends on what and where you surf...
Set it to 'Ask to Activate' initially, you can then see how much it's actually used....
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Old 07-12-2016, 16:38
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Very little of any worth these days.....I guess it depends on what and where you surf...
Set it to 'Ask to Activate' initially, you can then see how much it's actually used....
Thank you for that tip.
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Old 13-12-2016, 16:59
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Just had v50.1.0 come through

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo.../releasenotes/
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Old 13-12-2016, 17:29
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Thanks Grouty. Update failed on the first try, but worked on the second.
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Old 13-12-2016, 17:49
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Very little of any worth these days.....I guess it depends on what and where you surf...
Set it to 'Ask to Activate' initially, you can then see how much it's actually used....
Up until a few weeks ago I was using Flashblock with just a handful of sites whitelisted. Everything else was click-to-activate. I started going through the list not long ago and found all but 2 had since converted to HTML5. 1 of which I could do without and the other has since made a Windows 10 "app" as a workaround. As a result I've now uninstalled Flash altogether (at least on Firefox) and have run into zero problems so far.

Dare I say it, the vast majority probably no longer need Flash support. Likewise Java, though that was the case a couple of years ago! The sooner we are rid of these godawful plugins the better
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Old 13-12-2016, 20:20
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me too but keeps crashing
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Old 13-12-2016, 21:51
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me too but keeps crashing
Strange, fine here, no issues.
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Old 13-12-2016, 22:46
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Ok here too, I can't remember the last time they messed up ..... or did they ?
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Old 14-12-2016, 00:24
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Working fine here....
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Old 19-12-2016, 23:17
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This last update for me has put the ram use up a hell of a lot and freeze it.
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