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#1 Onionhead Attacks

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Posted 23 January 2009 - 07:33 AM

Bah... I don't know if it's just me or something, but I've been having major issues with firefox 3 ever since I upgraded from version 2 a month and a half ago. For some strange reason when I browse normally like I usually did on any browser, firefox 3 just crashes on me. Continuously. To the point I want to bring out a dagger and stab it. I had a whole movie loaded too! arg.gif Firefox, you PHAIL. (Not version 2 cuz you kick butt, but 3... you fail)

*clears throat* Anyway, does anyone know why it's like this? I've noticed that it hates it when I visit forums for some strange reason but surprisingly leaves H&E alone (Yay!)

Also, on my laptop... THAT one (also firefox 3) decides that it absolutely hates to play youtube vids. And crashes. Again.

So for the time being, I'm using Opera, but I'd really like to use firefox again. DX Help Please.

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Posted 23 January 2009 - 08:12 AM

I... have absolutely no idea what's wrong since I don't use Firefox, but I did find this article that will hopefully help ya out, Lee biggrin.gif

This is probably the reason why I have multiple browsers XD I've got Safari, Flock, IE and Firefox, so if one stuffs up I can alternate.

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Posted 23 January 2009 - 09:42 AM

Hmm, I have had one or two Firefox 3 crashes as well, and they were always repeatable if I went to certain web pages (thankfully nothing I usually use). In my case at least, I think it happens when Firefox is bombarded by rich media such as videos.

If you would prefer to roll back to Firefox 2, I might have found something. smile.gif

http://www.oldapps.com/firefox.php

I think old versions of Firefox will try to force you to upgrade to 3, but you can disable updates by going to Tools > Options > Advanced tab > Update tab, and unchecking "Automatically check for updates to Firefox". Just install it while you're offline and disable the updates, then you should be fine. happy.gif

#4 Onionhead Attacks

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Posted 23 January 2009 - 06:13 PM

Thanks a bunch PB and Smiter! I'm gonna try out those suggestions to see if I can spot out whatever is causing firefox to crash on me. If it doesn't work out at least I know where to get version 2 back! You rock, Smiter-sama!

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Posted 23 January 2009 - 10:10 PM

No problem, good luck! Let us know how it goes!

One thing to remember - if you decide to go back to FF2, don't forget to export your bookmarks first!

EDIT: If you keep getting crashes at the same websites, can you post the links so FF3 users like me can check them out? That way, I can see if it affects mine as well.

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Posted 23 January 2009 - 10:19 PM

QUOTE (Onionhead Attacks @ Jan 23 2009, 02:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Bah... I don't know if it's just me or something, but I've been having major issues with firefox 3 ever since I upgraded from version 2 a month and a half ago. For some strange reason when I browse normally like I usually did on any browser, firefox 3 just crashes on me. Continuously. To the point I want to bring out a dagger and stab it. I had a whole movie loaded too! arg.gif Firefox, you PHAIL. (Not version 2 cuz you kick butt, but 3... you fail)

*clears throat* Anyway, does anyone know why it's like this? I've noticed that it hates it when I visit forums for some strange reason but surprisingly leaves H&E alone (Yay!)

Also, on my laptop... THAT one (also firefox 3) decides that it absolutely hates to play youtube vids. And crashes. Again.

I used to have the same problem. I couldn't go half an hour sometimes without a freeze and then crash of Firefox, and I was getting incredibly frustrated. To the point where I was considering even getting Google Chrome >.>

But then I got my new laptop, and Firefox has not crashed even once. It runs smoothly and perfectly. And when I use the computers at my job, Firefox also works perfectly well. It seemed that it was only on my extremely slow, and old laptop that Firefox kept on freezing and crashing happy.gif

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Posted 23 January 2009 - 11:17 PM

QUOTE (Smiter @ Jan 23 2009, 02:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
No problem, good luck! Let us know how it goes!

One thing to remember - if you decide to go back to FF2, don't forget to export your bookmarks first!

EDIT: If you keep getting crashes at the same websites, can you post the links so FF3 users like me can check them out? That way, I can see if it affects mine as well.

After looking at PB's suggestion thread, I couldn't bare to go through all that work just to make firefox 3 work when I was much happier with firefox 2. So in the end, I reinstalled firefox 2 so it's completely fresh with no plug-ins or anything. Perhaps I'll switch back to version 3 later, but for now... I'd prefer version 2.

As for the websites that I visited that caused firefox to crash... it's strange... it crashes sometimes when I go check it out and other times it leaves it alone. So I can't say for sure it's definitely the website. Maybe it's a plug-in I had or something... anyways... the links are AsianFanatics, Tudou and Overstream.

QUOTE (Sakura Blossoms @ Jan 23 2009, 02:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I used to have the same problem. I couldn't go half an hour sometimes without a freeze and then crash of Firefox, and I was getting incredibly frustrated. To the point where I was considering even getting Google Chrome >.>

But then I got my new laptop, and Firefox has not crashed even once. It runs smoothly and perfectly. And when I use the computers at my job, Firefox also works perfectly well. It seemed that it was only on my extremely slow, and old laptop that Firefox kept on freezing and crashing happy.gif

Sakura-jie... you sure are lucky! I seriously think it was a plug-in I had or something that affected firefox 3 negatively compared to firefox 2, so beware of which plug-ins you decide on!

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Posted 23 January 2009 - 11:29 PM

Do you mean http://www.overstream.net/ ? overstream.com leads to a search marketing thing. I opened all sites with and without Adblock, no crashes. I guess it's not the sites, judging from what you said.

Yes, keep your add-ons light! Also make sure you only use add-ons that are said to run very well. I only use Adblock, Download Statusbar/Embedded, Web Developer, Colorzilla and the spellchecker.

Since you've decided to go back to FF2, I guess I'll close the topic. smile.gif




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