Firefox

aardvaak

It takes ages to load first time (but always has)

It makes my computer crash when in the middle of work (many times a day) the reboots and to add insult says "Well this is Embarrassing".

It then looses my forum passwords.

I think I'll have to use another browser.

spike7451

aardvaak wrote: »

It takes ages to load first time (but always has)

It makes my computer crash when in the middle of work (many times a day) the reboots and to add insult says "Well this is Embarrassing".

It then looses my forum passwords.

I think I'll have to use another browser.

Yup,Firefox used to do that to me on a regular basis,often giving me 'non-responsive script' messages & then locking up my laptop so I had to do a hard restart.
Since then I've been using Opera & can honestly say it's a far better browser all round that you an customise like FFox,plus when you add an Add On with Opera,you don't need to restart it.
The is also a little box on my menu so when I want to log into a site,I just press that box & it does it for me,no need to type my UN & P/W anymore.

alex21

Always use Firefox and it has never given any trouble. Touch wood, hope I am not tempting fate but I am really happy with it.

penrhyn

Are you using the latest version 6.0.1?

santer_2

You could try Palemoon without any add ons, then install any singly to see which if any cause the slow down. Palemoon will run most Firefox add ons

http://www.palemoon.org/

Do any disc cleaners remove cookies?

cinderfella

I believe Mozilla have stopped support for Firefox. I have a number of other browsers on my machine but still prefer Firefox.
The Met Office add-on was useful but can no longer be used. Download Helper is great for You Tube.

aardvaak

penrhyn wrote: »

Are you using the latest version 6.0.1?

Yes I am version 6.0.1

fwor

aardvaak wrote: »

Yes I am version 6.0.1

Damn - I'm using 5.0, and was hoping that upgrading to 6.0.1 would fix the problem.

The crashing problem only started a week or so ago, and I've no idea what started it - no add-ons added nor upgrades made at the time. I've made an effort to reduce the number of tabs I have open and that seems to help, but I've a feeling I'm going to have to ditch FF if this doesn't get sorted soon...

grizzly1911

I am using the latest beta version and despite hanging, sometimes, whilst loading pages, more often than it used to, it is operating fine.

I am pretty sure Mozilla are still supporting/developing FF.

I think the underlying operating system may be heading for the wall though at some point.