Stephen Conrad wrote:
> OK, got a few issues here.
> B&W G3, OS X 10.2.9, 1G RAM
> Firefox 2.0.0.20
>
> First off, it was running fine the other day.
> Then I got notice that 3 of my Add-ons had updates.
> Not a problem, I wasn't busy so I updated them. This has never been a
> problem and the other day some of my other Add-ons were updated.
>
> Now we get to the problem.
> Since the update and rebooting of FF its been a PITA for me.
>
> The Issues
> ===========
> It doesn't seem to like too many tabs open (never a problem before)
>
> Some sites are damn slow to load (if they load at all).
> Example: Tagged (www.tagged.com) doesn't seem to want to load
> whereas it always worked fine before.
> What you see is the status bar gets part way across and just hangs there.
>
> I couldn't get Gmail to either Auto-fill a name for me or to load my Contacts
>
>
> What I Have Done
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> I cleared private Data (well, Cache, Browsing History, Download
> History, Saved Form and Search History as well as Authenticated
> Sessions)
>
>
> So, what could be the problem here?
> None of the Add-ons that were updated had to do with major things {I
> remember a few were WebMail Notifier, DownloadHelper, Red Cats (a
> Theme)} and if I knew how to see what the others were I'd post them
> too.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> This is funny because just today I was going to send a post titled "Going
> back to Safari" I think I did more than you did.
>
> I cleared every mention of Firefox on my Pismo 400. Downloaded and installed
> the stable latest version. Then I opened Firefox and Safari and went on a
> user test experience. Safari seems to pick up faster each time. And there is
> only one addon on Firefox; VideoDownload Helper
>
> Left overnight Firefox will take forever to get going again. Safari picks up
> quicker. The start time for Firefox increases if you have Youtube ages up, or
> any of those video sites opened, before the computer was put to sleep; either
> my closing the lid or non-use with the lid open.
>
> I've tried, at the suggestion here, to use the nightly builds. That worked
> for a while until I could not even get it to open. It's a shame. I've never
> had this kinds of issues on a PC.
>
> BTW anyone know of a good way to download .swf files?
>
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