Firefox issues

[jmaile]

Sometimes when using firefox my Mem usage will suddenly jump from 300k to over 1,000,000K and make the browser and the rest of my computer exremely slow. This happens with even when i only have 1 window open with 1-2 tabs, so its not that i have to much opened.

If anyone has anyway for me to prevent this that be great??? firefox was my Fav browser for a long tim.

Also i recently uninstalled firefox for various reasons, so i got to thinking maybe i should ask around here about other Browsers and find out which ones are the best so if anyone has any opinions on other browsers let me hear them (pros & cons; and would you recommed or avoid)

[noknojon]

Hi jmaile -

I do not claim to understand the problems with your computer , but if you want similar browsers to firefox, then you ever used Safari or Orca ?

Orca is my spare one at this time, and it is the one I am using at that this time -

Regards -

[chimpy]

FF has unfortunately for some problems with mem leaking, I have no idea other than to close it down and restart it as to solve this, but FF is now out in 3.6 so maybe the upgrade will fix it.

[ShanOw]

FF3.6 was mainly a bugfix release for excessive memory usage and memory leeks, with a few other shiny things thrown in B) You should definitely ateempt the new version.

Also, whats are your system specs? How much RAM do you have? (If you don't know try Speccy)

[jmaile]

FF3.6 was mainly a bugfix release for excessive memory usage and memory leeks, with a few other shiny things thrown in You should definitely ateempt the new version.

Also, whats are your system specs? How much RAM do you have? (If you don't know try Speccy)

i think i had the newest version, it notifies me when theres a new version and i normally d/l it right away. but maybe it was old.

anyways my RAM specs are 2.0 Gb Hyundai electronics Dual Channel DDR2 @ 266 MHz 4-4-4-12

and i've tried that Orca Browser as someone else suggested and like it so far only annoying thing is i cant find out why it doesnt show my Mozilla add ons

[Jaxryley]

But I got the problem and that is, The Navigation Bar and Back & Forward buttons are all missing.

Scroll towards the bottom of the link below to "Reset toolbars and controls"

Mozilla Support

[PCsetup]

If none of the above worked, I would download a fresh version of Firefox, if that doesn't work, try checking your manufacturer's website for driver updates. I had a similar problem and updating my driver fixed it.

Regards,

PCsetup

[Firefox]

it could be a firefox addon that you may have added.

I would uninstall firefox completely and test it. Then add my addon/plugins one at a time and test.

[Spec-V]

I would recommend Chrome. I've been using it for some time now as my second browser. My main browser is Safari.... since I'm heavily relying on 1password.

Pros:

faster start up

a little faster page loading (especially pages w/ a lot of JS and AJAX)

Cons:

less extensions (i like mouse gestures)

Hope this helps.

[Spec-V]

Just wanna clarify:

New Chrome beta for Mac is out and supporting extensions. 1password and mouse gestures work like a charm !!!

RSS not supported yet... but u can setup Safari to load RSS for now.