Firefox failing much?

[Eagle101]

Hello techies! been a while :)

Well i have been having a lot of hang ups lock ups freezes on my firefox browser, during my searches on the google many people were relating their problesm with Java, and recomended to downgrad firefox, anyone has any other fixes? i am using chrome with is loads better but iw ant to keep using firefox as it is my main browser with all my personalisations and settings already there.

[Eagle101]

Re: Firefox failing much?

Some people blamed Flash shockwave, so i disabled it in plug-ins as suggested currently awaiting to see any differences.

[jimykx]

Re: Firefox failing much?

Want me to be honest? I've had this for a long time too. lock ups and freezes, lock ups and freezes. Usually ctrl-alt-delete my way out of the browser and open again. I just can't use chrome, I'm too used to my plugins to leave firefox, I have a very self-custom browsing

[Eagle101]

Re: Firefox failing much?

same here man, i will just live through it, or maybe use Chrome solely for YouTube because that is where firefox seems to fail.

[Shawn Zipay]

Re: Firefox failing much?

It's Flash. It's not Firefox itself, just Flash. And you want to know why Chrome is not experiencing it as well? Because Google integrates Flash into the browser without having to use the Flash add-on like IE and Firefox do. They also have Flash running in a separate container so that when/if it crashes (and it will), it won't bring down the entire browser like it does in IE/Firefox.

Flash has been notoriously crap for the past few months now in their recent updates and there isn't a single person I know that it hasn't had an impact on in terms of constant crashing and lockups.

[Eagle101]

Re: Firefox failing much?

Thanks for the info Zips! its just annoying also i have several and i mean several tabs open always when i am on the net, Chrome has been good.

[Iwantcable]

Re: Firefox failing much?

Well it's good to know that it's not just me. I probably have a 50% of Flash hanging upon viewing the first Youtube video of a session. I have to open the task manager and kill the process, then refresh the page for it to work. Guess I should switch to Chrome.