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Firefox, why is it slow?
emberfly
post Aug 30 2009, 12:39 AM
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My god... and I thought IE was slow.

So I've been using Firefox as my main browser for about a year now. I must say, up until now I have ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.

Although, recently, I have noticed that Firefox is running extremely slowly now.

I thought this was my internet connection, and that I couldn't do anything about it.

I tried using Google chrome to view things, and it was like my computer was brand spankin' new. It was absolutely fantastic... kind of like the first time I used Firefox.


I don't get it. It's not like you store files into your web browser (temporary internet files? -- I already deleted those), so I don't know why Firefox is running slower than Chrome. I thought Mozilla always bragged about how fast Firefox was.

I tried IE, too, but don't get me started on that one :P it's still slower than a dead snail.




So what can I do to speed up Firefox? I do not like Google chrome AT ALL. It's amazingly fast, but I just love my Firefox and I want to be able to use it more.. just faster. WAY faster.
 
 
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post Aug 30 2009, 01:31 PM
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Mine has been slower too, but I am just assuming it's my computer.
 

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emberfly   Firefox   Aug 30 2009, 12:39 AM
Gigi   Nah it's pretty normal for Firefox to be the s...   Aug 30 2009, 12:45 AM
jcp   What add ons do you have? Add ons often slow it do...   Aug 30 2009, 12:57 AM
Buttsex   QUOTE(jcp @ Aug 30 2009, 12:57 AM) And th...   Aug 30 2009, 11:06 AM
mipadi   QUOTE(Buttsex @ Aug 30 2009, 12:06 PM) No...   Aug 30 2009, 12:56 PM
emberfly   Thanks Gigi! I do have a ton of add-ons.. som...   Aug 30 2009, 01:45 AM
mipadi   The speed of your browser has almost nothing to do...   Aug 30 2009, 08:58 AM
superstitious   QUOTE(mipadi @ Aug 30 2009, 08:58 AM) The...   Sep 7 2009, 03:04 PM
jcp   http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/safari....   Aug 30 2009, 11:46 AM
Buttsex   Ok, it's faster than an old build of Chrome, a...   Aug 30 2009, 12:49 PM
Buttsex   Lets check some file sizes. Safari setup file i...   Aug 30 2009, 01:06 PM
mipadi   QUOTE(Buttsex @ Aug 30 2009, 02:06 PM) Le...   Aug 30 2009, 01:42 PM
jcp   QUOTE(mipadi @ Aug 30 2009, 01:42 PM) Did...   Aug 30 2009, 01:55 PM
Buttsex   QUOTE(mipadi @ Aug 30 2009, 01:42 PM) Did...   Aug 30 2009, 02:09 PM
-Jon-   well firefox is slow for me, but that is when i tr...   Aug 30 2009, 01:06 PM
IWontRapeYou   Mine has been slower too, but I am just assuming i...   Aug 30 2009, 01:31 PM
-Jon-   i replaced my safari with firefox, but since it ta...   Aug 30 2009, 02:30 PM
jcp   wwhy would u install safari if you already have it...   Aug 30 2009, 02:59 PM
-Jon-   umm i dont. i have WINDOWS XP. so i have IE and no...   Aug 30 2009, 03:01 PM
jcp   You said you replaced firefox with safari. Why did...   Aug 30 2009, 03:10 PM
-Jon-   yea i know, but i use IE8 all the time, and there ...   Aug 30 2009, 03:19 PM
Buttsex   It's a really bad idea to uninstall IE. A lot...   Aug 30 2009, 03:21 PM
-Jon-   yea and thats one of the reasons why i dont want t...   Aug 30 2009, 03:26 PM
jcp   i hate n00bs.   Aug 30 2009, 05:27 PM
Buttsex   You are n00bs.   Aug 30 2009, 05:28 PM
Uronacid   I like chrome.   Aug 31 2009, 09:22 AM
jcp   QUOTE(Uronacid @ Aug 31 2009, 09:22 AM) I...   Aug 31 2009, 10:17 AM
IWontRapeYou   I tried chrom but hated it.   Aug 31 2009, 10:18 AM
Uronacid   QUOTE(IWontRapeYou @ Aug 31 2009, 11:18 A...   Sep 1 2009, 08:31 AM
-Jon-   why cause they are RIGHT? get IE8..   Sep 6 2009, 10:45 PM
jcp   QUOTE(-Jon- @ Sep 6 2009, 10:45...   Sep 6 2009, 11:03 PM
KaraYankit   Firefox has never given me problems..if you don...   Sep 6 2009, 11:00 PM
-Jon-   no im not.. IE8 is reliable.. well to me that is..   Sep 7 2009, 10:17 AM
Buttsex   IE8 has nearly as many security holes as IE7, and ...   Sep 7 2009, 02:18 PM


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