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Firefox spinning wheels

  • 20-04-2009 7:33pm
    #1
    luckat
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    Firefox has suddenly got terribly slow, spinning its little rainbow wheel for ages any time I click on a link or a tab.

    Is this a known issue, and is there a cure?


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  • #2
    Sad Professor
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    Might be an add-on problem. Download any new ones recently? Try disabling all of them and see if it makes any difference.


  • #3
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    How do I disable them, Sad Prof?


  • #4
    Sad Professor
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    If you can get into the Add-ons window in the Tools menu you can disable them there. Or alternately, hold option as Firefox starts up.


  • #5
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    Neither worked. Opening with Option just invoked Safe Startup version, and there's no Add-Ons menu under Tools. Hm.


  • #6
    Sad Professor
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    So there was the same spinning beach-ball problem in safe-mode?

    Try this then: Go to the Library folder at the root of your hd, inside you'll find a folder called "Internet Plug-ins". Temporarily move everything inside of it to Desktop. Then restart Firefox and see if it makes any difference.
    there's no Add-Ons menu under Tools. Hm.
    Weird. There should be. What version are you using?


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  • #7
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    It crashed in Safe Mode.

    Version 3.0.8 - the one in Irish - by the way.

    It seems to crash less with the add-ons removed, though it does halt a bit.

    EDIT: No, still spinning and freezing with them gone.


  • #8
    Sad Professor
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    Do you have this problem with other web browsers? Safari, Camino, etc?
    wrote:
    Version 3.0.8 - the one in Irish - by the way.
    I'd be a bit suspicious of this. Might be a system language problem. Have you tried the English version as a test?


  • #9
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    Well, I've been using the Irish one since it came out - a year or more - with no problem until now.

    No problem with Safari.


  • #10
    DadaKopf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭DadaKopf


    I'm having all kinds of problems with firefox. Not least it prevents my computer from sleeping. Now I'm getting this slowness and crashiness, too. I'm nearly thinking of going back to v.2.


  • #11
    Sad Professor
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    I'm stumped. Sorry I couldn't be of more help, lukat. Don't forget to put those plugins back. Maybe it's just a problem with the current version of Firefox. I stopped using it as my main browser years ago. Is anyone else having these kinds of problems?

    Off-topic but where the hell is the Mac version of Google Chrome?


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  • #12
    Ham'nd'egger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,025 ✭✭✭Ham'nd'egger


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    Off-topic but where the hell is the Mac version of Google Chrome?

    In the bin where it belongs, if there is a God:D


  • #13
    Sad Professor
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    Is it that bad?


  • #14
    pleasant Co.
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    Sad Professor wrote: »
    I'm stumped. Sorry I couldn't be of more help, lukat. Don't forget to put those plugins back. Maybe it's just a problem with the current version of Firefox. I stopped using it as my main browser years ago. Is anyone else having these kinds of problems?

    Off-topic but where the hell is the Mac version of Google Chrome?

    I'm having no such FF problems (V3.0.8), got a few plugins too but zero major issues...

    If you want to get a feel for google's chrome on mac then why not give stainless a go, it's apparently quite similar to chrome.


  • #15
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    What is this Chrome? Came back from a brief holiday and it's still happening. The first four words of this post took something like 90 seconds, the rest was normal. Hm. A friend has given me Firefox v2; I might revert to it. How would I save my bookmarks and the reinstall them on the new version, please, if anyone knows? I could put them on a flash drive, but where do I find them?


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