Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.
Hi all, please see this major site announcement: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058427594/boards-ie-2026

Firefox slow to switch tabs...

  • 04-04-2008 10:23AM
    #1
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,615 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Lately I have noticed firefox is being really slow when I'm switching between tabs. Especially if one or more of the tabs has video on it, like youtube etc.

    I have 3GB Ram - I expected more. Is there anything I can do to speed this up?


Comments

  • #2
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Update your media plugins. May fix it. Flash player for a start.


  • #3
    Dorsanty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 535 ✭✭✭Dorsanty


    Run it with all addons disabled. See if that fixes.
    If it does then re-enable a few addons at a time to see if you can find what's slowing you down.

    If you reckon it's Firefox itself then you could wait 2 months or so for the noticeably faster Firefox 3.0. Or get a pre-release version now, http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html


  • #4
    Deliverance XXV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭Deliverance XXV


    Try cleaning out your internet cache

    Firefox > Tools > Clear private data > Tick Cache > Clear private data now

    Or use CCleaner.


  • #5
    L31mr0d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    what version are you on? If not yet move over to Firefox 3 beta 5 as its noticably faster in loading pages


  • #6
    IamMetaldave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,499 ✭✭✭IamMetaldave


    While back I had the same problem and I cleared my cache like was said above, sorted me right out.

    Also, you could set you browser to delete cache each time you close it.

    https://www.instagram.com/iammetaldave/



  • Advertisement
  • #7
    shanew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,774 ✭✭✭shanew


    I found that Firefox 2 needs to be closed down a re-started every so often.
    It starts to use up huge amounts of memory - and the swapping pages/tabs
    slows right down.

    I've been trying FF3 Beta and this issue looks to be solved.



    S.


  • #8
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,615 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Cheers, are there any drawbacks of FF3? Are the issues with extensions and compatibility?


  • #9
    Feelgood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭Feelgood


    Zascar, Installed Safari for Windows yesterday and its the fastest and best browser I have come across in a long time. Give it a try before aiming for Firefox beta...


  • #10
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Zascar wrote: »
    Cheers, are there any drawbacks of FF3? Are the issues with extensions and compatibility?
    See here.


  • #11
    neville13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭neville13


    Dorsanty wrote: »
    Run it with all addons disabled. See if that fixes.
    If it does then re-enable a few addons at a time to see if you can find what's slowing you down.
    ======================
    worked for me, and the culprit was Zone Alarm Forcefield Toolbar :pac:


  • Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement