Firefox 4 - Whats it like - should I upgrade now? Updated: Firefox 5.0 Already?

Andrew1472

grizzly1911 wrote: »

This is just what happens to me - nice to know I am not alone. I have uninstalled and reloaded but the same.

System cleaned once a day,

Anything I can try or how can I get back to 3.6?

TIA

Working your way through http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox could well improve matters.
A clean reinstall made a huge difference for me, though I have to say that Firefox 4 is not, imho, the world beater I was hoping for.
I remain hopeful that Firefox 5 will be better. Fingers crossed!
Only about 6 weeks to wait I think.

Nessie23

grizzly1911 wrote: »

ooh so holly said

Tried it for a couple of weeks then just recently went back to the older version (relief!).

For me, it was incredibly slow and constantly freezing up :mad:. I thought it was my awful PC but we had the same problems on another PC in the house which is > 6 months old.

This is just what happens to me - nice to know I am not alone. I have uninstalled and reloaded but the same.

System cleaned once a day,

Anything I can try or how can I get back to 3.6?

TIA

Have you tried creating a new profile?
It sometimes does the trick

1. Close Firefox
2. Go to the windows "Start" button
3. select Run
4. Within Run type Firefox -ProfileManager (this should start the Profile Manager in Firefox)
5. Create a new profile and run Firefox

Sometimes some extensions (if they are not well written or have a bug) can cause Firefox to run slow, so you could disable some of the addons and see if performance improves.

Further ideas for a Firefox Spring clean can be found here ... http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2010/01/spring_cleaning_for.html

Someone also mentioned Opera, it's quite good too, you can give it a try and see if it works for you.

grizzly1911 / OohSoHolly let us know how you get on.

Nessie :cool:

23n1th

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Sorry 23n1th, but i run it under wine cos its a true portable app ie on a stick and has other bits alongside which I don't want to install on every pc i come across and I can then carry linux bits and windoze bits on the same bit of plastic (two actually which I sync up daily ...well when I remember) I used to use similar with cd/rw but of course times change:cool:

Fair enough, I assumed you were doing it that way because most older installs of linux haven't updated to FF4, if you're interested in running firefox on a linux box without wine installed though its the way to go, linux portable.

RussJK

Dave_C wrote: »

What I did was: Saved my bookmarks and passwords
Made a new profile.
Imported/restored the bookmarks and passwords into the new profile.
Then cleaned out the MVPs hosts file.
Installed adblock plus with easy list and malware (thanks Russ) subscriptions
Updated to Firefox 4

My turn to thank you - I've been meaning to make a new profile for ages, but the password issue was getting in the way (I've loads). Once I knew it was possible to back them up, it was just a matter of finding a way.

I'm surprised what a difference it's made! Especially on the netbook. Noticeably faster (and I was already on FF4).

People still on Firefox 3.6 have more options with Addons to back up various parts of the profile, but the main option I could find for people already on FF4 is Password Exporter:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/password-exporter/

Andrew1472

RussJK wrote: »

My turn to thank you - I've been meaning to make a new profile for ages, but the password issue was getting in the way (I've loads). Once I knew it was possible to back them up, it was just a matter of finding a way.

I'm surprised what a difference it's made! Especially on the netbook. Noticeably faster (and I was already on FF4).

People still on Firefox 3.6 have more options with Addons to back up various parts of the profile, but the main option I could find for people already on FF4 is Password Exporter:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/password-exporter/

Interesting addon. I've bookmarked it for future reference.
When I did it, I copied across the necessary files from my old profile from the list here http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering%20important%20data%20from%20an%20old%20profile#w_passwords
It worries me that Firefox needs this care and attention though. It shouldn't be necessary. I can't imagine people I know wanting to be bothered with it.

debitcardmayhem

RussJK wrote: »

My turn to thank you - I've been meaning to make a new profile for ages, but the password issue was getting in the way (I've loads). Once I knew it was possible to back them up, it was just a matter of finding a way.

I'm surprised what a difference it's made! Especially on the netbook. Noticeably faster (and I was already on FF4).

People still on Firefox 3.6 have more options with Addons to back up various parts of the profile, but the main option I could find for people already on FF4 is Password Exporter:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/password-exporter/

Hi Russ just to let you know Password Exporter did not work on 4.0.1 . ( I had to back-out my 4.0.1 this morning to 4.0 cos I forgot to renew them on my portable copy....) It is worth pointing out that some extensions can take a couple of days at least, and NIS extensions take a wee bit longer, to catch up with Mozilla's updates.... But hey ho we all live and learn

RussJK

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Hi Russ just to let you know Password Exporter did not work on 4.0.1 . ( I had to back-out my 4.0.1 this morning to 4.0 cos I forgot to renew them on my portable copy....) It is worth pointing out that some extensions can take a couple of days at least, and NIS extensions take a wee bit longer, to catch up with Mozilla's updates.... But hey ho we all live and learn

I've just used it on two computers and four profiles under 4.0.1 without a hitch. What happened with yours?

debitcardmayhem

RussJK wrote: »

I've just used it on two computers and four profiles under 4.0.1 without a hitch. What happened with yours?

It was not compatible until this PM , hey but NIS toolbar still isn't yet
it is worth pointing out to every one that if they rely on add-ons for any browser they should not update their browser before the add-on is released, of course add-ons are not something anyone should rely on I rolled back my portable bit this morning so I could import the latest password list, came back tonight and the new version was out , too long in the pub:rotfl::rotfl:

OnAndUp

Thanks everyone for your many replies!

I upgraded to firefox 4 earlier today - it does seem faster so far? I have a 19" screen so no need for extra space so I have added the menus bar back in as on the previous version because I like to see them!

I currently have adblock plus add on enabled (as suggested to me by russJK!) should I use no script thingy too?

Edinburghlass_2

I like it but I do miss my refresh button