RoastBiff in France
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Firefox crawling?
#1034483 - 21/02/13 09:35 AM
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Hi Guys, My Safari connection works fine, nice and easy and speedy. but Firefox is slow on
booting up, then I need to do 2 mouse clicks for anything to happen, which them takes
twice as long as Safari? I use Firefox for less important communication and I have a
different Email number on it, so I would like to keep it, but it's a pain in the butt! Any
ideas about my problems with it would be appreciated! 
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xFasterMikeyH
Joined: 08/10/04
Posts: 397
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Which version of Firefox?
Which version of OSX?
Do you have any add-ons
installed on Firefox?
What do you mean by "I have a different Email number on
it"? Are you using the same email provider in both Firefox & Safari (e.g. GMail,
Yahoo!)
FMH
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RoastBiff in France
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Re: Firefox crawling?
[Re: xFasterMikeyH]
#1034536 - 21/02/13 02:48 PM
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Hi Mike,
My Firefox version is 18.0,
my system is on Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.8,
and Add ons are.
AdobeExManDetect.1.0.0.0
Browser Plus( Yahoo) v2.9.8
BT Broadband Support Tools.1.0
DivX Plus Web Player.2.2
DivX VOD Helper Plug
in 1.1
Flip4Mac Windows Media Plug in.2.4.4.2
Google Earth Plug in.6.1
iPhotoPhotocast 78.0
Java Applet Plug in 13.9.0
Microsoft Office Plug in.
12.3.5
QuickTime Plug in. 7.6.6
RealPlayer Plug in 0.0.1d1
Shockwave
Flash11.6.602.167
Skyline TerraExplorer. 1.0.48.0
Speed Download Plugin.2.1.5
Regarding providers, Safari opens up with http//uk mg.BT.mail.yahoo.com
and
Firefox opens up with http//uk mg40.BT.mail.yahoo.com
Is there some kind of confict
going on here, I didn't even realise that there were so many plug ins on my Firefox
system?:p
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Dave B
Joined: 03/04/03
Posts: 5384
Loc: Maidenhead
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It has always done that for me. IIRC, it is the loading of the bookmarks and some other
initial bits 'n pieces. Drives me crackers and I've half a mind to switch everything to
Chrome. If you dig around on the net, there are suggestions about fixing it and
I _think_ that there is a setting somewhere about not loading bookmarks until needed...
but I gave up. I tend to start it up at the very beginning and check my mail at
the same time so that I have something to do whilst I wait 
-------------------- Veni, Vidi, Aesculi
(I came, I saw, I conkered)
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xFasterMikeyH
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Posts: 397
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Something else, do you have any start-up tabs in Firefox? If so, can you get rid of them
and see if that improves the situation?
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xFasterMikeyH
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Quote RoastBiff in France:
AdobeExManDetect.1.0.0.0
Browser Plus( Yahoo) v2.9.8
BT Broadband Support
Tools.1.0
DivX Plus Web Player.2.2
DivX VOD Helper Plug in 1.1
Flip4Mac
Windows Media Plug in.2.4.4.2
Google Earth Plug in.6.1
iPhotoPhotocast 78.0
Java Applet Plug in 13.9.0
Microsoft Office Plug in. 12.3.5
QuickTime Plug in.
7.6.6
RealPlayer Plug in 0.0.1d1
Shockwave Flash11.6.602.167
Skyline
TerraExplorer. 1.0.48.0
Speed Download Plugin.2.1.5
Well, let's start with disabling Java, it probably won't
speed things up, but it's a yawning chasm of insecurity at the moment http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/How%20to%20turn%20off%20Java%20applets
(I'd do the same for Safari and any other browsers you use).
After that,
well, you can experiment and see if disabling other plugins has an effect. Given that the
web is what it is, you'll probably need Shockwave, the rest you'll have to decide whether
you need or not. I have iPhotoPhotocast, QuickTime, Shockwave and a couple of others
enabled but I'll be using my machine in different ways from you.
FMH
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zenguitar
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Loc: Devon
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Not a Mac user here, but there have been a couple of Firefox updates this week and I did
notice a big slow down in response while they were running and updating in the background.
Enough of a slowdown for me to question my PC, fear a virus/trojan, to the point of
running extra anti-virus tools 'just in case'. But after rebooting and restarting Firefox
all is well now. OK, I don't run as many Add-ons as you, but my PC is getting
very ancient now so it is very sensitive to updates in the background. One of my few
gripes about Firefox is that it updates invisibly, fine if you have a fast machine but can
be a cause of temporary concern on a slower machine. Andy 
-------------------- When the going gets weird, the Weird turn Pro.
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xFasterMikeyH
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Re: Firefox crawling?
[Re: zenguitar]
#1034623 - 22/02/13 08:11 AM
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Quote zenguitar:
One of my few
gripes about Firefox is that it updates invisibly
Only if you've set it up that way (which is probably the default, I don't
know). On a PC you can change this by going to Tools > Options selecting 'Advanced'
and then the 'Update' tab. On OSX it's Firefox > Preferences then 'Advanced' then
'Update'.
FMH
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Dave B
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Loc: Maidenhead
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Then the next time it updates, you have to remember to do it again .... sigh ....
--------------------
Veni, Vidi, Aesculi
(I came, I saw, I conkered)
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xFasterMikeyH
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Re: Firefox crawling?
[Re: Dave B]
#1034632 - 22/02/13 09:17 AM
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Quote Dave B:
Then the next time
it updates, you have to remember to do it again .... sigh ....
I have my OSX Firefox set to 'Check for updates, but let
me choose whether to install them' and I don't think I have to change that setting when I
install an update. Perhaps if you're set to 'Never check for updates' it does this?
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geefunk
Joined: 05/08/05
Posts: 1691
Loc: Bristol, UK
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Firefox used to be really slow for me, I checked it out in Activity Monitor, and it also
seemed to be a real memory hog. I also noticed it was running in 64bit mode. So
if you highlight the app in Finder, and go to 'file > get info' (or right click), you
can tick a box to make Firefox run in 32 bit mode. Since doing that it is a lot
quicker for me.
-------------------- I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill and think things over
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RoastBiff in France
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Re: Firefox crawling?
[Re: geefunk]
#1034821 - 23/02/13 11:06 AM
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Thank You, I switched Firefox to 32 bit, and it's now as fast as Safari. Great!
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