Firefox issues

WTF is plugin-container.exe and why does it try and eat all my RAM?

It runs the plug-ins, like Flash. Does it actually use any more RAM than the old way?

Seems to. The computer is freezing for minutes at a time if I go on a thread with a bunch of Youtube embeds for example. I know my puter's getting old but this seems to be a last couple of months thing.

type about:config in the address bar and set all of these to false

dom.ipc.plugins.enabled;false
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npctrl.dll;true
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npqtplugin.dll;true
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll;true
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.nptest.dll;true

that disables plugin container but 3.64 still seems slow

Okay giving that a spin, cheers.

4.0 beta's a dog on Mac. Don't bother yet if you need any kind of stability.

WTF is plugin-container.exe and why does it try and eat all my RAM?

― The Birdman of Alcaraz (Noodle Vague), Monday, July 5, 2010 12:31 AM (Yesterday)

I am having the same exact problem. It comes out of nowhere and eats it all up. I can't even load up the ilm tracks thread because of it. I just tried the fix that nakhchivan suggested -- I hope it works. This browser just eats up too much ram, and I'm getting tired of it.

ubuntu updated firefox today and it went back to 'open tab next to current tab'. grrr.

about:config
browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent = false

Just upgraded my Firefox and now nothing is loading at all. Nice work.

― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 27 June 2010 17:22 (1 month ago) Bookmark

Not quite nothing, but I'm getting a load of misdirects and unsafe site messages on sites that are working fine with Chrome. For instance, late rooms, and, ironically, http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ - ha!

Anyone using Firefox Sync yet?

uhhh why has the character encoding on firefox suddenly gone nuts for me? i DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING and suddenly there's no text on certain websites, just boxes instead of characters. how do i change it back? and why is it fucking around with me when i DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING in the first place?

Anyone using Firefox Sync yet?

been using xmarks forever (does the same thing + cross-browser capability) but when/if they add extension syncing i'm there

Does anyone know if Google Chrome has plugins like Ad Block Plus, NoScript etc? Cos Firefox has been shite for ages now and my colleage reckons he switched to Chrome a while ago and has none of the same issues, i.e. eating up tons of RAM and being incredibly slow. Whenever my laptop slows to a crawl and I run Task Manager it's always bloody Firefox.

yeah, get chrome

OMFG I WANT TO KILL SOMEONE

after weeks of firefox yelling at me to install the new version i downloaded it and now THE FUCKING THING WON'T OPEN. yes i've tried restarting. i click on firefox and it just hangs there beachballing.

I DON'T HAVE THE FUCKING TIME FOR THIS RIGHT NOW WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN WHY DON'T I FUCKING LEARN - NEVER. INSTALL. UPDATES.

oh wait as soon as i posted that it opened

if it takes 20 minutes to open every time out now, my desire to kill people will stand

fuck computers for real

and fuck people who know about them, i'm 100% convinced this is entirely a conspiracy on your part to ruin my life

Mac or PC? As I'm sure has been said somewhere on this thread before, FF is the go-to on PC, but the Mac version is more of a disaster with every update. If you're on a mac, use Safari, or (better yet) Chrome. I'm totally converted to Chrome now.

mac

can't use chrome as it's not compatible w/whatever version i have

don't want to have to get used to safari, just want firefox to FUCKING WORK PROPERLY IS THIS TOO DIFFICULT TO ASK

Sadly, yes. Abandon that hope, is my advice.

i want to be introduced to someone involved in this cunting programme so i can punch them in the face

I HAVE A LOT OF ANGER IN ME THAT I NEED TO TAKE OUT ON SOMEONE RIGHT NOW

i swear down without computer issues i'd be a genuinely chilled person

it still keeps fucking quitting! why fucking update something if you're going to make it worse? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY

how is it possible to put something this shit out there? are the firefox developers all complete cunts, or just retarded?

SO MUCH ANGER IN ME

obv. a personal vendetta against you -- must be why nobody else is having problems.

Maybe the firefox developers just really love Radiohead.

obv. a personal vendetta against you

i actually genuinely believe this

like i'm not doing anything out of the fucking ordinary so WHY DOESN'T IT JUST FUCKING WORK AND STOP FUCKING ME AROUND WHY WHY WHY

would be easier to get used to Safari tbh.... (fuck a mac personally, but that's just me)

ew

i'm going to try sea monkey

i got used to chrome in the brief period i had it - really liked how light it was. completely sucks that they can't be bothered to make it compatible with this mac version.

also it's such a peeve of mine when people respond to computer issues with 'well PCs are shit!" or "well macs are shit!" - uhhh THAT'S SO HELPFUL

FF4 beta is really not looking good AT ALL yet (ever?).

Flaky and dog-slow it's actaully a regression for me on both machines used it on including home machine.

Was perfectly fine with 3.6 apart from teh occasional crash :(

What specs does your computer have that makes it Chrome incompatible?

Chrome needs 10.5.6. Am guessing Lex is on Tiger. Lex: Have you tried Camino? Firefox rendering without all the crap. It's probably the best 10.4 browser.

Or, actually, Omniweb works on 10.4.8 -- it has the latest version of webkit (same engine as Chrome and Safari). It looks dog ugly when you first run it, you have to turn off manic toolbars etc.

i have 10.4.11

I was just trying not to be a booster for any OS really. Although it didn't come out that way :/ Fair enough.

Use whichever causes you the least issues of any kind. And then SSS TTTT FFFF UUUUUUUUUUUPP trying to "convert" other people to your own experience.

Thrillingly, this debate has moved on to phones lately.

i'm finding nu-firefox quicker but a LOT more prone to random - completely random - freezes and crashes.

i briefly used chrome when i upgraded to 10.5 - a matter of months later, that hard drive EXPIRED - so i've had to return to this one. i hate everything about this situation. i sometimes dream of how much better my year would have been if my computer had just fucking WORKED LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO

lol I was going to suggest upgrading your OS but now I know better

is camino pretty light? been recommended sea monkey, and have downloaded - was gonna try to transfer bookmarks etc later, once i've done this work

oh god i just remembered how many sites i rely on cookies to access, and how many passwords i just have...no idea, none whatsoever, about

*cries*

i would really like to upgrade my OS but i don't know how

pretty much they never do. sorry (unhelpful again). would recommend learning to deal with it + take regular backups.

tip to remembering passwords - never ever "save" them :P

sorry... bit harsh haha (working in IT too long). works for me though. store in brain.

You can often transfer your saved passwords when you move between browsers, no?

store in brain.

yeah this doesn't work.

You can often transfer your saved passwords when you move between browsers, no?

i do hope so!

store them elsewhere than your browser would probably be the best path (sorry I don't have any recommendations but others will)... I pretty much completely store bookmarks online these days for that reason. can't find a browser that doesn't piss me off anymore so been chopping & changing like crazy for 6 months.