type about:config in the address bar and set all of these to false
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled;falsedom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npctrl.dll;truedom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npqtplugin.dll;truedom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll;truedom.ipc.plugins.enabled.nptest.dll;true
― nakhchivan, Monday, 5 July 2010 08:33 (thirteen years ago) link
that disables plugin container but 3.64 still seems slow
― nakhchivan, Monday, 5 July 2010 08:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay giving that a spin, cheers.
― Get Yr Semi On (Noodle Vague), Monday, 5 July 2010 08:38 (thirteen years ago) link
4.0 beta's a dog on Mac. Don't bother yet if you need any kind of stability.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 05:22 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Δ∇™ (van smack), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 06:06 (thirteen years ago) link
ubuntu updated firefox today and it went back to 'open tab next to current tab'. grrr.
about:configbrowser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent = false
― koogs, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
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!
― i find music confusing and annoying (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone using Firefox Sync yet?
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 13:07 (thirteen years ago) link
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?
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 13:05 (thirteen years ago) link
been using xmarks forever (does the same thing + cross-browser capability) but when/if they add extension syncing i'm there
― tremendoid, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 23:42 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Monday, 17 January 2011 12:08 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, get chrome
― Jefferson Mansplain (DG), Monday, 17 January 2011 12:26 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 February 2011 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 February 2011 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 February 2011 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Friday, 11 February 2011 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 February 2011 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Sadly, yes. Abandon that hope, is my advice.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Friday, 11 February 2011 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
how is it possible to put something this shit out there? are the firefox developers all complete cunts, or just retarded?
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
SO MUCH ANGER IN ME
obv. a personal vendetta against you -- must be why nobody else is having problems.
― old man yells at poop first thing in the morning (pixel farmer), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe the firefox developers just really love Radiohead.
― Peyton Flanders (Nicole), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 21:55 (thirteen years ago) link
obv. a personal vendetta against you
i actually genuinely believe this
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
would be easier to get used to Safari tbh.... (fuck a mac personally, but that's just me)
― side splitting genital based username (fndgo), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
ew
― DJP, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
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 :(
― side splitting genital based username (fndgo), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
What specs does your computer have that makes it Chrome incompatible?
― DJP, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― stet, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― stet, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
i have 10.4.11
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― side splitting genital based username (fndgo), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
lol I was going to suggest upgrading your OS but now I know better
― DJP, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link
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*
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― side splitting genital based username (fndgo), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
tip to remembering passwords - never ever "save" them :P
― side splitting genital based username (fndgo), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry... bit harsh haha (working in IT too long). works for me though. store in brain.
― side splitting genital based username (fndgo), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
You can often transfer your saved passwords when you move between browsers, no?
― Alba, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
store in brain.
yeah this doesn't work.
i do hope so!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― side splitting genital based username (fndgo), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
It should be very easy to upgrade if you have an installation disk:
- insert disk- click "Install/Upgrade OS" (or something similar)- let machine reboot- select yr language and "upgrade OS"- wait for install to finish- profit
Reading through this may help: http://lifehacker.com/#!315637/upgrade-mac-os-x-to-leopard
If you don't have an upgrade disk, preface these directions with:- go to Apple.com or an Apple store and get an OS installation/upgrade disk
― DJP, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i'm always tempted to switch but i just really really like familiarity in my browsers - it's a tool for me, not something i want to have to constantly think about. i don't understand why so few seem to be adequate, is it that hard? i mean a lot of them seem to be ALMOST great but not quite.
i think i might get gareth to help me upgrade.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
a lot of them seem to be ALMOST great but not quite.
Opera is the undisputed king of the entire cunted world at this game.
All I want too is a simple, fast, secure, transparent "don't need to think" functional browser requiring minimal, if any, extensions.
Can't believe it but I'm currently digging IE 9 RC (!!)
― side splitting genital based username (fndgo), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link