[FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load in Mozilla Software http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22642208 en Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:35:07 EDT Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:35:07 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22727030 anon : THIS is why I love Fx. They listen to people and fix things. ty ty ty. I installed the newer fixed version. Now its very snappy on loading. No more waiting waiting. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22727030 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:56:12 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22723227 freebird317 :
said by stev32k See Profile :

Looks like they fixed the bug in ver. 3.5.1. I just downloaded and installed it and it seems to load much faster.
Cannot wait to reboot and try it. :)
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»https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501605
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And some plug in can be used on it.
For 3.5 users, you can reduce firefox memory usage, see the tips here
»www.acomment.net/8-great-tips-to···sage/566
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Enough is enough.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22713557 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:09:29 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22711316 freebird317 :
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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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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22696433 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:17:32 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22695143 jsmiddleton4 : "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....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22695143 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:24:33 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22695078 stev32k : What happens if a web page calls for a font that is not on your computer?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22695078 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:10:16 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22695059 Cudni :
said by stev32k See Profile :

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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I dunno whose bright idea that was but its very very annoying.

More here:»weblogs.asp.net/fbouma/archive/2···sco.aspx]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22693677 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:56:48 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22686882 SafireDonkey : 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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22686882 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:22:06 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22686211 freebird317 :
said by timcuth See Profile :

This may just be a restatement of the above info, but here is an article that helped me fix my slow startup times. The difference is dramatic.

»lifehacker.com/5311669/speed-up-···-windows

Tim
That is not a fix, it is a work around. Also it does nothing for my slow startup problems. :)
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»lifehacker.com/5311669/speed-up-···-windows

Tim
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I still have the problem with ebay pages, but at least it's much faster.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660730 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:44:15 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660180 Oleg : No problems at all here. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660180 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:56:06 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22659727 Grail Knight : 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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22659666 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:14:16 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22659606 BillinNY : Ditto the above post!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22659606 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:14:26 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22659496 earthqueen : 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. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22659496 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:43:39 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22658547 imtim83 :
said by Frydays See Profile :

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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22658547 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:00:55 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22658514 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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22658514 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:52:04 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22658318 imtim83 :
said by Fireblade See Profile :

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?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22658318 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:57:16 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22657368 Fireblade : I changed offline caching in about:config to 125mb from 500mb, seems to speed the start up by A LOT.
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said by seaquake See Profile :

said by capdjq See Profile :

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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22657095 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:30:30 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22656983 Fireblade : I have a monster of a computer, waiting almost 25 seconds sometimes for my browser to load is kind of... Stupid? Don't you think?

With another browser I would have found what I was looking for by then and closed the browser.
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said by capdjq See Profile :

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".]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22656728 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:28:15 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22656714 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22656714 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:23:14 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22656157 Fireblade : Takes 5-15 seconds to load, clean installs on 2 PC's and a laptop. Very annoying.

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»www.crn.com/software/218400171;j···JUNN2JVN
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»forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic···=1326475

Addresses slow startups and a couple of other issues.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22644445 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:11:30 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22643963 Traxless : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22643963 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:45:44 EDT Re: [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22643921 ZPurpleHippo : 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? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22643921 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:37:16 EDT [FireFox] FF 3.5 taking forever to load http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22642208 bruce48 : 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.

Any suggestions?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22642208 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:26:20 EDT