bruce48
join:2001-05-07
Saugerties, NY
| [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load FF 3.5 takes almost 30 seconds to start cold on a new boot and almost 10 seconds warm.
I have 6 add-ons on a Core2 Quad CPU Q6600, 4 g ram, vista 32, 260 GPU.
The add-ons:
Ad Block Plus
G Mail Notifier
Morning Coffee
Net Video Hunter
Read It Later
Secure Login
The previous version was much quicker.
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 ZPurpleHippo
join:2009-05-28 | Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load Sorry to say, but my FF 3.5 opens just as fast as 3.x. Have you tried starting FF in safe mode? Does the problem continue in that? | |
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Traxless
Premium
join:2005-02-16
USA | The only suggestion I have for this kind of issue is a clean install of FireFox. It's often saves me time and frustration verus the alternative. | |
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BillinNY
join:2002-04-09
Hyde Park, NY | Yes, same issue here on 3 pc's I updated to 3.5. | |
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON
1 edit | Takes 5-15 seconds to load, clean installs on 2 PC's and a laptop. Very annoying.
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capdjq
Carpe Diem
Premium
join:2000-11-01
Vancouver | Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load Why the uproar over the slow loading times of 3.5. My 3.0.1.1 was no faster than the current 3.5, which is painfully slow to open. | |
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join:2004-09-12
Knoxville, TN
 ·Knology
·Comcast
2 edits | Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load said by seaquake  :said by capdjq :Why the uproar over the slow loading times of 3.5. My 3.0.1.1 was no faster than the current 3.5, which is painfully slow to open. Prior to my upgrade from 3.x (whatever the latest path release of 3.0 was), I loaded Firefox in a second or two. That's why there's an "uproar". Either way, it's a browser, not world peace.
Folks might be frustrated, but venting "uproars" at fellow users isn't going to solve a thing. Just as bragging about monster computers isn't going to impress many. Darn things start going obsolete the minute you buy them. Although it's interesting that many who aren't having problems don't run monster computers. | |
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON | I changed offline caching in about:config to 125mb from 500mb, seems to speed the start up by A LOT.
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imtim83
You All Deserve The Economic Meltdown
Premium
join:2001-06-03
Kenner, LA
| Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load said by Fireblade :I changed offline caching in about:config to 125mb from 500mb, seems to speed the start up by A LOT. Does it help with the memory leak after having a lot of tabs open as well? | |
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Frydays
join:2005-10-21
USA
·RoadRunner Cable
| i had that problem with all browsers but i found out the problem was kav 2010 it even killed the webcams i was watching i didnt even install the webav part of it and it still did something when i opend any browser or tried watching webcams so i uninstalled it an the problem was solved went back to kav 2009 | |
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imtim83
You All Deserve The Economic Meltdown
Premium
join:2001-06-03
Kenner, LA
| Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load said by Frydays :i had that problem with all browsers but i found out the problem was kav 2010 it even killed the webcams i was watching i didnt even install the webav part of it and it still did something when i opend any browser or tried watching webcams so i uninstalled it an the problem was solved went back to kav 2009 kav is pretty much a memory hog but a good anti-virus. | |
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earthqueen
join:2006-03-03
Kansas City, MO
| I didn't notice the browser loading time being a big issue...my problem has been page loading time...dismal. It felt like I was back on dial-up.
I couldn't stand it anymore....I downgraded to 3.0.0.11
What a relief to be rid of that page hang thing, and the non-functioning drop-downs. It was so bad that when I tried to open a tool bar dropdown, I would get only the Windows shadow for a few seconds and then the menu would appear...sometimes. Other times I had to select it repeatedly before it would respond. NOT GOOD FireFox.....
As soon as it replaced 3.5 with the last 3.0 version, everything was back to normal. | |
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BillinNY
join:2002-04-09
Hyde Park, NY
1 edit | Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load Ditto the above post! | |
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Grail Knight
Who Dares Wins
Premium
join:2003-05-31
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| If you have Microsoft Net installed it added an extension (Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant v1.1) to Fx and if you disable or remove that extension it may speed up Fx and reduce crashes.
More info available in this thread at MozillaZine.
»forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic···=1246085
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Cudni
La Merma - Vigilado
Premium,MVM
join:2003-12-20
Someshire | no problems at all with load times on several machines both xp and vista
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Oleg
Bellsouth Fastaccess
Premium
join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL | No problems at all here. | |
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stev32k
Premium
join:2000-04-27
Mobile, AL
·Mediacom
| I was having the same problem and also pages on ebay are not displaying correctly. I deleted everything to do with firefox and mozilla then reloaded Fx 3.5. It now starts up very quickly and the pages load much faster.
I still have the problem with ebay pages, but at least it's much faster. | |
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freebird317
Premium
join:2004-02-23
Portland, OR
·Comcast
| Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load That is not a fix, it is a work around. Also it does nothing for my slow startup problems. 
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SafireDonkey
join:2006-10-29
89000
| For reducing startup speed, check this link, it contains a simple .bat file & sqlite3.exe. The trick is FF3.x uses sqlite as a database, its files become internally fragmented over time, this simple batch trick will defragment them.
Rebooted, and started FF3 after using it, I surely saw the difference !
»webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/07/inc···-by.html | |
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ReallydumbFx
@windjammercable.net
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imtim83
| The reason it hangs on load, is because someone, in their infinite wisdom, coded Fx3.5 to read EVERY font-the whole font folder in Windows anyway-on startup. And its checking the Internet Explorer Cache and the central Windows temp folder of the currently logged in user.
I dunno whose bright idea that was but its very very annoying.
More here:»weblogs.asp.net/fbouma/archive/2···sco.aspx | |
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stev32k
Premium
join:2000-04-27
Mobile, AL | Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load What would happen if you deleted all the fonts except the ones you use frequently? | |
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Cudni
La Merma - Vigilado
Premium,MVM
join:2003-12-20
Someshire
| Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load said by stev32k :What would happen if you deleted all the fonts except the ones you use frequently? it is likely fonts that are required would be purged too, best left alone
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stev32k
Premium
join:2000-04-27
Mobile, AL | Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load What happens if a web page calls for a font that is not on your computer? | |
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ReallydumbFx
@windjammercable.net
| Deleting fonts is not an option for me, I create many things in Photoshop and the fonts are a necessity. I really don't think Fx 3.5 should be doing this anyway, any of it.
For the time being I've reverted back to pre-3.5. It does not exhibit the same behavior and is just as good IMO. | |
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| jsmiddleton4
join:2003-11-13
Glendale, AZ | "I dunno whose bright idea that was but its very very annoying."
Quite annoying. That needs to be changed or at least give end users the option to search them all, or just check system fonts, some kind of option.... | |
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freebird317
Premium
join:2004-02-23
Portland, OR
·Comcast
2 edits | said by ReallydumbFx :The reason it hangs on load, is because someone, in their infinite wisdom, coded Fx3.5 to read EVERY font-the whole font folder in Windows anyway-on startup. And its checking the Internet Explorer Cache and the central Windows temp folder of the currently logged in user. I dunno whose bright idea that was but its very very annoying. More here:» weblogs.asp.net/fbouma/archive/2···sco.aspx That is *&^%$# stupid!! Thanks for the reading. At least I know why it is slow now.
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ctp
@rr.com | Before upgrading to 3.5, Firefox would start in a second or two. Now, with 3.5, it is taking anywhere from 45 seconds (when it's being "quick") to as long as 2 minutes. Very annoying! | |
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