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Jasper

posted on 30/10/08 at 03:19 PM Reply With Quote
Unstable Firefox

Is it me, or is anybody else finding the latest version of Firefox rather unstable? Keeps crashing with autotrader, and sometimes struggles with BBC iPlayer, amongst others. Getting rather frustrating......





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Mr Whippy

posted on 30/10/08 at 03:26 PM Reply With Quote
you must think in Russian





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speedyxjs

posted on 30/10/08 at 03:37 PM Reply With Quote
Iv had a few problems but put it down to me trying to rush it.





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BenB

posted on 30/10/08 at 04:13 PM Reply With Quote
I've noticed that autotrader often crashes with FF3 (wasn't visiting that site before updating to FF3 so not sure if was occuring before)....
I think there's a memory leak. It initially works but the longer you stay on it the slower it gets...

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twybrow

posted on 30/10/08 at 04:40 PM Reply With Quote
I found FF to be very unstable. It made my computer very slow.... What advantage does it have over IE?






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Surrey Dave

posted on 30/10/08 at 04:46 PM Reply With Quote
Yep!

I had Firefox 3 and AVG 8.0 it was hopeless , crashing every few minutes.

So re-installed an older version and removed AVG.






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Surrey Dave

posted on 30/10/08 at 04:46 PM Reply With Quote
Yep!

I had Firefox 3 and AVG 8.0 it was hopeless , crashing every few minutes.

So re-installed an older version and removed AVG.






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Jasper

posted on 30/10/08 at 06:28 PM Reply With Quote
Hasn't stopped you double posting then





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mads

posted on 30/10/08 at 06:32 PM Reply With Quote
Not tried FF3 as currently trialing Google's web browser - Google Chrome. Not bad and certainly loads initially quicker than FF.

For anyone who wants to try it:

Google Chrome


Has a few interesting features e.g. thumbnails of regular sites visited on load page, "incognito windows" for *ahem* viewing, search and recommendations when you type into URL section.

[Edited on 30/10/08 by mads]





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britishtrident

posted on 30/10/08 at 07:38 PM Reply With Quote
This XP PC is using Firefox 3.03 -- it is stable as a preacher.

Same goes for the Linux PCs.

Only problem with version 3.0.x seems to be the text zoom issue which is inferior to 2.0.x versions.





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D Beddows

posted on 30/10/08 at 07:41 PM Reply With Quote
Firefox 3 is rubbish, I tried it, got bored with sites crashing and blue screens, then reinstalled the last version of 2.....how they could get 1 & 2 so right and then completely f*ck up on 3 is beyond me!
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David Jenkins

posted on 30/10/08 at 07:44 PM Reply With Quote
Have you all checked that you've got the latest build? When v3 came out it was a bit iffy, but they issued updates within days that sorted it all out.

I've had no problems with v3 on Linux or Windoze.






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Peteff

posted on 30/10/08 at 07:49 PM Reply With Quote
Firefox 3.03 here with Vista and no problems with Autotrader site. I have had a couple of sites where it stopped working but no more than earlier versions or IE7





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Surrey Dave

posted on 30/10/08 at 08:23 PM Reply With Quote
How?

How do I get double posts?

I only push the buttons!

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ecosse

posted on 30/10/08 at 09:12 PM Reply With Quote
3.0.3 here, and solid as a rock, smaller footprint than IE and faster page loading, no probs with any sites I've been to

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britishtrident

posted on 31/10/08 at 12:53 PM Reply With Quote
I wonder if it might be something to do with the very iffy service pack 3 for XP.





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MikeRJ

posted on 1/11/08 at 02:36 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
This XP PC is using Firefox 3.03 -- it is stable as a preacher.


Mine too. I have FF3.03 running on my home desktop, laptop and at work and I honestly can't remember the last time any of them crashed.

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