Firefox speed

Published on January 31, 2012 By kona0197 In Personal Computing

Due to the fact that some of my favorite extensions will not work on Firefox 10 I am still using Firefox 3.6.26. I've noticed that Firefox is getting slower and slower and I need help figuring out why. It can't be my computer as it has more than enough RAM at 2 GB of DDR3. Perhaps it is a memory leak or a rogue extension?

I am running the following extensions:

AdBlock Plus

Element Hiding Helper For AdBlock Plus

Facebook Zoom

IE Tab V2

Is It Compatible?

Java Console 6.0.30

Middle Click To Go Back

Reload Tab On Double Click

WeatherBug

WebMail Ad Blocker

Thanks in advance. At this point IE is quicker and usually Firefox is the quickest browser on my setup.

Comments (Page 2)

BlackSmokeDMax

on Feb 02, 2012

WebGizmos

reply 6

I use Firefox 3.5.15 and it works great! As soon as they said extension wouldn't work with the next upgrade I never bothered updating it...and I don't regret not doing that.

Firefox 4 and somewhat 5 (thinking I'm remembering that correctly) seemed bad with extensions, has been smooth sailing ever since then though. Firefox 9 has been great, haven't moved to 10 yet on this computer... usually run newest on my laptop for a couple days first to try it out.

PoSmedley

on Feb 02, 2012

PoSmedley

reply 10

Have you tried the option to restart FF with your add-ons disabled to see if there is a difference? (Under Help>Restart with Add-Ons Diabled)

If there is a difference then you can enable your add-ons 1x1 to find the culprit (If it is an add-on giving you trouble)

LightStar

on Feb 02, 2012

I always allow upgrading to the latest Firefox to occur, no issues either at all on XP, Vista or Windows 7 and the speed is fine. One thing I do not do is installs add-ons though, I only use the ones that are necessary or that come with Firefox, and I only have two extra themes installed for compatibility with WB skins. The theme I use most is Silvermel as it goes with just about anything.

RickJP

on Feb 02, 2012

LadyShrike1

reply 13

with an add-on called FasterFox

just added it to Palemoon 9.1 works a treat .

bonscott

on Feb 02, 2012

Chrome fixes all Firefox bloat/speed issues.

Seriously, Chrome blows all other browsers out of the water, it really does. And most of your favorite FF extensions are available like AdBlock +

pacov

on Feb 04, 2012

Are you folks that refuse to move to the newest versions running on somewhat dated pc's? I haven't hit any problems anyway. Glad you fellas have a solution at least.

kona0197

on Feb 04, 2012

pacov

reply 21

Are you folks that refuse to move to the newest versions running on somewhat dated pc's?

No. My system is around 6 months old.

Neilo

on Feb 04, 2012

Mines a brand new rig. I have not upgraded because i don't like the look and one of my crucial add-ons is not support beyond 3.6.

WebGizmos

on Feb 04, 2012

Mines pretty new...but certain addons I like don't work in newer versions of firefox. And the older version I'm using works fast...so no reason to update unless the addons get updated.

sareth01

on Feb 05, 2012

didn't google infiltrate firefox to bring down the quality so chrome would look more appealing to consumers?

the_Monk

on Feb 05, 2012

IE is so fast.......................

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