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Fire fox lags and flickers

Discussion in 'Windows - Software discussion' started by ZippyDSM, Oct 18, 2012.

  1. ZippyDSM

    ZippyDSM Active member

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    MB: ASUS Crosshair formula IV rev 1.x
    Ramm:patriot 2000EL 8GB x2 4GB
    Vid:Nvida 8800 GTS

    Notebook:HP Touch Smart TM2 with Icore5

    Anyway it dose not matter how many tabs I have open(the more the faster it starts acting up) FF starts lagging and flickering on my PC but not on my notebook, its driving me nuts.

    Games play fine(Cryisis,TFfall of cybertron,dishonored,ect ) so I do not think ramm is an issue, it never locks up like it did when I had mismatched ramm/mobo so this I dunno.


    Also a hardware Q would it be worthwhile going to a 8 core AM3 or be better off going with a new mobo/cpu?
     
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    Firefox has gone seriously downhill, have you tried Chrome?
     
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    It dose not haz the plug ins ;_;

    Download them all
    Videodownload helper
    Multirow bookmarks
    Fire FTP
    Abduction(take a picture of webpage)

    But I will give it another shot.
     
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    Ok this is bad no proprieties for bookmarks? Where the hell do they expect me to keep site notes and shit?
     
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    I'm sure there are alternatives - or code your own ;) I think Chrome supports .js scripts loaded in from outside of the Extensions "store".

    I'm never using FF again though, it's - like you've experienced - so laggy/buggy/generally horrible to use. Chrome has definitely got a bit more resource heavy but it's the best bet IMHO. Perhaps give Opera a go, and then I'm out of recommendations.
     
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    dunno guys,only had that problem once.reinstalled and all was well.never found an explanation that would fly.other than that one time ive never had a problem with firefox.tried chrome and it was a little too basic for me.to each their own tho.
     
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    ZippyDSM
    try this firefox,thats the one i use on win-7
    i am logged on here with it
    its on a flash drive

    http://portableapps.com/download

    http://portableapps.com/

    and use this for flash its the best one

    Flash Video Downloader - Youtube Downloader 3.7.6
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flash-video-downloader-youtube/
     
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    Went back as far as 3.6 and still get some lag and oddities its not as bad, guess I will clean out the plugis,ect and and try again.
     
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    ZippyDSM

    I WANTED YOU TO USE THE PORTABLE TO SEE IF FIREFOX LAGS

    GO TO HELP AND SELECT RESTART FIREFOX ADD ON DISABLED
    CHEERS

    ALSO IF YOU NEED MORE HELP WITH FIREFOX
    GO HERE
    http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions
    CHEERS AGAIN
     
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    I did, newest version, version 10 and version 3.6, stranglely enough 3.6 dose not have the crazy memory leak of the newer versions 0-o

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    Okay its a plug in not figured out which, newest fire fox is a bit laggy,going to try a fresh install.
     
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    The flash plugin is causing problems on all of my pc's with firefox. IE runs the same websites fine. I'm guessing adobe updated some code that causes the plugin to crash and lockup firefox. On youtube videos will freeze but the sound will keep playing.

    Sadly firefox has gone downhill, i still refuse to use Chrome or IE.
     

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