FF3 Woes.

Robert · 9 Jul 2008 at 13:53

I keep keep getting the stopped working error every now and then and it's starting to annoy me :confused:

Is this due to FF3's immaturity or should I be investigating other avenues?

Ethics · 9 Jul 2008 at 13:57

Not happened to me and i d/l on release day..

I did have a lot of issues with VLC mozilla plugin though, maybe something to check?

bledd · 9 Jul 2008 at 13:58

which extensions do you use?

haven't had a single crash in FF3, I use it all day at work

might need to delete your profile and start a fresh

Robert · 9 Jul 2008 at 14:04

It happened in Vista and XP - although I did use Mozbackup to restore my profile (not extensions).

Currently have:

Adblock Filterset.G Updater
Adblock Plus
Adobe DLM
Better Gmail 2 (disabled as I thought it was this)
British English Dictionary
Downloadhelper
DownThemAll!
Foxmarks Bookmark Sync
Noscript
oldbar
PDF Download
Smoothwheel
Tiny Menu
Update Notifier

Edit: Think I have the VLC plugin (installed with K-Lite codec pack).

bledd · 9 Jul 2008 at 14:10

you don't need update notifier, firefox 2 onwards checks itself for addon updates

also, remove filterset G, it's badly coded, use the adblock plus 'EasyList' subscription (the adblock plus creator says to do this)

Robert · 9 Jul 2008 at 14:21

I've added the EasyList. Now when I go into the ABP menu it says:"Disable Easylist blah blah" so I presume that's working.

bledd · 9 Jul 2008 at 14:42

they were just general tips, probably has nothing to do with the crashing

the update notifier deffo isn't needed now though (i used to use it myself)

Ethics · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:17

Do some troubleshooting? kill off some extensions and see if it affects stability? check their sites for compatibility issues?

Robert · 9 Jul 2008 at 18:59

The problem is that it might not occur for hours, then hit me. So troubleshooting is quite difficult.

Robert · 10 Jul 2008 at 16:57

Well it just happened again after being fine all day.

Dingleberry88 · 10 Jul 2008 at 17:00

Crashes for me when trying to open Gmail.

Robert · 10 Jul 2008 at 17:04

I have a similar issue I think.

tolien · 10 Jul 2008 at 17:08

If it actually crashes, you report it, and and the report sends (it should show up in about:crashes), a link to the report would be useful.
Otherwise, WFM, tried safe mode/new profile?

Robert · 10 Jul 2008 at 17:20

Just re-installed it, we'll see how it goes.

tolien · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:06

Reinstalling's pretty useless because it doesn't alter your profile*. </stuckRecord>

Instructions for creating a new profile and using safe mode

* unless you ticked the "remove all my data" box, in which case my crystal ball predicts your next post will feature "where are my bookmarks?".

Robert · 11 Jul 2008 at 08:46

Er I'm not stupid. I removed everything and exported my bookmarks :confused:

That inlcudes things in my doc's and settings

And everywhere else.

bledd · 11 Jul 2008 at 08:51

does it crash & close? or does it just become 'not responding'

probably fixed now anyway

Robert · 11 Jul 2008 at 08:52

A windows error report popped up, then I'd have to close and re-open.

So far it's ok.

tolien · 11 Jul 2008 at 09:00

Robert said:
Er I'm not stupid. I removed everything and exported my bookmarks

You could've done that without using the installer then (and exporting your bookmarks in an HTML file throws away your tags)...

Robert · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:06

Well I moved back to Vista. I installed Firefox from fresh, with just my backed up bookmarks (using HTML file).

Worked fine for a few days...then it crashed once today. It's annoying but I'm not sure if I should carry on troubleshooting or forget it.