Firefox getting dreadfully slow

robjf · 8 Feb 2006 at 14:30

Now, in the last couple of weeks, firefox has been getting slower and slower

Ive tried several things such as uninstalling extensions etc but to no avail. The program itself is slow, and it loads the pages slowly, and this is when the program really slows down.

If youve got any advice id love to get this sorted

Rob

Monstermunch · 8 Feb 2006 at 15:16

robjf said:
Now, in the last couple of weeks, firefox has been getting slower and slower Ive tried several things such as uninstalling extensions etc but to no avail. The program itself is slow, and it loads the pages slowly, and this is when the program really slows down.

If youve got any advice id love to get this sorted

Rob

Hey I was about to post the same thing.... It's really getting to me now. Have you noticed that after it updates it runs quicker for a few days and then slows down again?

robjf · 8 Feb 2006 at 15:22

Yep, tried a reinstall too, but to no avail

NuKeM · 8 Feb 2006 at 15:48

Opera.

Syph · 8 Feb 2006 at 16:20

Is this the rumoured memory leaks etc that have been 'plaguing' Firefox 1.5? Reading Slashdot earlier about a Opera 9 beta that was supposed to be fantastic and a lot of people mentioned how poor Firefox had turned since 1.5 with 300mb+ memory leaks and such.

Perhaps revert to an older version or try Opera/IE7B2P?

FirebarUK · 8 Feb 2006 at 16:28

Opera all the way. Great suite.

solitude · 8 Feb 2006 at 16:32

May sound daft, and you've probably tried it, but everytime firefox slows for me i've opened up the downloads window and and selected clean up. Just a few downloads seems to slow the programme down dramatically.

Regards

Solitude

robjf · 8 Feb 2006 at 16:43

Ive tried that, maybe opera is the way forwards

DDave · 8 Feb 2006 at 16:45

There have been memory leaks in Firefox since.. forever not only in 1.5 but it isn't much of a problem unless you leave your browser open all day.

Greenlizard0 · 8 Feb 2006 at 17:10

Gar!! that's what I do! Stupid firefox

Shamrock · 8 Feb 2006 at 18:48

Just checked my task manager after reading this.

firefox.exe 549,268 K

Kainz · 8 Feb 2006 at 18:52

Given that you've reinstalled and still experience the same problem, it points to your profile as the last remaining culprit. Either a bad extension or something in there causing probs. Start up with a fresh profile and see if your probs still persist. I've never ever had a single problem with FF and I've been using it since the pheonix days.

Monstermunch · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:16

Shamrock said:
Just checked my task manager after reading this.

firefox.exe 549,268 K

Just checked mine it's 38,988k

Shamrock · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:33

Yeah I had left it on for a couple of hours. Closed and re-opened and its about 32mb. Seems it accumulates over time.

robjf · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:49

How do you create a new profile?

bledd · 8 Feb 2006 at 20:01

start
control panel
user accounts

new account

robjf · 8 Feb 2006 at 20:17

Ive discovered what happens when it slows down, its whenever i download anything, but why would that make it slow down so much, as in the programmes responsiveness?

toString · 8 Feb 2006 at 20:23

Shamrock said:
Yeah I had left it on for a couple of hours. Closed and re-opened and its about 32mb. Seems it accumulates over time.

That's why it's called a memory leak, instead of a memory tsunami.

Kainz · 8 Feb 2006 at 20:48

How to create a new FF profile
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile#new

MR_Punk · 8 Feb 2006 at 21:16

a quick opera question whislt where on the subject - can you have a bookmark toolbar like in firefox which can run just under the address bar so i can put my fav favorites in for quick access??