Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-31 Thread MnDel
I think you'll find that Firefox (and perhaps most browsers) simply choke on bookmark lists that big.  Probably best to do some serious weeding.  Think hundreds, not thousands. An app such as BookDog or URL Manager Pro might be helpful. Try moving your massive bookmark file aside, then

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-31 Thread Dan
At 7:24 AM -0700 3/31/2009, MnDel wrote: I think you'll find that Firefox (and perhaps most browsers) simply choke on bookmark lists that big. Probably best to do some serious weeding. Think hundreds, not thousands. An app such as BookDog or URL Manager Pro might be helpful. Try

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 31, 2009, at 7:46 AM, Dan wrote: With the research my wife and I do in a dozen subjects - thousands of bookmarks is not surprising at all - what's surprising to me is that an app for research (like Firefox) can't seem to handle it. It could also be that there's a corruption within

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-30 Thread MnDel
How many bookmarks do you have? Are they in folders? Thousands, all in folders, I don't know where one would get a total number One other thing that slows it way down is all the little bookmark icons, whatever they are called. Loading those slows it down too, maybe there is a corrupted

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-30 Thread Dan
At 3:35 AM -0700 3/30/2009, MnDel wrote: How many bookmarks do you have? Are they in folders? Thousands, all in folders, I don't know where one would get a total number I think you'll find that Firefox (and perhaps most browsers) simply choke on bookmark lists that big. Probably best to do

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-29 Thread MnDel
Dan wrote: For a few months now Firefox will freeze after about 5 or 10 tabs are up ( it's not consistent) . What vers of Firefox? What add-ons? Have you tried clearing its cache? version 3.0.8 Adblock Plus 1.0.1 I hadn't been clearing cache, so I found a place under prefs/privacy to get

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-29 Thread Stephen E. Bodnar
MnDel wrote: Dan wrote: For a few months now Firefox will freeze after about 5 or 10 tabs are up ( it's not consistent) . What vers of Firefox? What add-ons? Have you tried clearing its cache? version 3.0.8 Adblock Plus 1.0.1 I hadn't been clearing cache, so I found a place under

Firefox memory?

2009-03-28 Thread D Stubbs
For a few months now Firefox will freeze after about 5 or 10 tabs are up ( it's not consistent) . I allow it to do its normal automatic updates. It makes me think of old OS9 days and needing to add memory to it, but I presume those days are over in OS10.4? Ideas where the problem lies? thanks, Del

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-28 Thread Dan
At 5:59 AM -0500 3/28/2009, D Stubbs wrote: 10.4.11 Sawtooth 500 1.25 G Ram For a few months now Firefox will freeze after about 5 or 10 tabs are up ( it's not consistent) . What vers of Firefox? What add-ons? Have you tried clearing its cache? I allow it to do its normal automatic updates.

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-28 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 6:59 AM, D Stubbs dsmn...@gmail.com wrote: For a few months now Firefox will freeze after about 5 or 10 tabs are up ( it's not consistent) . I allow it to do its normal automatic updates. It makes me think of old OS9 days and needing to add memory to it, but I

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-28 Thread Vic
On Mar 28, 4:59 am, D Stubbs dsmn...@gmail.com wrote: For a few months now Firefox will freeze after about 5 or 10 tabs are up ( it's not consistent) . I allow it to do its normal automatic updates. It makes me think of old OS9 days and needing to add memory to it, but I presume those days

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-28 Thread Jonas Lopez
for the freeze. --- On Sat, 3/28/09, Vic vma...@gmail.com wrote: From: Vic vma...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Firefox memory? To: G3-5 List g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009, 6:07 PM On Mar 28, 4:59 am, D Stubbs dsmn...@gmail.com wrote: For a few months now Firefox will freeze

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-28 Thread Kris Tilford
On Mar 28, 2009, at 8:14 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: Is their any better browser what will run under OS 9??? WaMCom Mozilla was the final, most modern browser for OS 9, and it was discontinued after July 23, 2003. There was some development for iCab since then, but iCab costs $25 for a full