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I’ve noticed that Firefox is getting a little bit buggy lately. It’s crashing and freezing up more than it did before. Not sure if it’s Firefox or me. Anyone else having problems?

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Feb 23, 05 @ 3:48 am

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Yeah, mine sometimes doesn’t load either. just kinda freezes

Comment by Lance Stevens Wednesday, Feb 23, 05 @ 7:54 am
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Comment by Lance Stevens Wednesday, Feb 23, 05 @ 7:55 am
Yeah! It’ll lock up sometimes or my mouse cursor will slow and have jagged movement. Also, I’ve noticed that some ‘clickable’ graphics, like buttons, will not appear at all as they do in IE. Text also wil overlap borders, etc.

Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Feb 23, 05 @ 8:18 am
No problems here with Firefox. If you want to try another non-IE browser, Opera isn’t a bad choice that seems to be pretty stable.

Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Feb 23, 05 @ 10:09 am
I’ve notice I am getting pop ups more often than I did a couple when I started using Firefox over the summer.

RWP

Comment by RWP Wednesday, Feb 23, 05 @ 10:47 am
This is paranoia speaking, but I think the latest Windows XP update may have something in it designed to screw with FireFox. It seems like I’ve gotten more crashes and popups since installing their latest update about two weeks ago.

Comment by IlliniPundit Wednesday, Feb 23, 05 @ 11:21 am
There may be some truth to that about the Windows Updates. I haven’t had any problems with Firefox crashing, and I haven’t installed any update since Service Pack 2.

I do notice that sometimes with certain JavaScript additions to sites present, it has a tendency to slow down or stutter. An example - a website someone runs at my school, www.twosouth.com , causes Firefox to stutter when I load it. The problem with that has to do with the JavaScript counter he has at the bottom of the site.

Comment by Drew Hibbard Wednesday, Feb 23, 05 @ 3:51 pm
Rich, have you done any OS X maintenance lately? If you run Yasu, Cocktail or one of the other free or cheap maintenance tools, it might really help. I couldn’t get Firefox to load, ran Yasu, and was right back in business…

Comment by R.Matile Thursday, Feb 24, 05 @ 6:08 pm

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