lighter browser than firefox 3.5

onzlo

i have been using ff 3.5 for a while now and i noticed that my laptop seems to get even slower. is there any recommendations for a lighter browser. i was thinking chrome or safari?

Fuzzy Clam

I think FF 3.5 has been giving a lot of ppl problems. I reverted to IE8 which, to me anyway, seems ok now.

An Fear Aniar

You could try Opera, it's fast.

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kaimera

opera10

/thread

qwertz

Is there a good reason not to revert back to the previous version?

eightyfish

Chrome.
Zippy little number. The stable Beta channel version is even better.

Kai

Im starting to see the similar problems. Ive been using FF for years but all of a sudden w i turn the laptop on it takes a long time to open FF the first time. Id imagine if i turned off some extensions it would speed up but they are the same extensions i have used for over 2 years so its a step back in usability...

I just installed chrome to see if that is much better.

eightyfish

Kai wrote: »

I just installed chrome to see if that is much better.

Let us know what you think. I had a similar problem with slow-FF-loading on my laptop. Moved to Chrome and I love it. Loads and browses quickly, each tab is run as an individual program so that if one site crashes or loads slowly, it doesn't affect the other tabs. Built in spell check. Nine-mini-screen bookmarks as your homepage. New features coming all the time - shared bookmarks are next. You get the updates faster if you have the beta channel version. Can't praise it enough.

steve_

iv converted to chrome also and find it a delight to use. no hassle at all and its fast.

byte

Recently after switching to Opera 10, after recent hassle with FF3.5 (it doesn't seem to like loading certain aspects of some sites anymore, and has half a gig of RAM sucked up within 20 mins).

So far, I'm quite liking Opera, though I still have to fall back on Firefox for some of the plugins I need to use.

Jonathan

kaimera wrote: »

opera10

/thread

lynx

/thread :pac:

onzlo

eightyfish wrote: »

Let us know what you think. I had a similar problem with slow-FF-loading on my laptop. Moved to Chrome and I love it. Loads and browses quickly, each tab is run as an individual program so that if one site crashes or loads slowly, it doesn't affect the other tabs. Built in spell check. Nine-mini-screen bookmarks as your homepage. New features coming all the time - shared bookmarks are next. You get the updates faster if you have the beta channel version. Can't praise it enough.

Ill try chrome for a while, see what I think, too early to tell right now but so far so good

Pyro Boy

onzlo wrote: »

i have been using ff 3.5 for a while now and i noticed that my laptop seems to get even slower. is there any recommendations for a lighter browser. i was thinking chrome or safari?

Can you post you extensions that you have installed? Have you updated to firefox 3.5.2(this was meant to solve the problem you have) . It sounds like an extension problem. For example if you have skype installed see this thread https://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=439793&forumId=1

By the way a friend of mine had your problem and he fixed it by un-installing just one add-on don't give up on the fox just yet.

banquo

I love Chrome. Bring it around on a little usb stick in college so I can use it everywhere

Overheal

3.5 is kinda a disaster.

3.0 is still available for download on mozzila fortunately

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

onzlo

Pyro Boy wrote: »

Can you post you extensions that you have installed? Have you updated to firefox 3.5.2(this was meant to solve the problem you have) . It sounds like an extension problem. For example if you have skype installed see this thread https://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=439793&forumId=1

By the way a friend of mine had your problem and he fixed it by un-installing just one add-on don't give up on the fox just yet.

i used smarterfox, fasterfox lite, adblock plus and colourtabs

Pyro Boy

Try firefox in safe mode http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode and see if the browser speeds up....
plus other people have noted that this has worked for them https://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=381674&forumId=1

let us know if it helps

by the way Fasterfox 3.8.2Lite is an experimental extension

gerrymadden1

I was having problems with IE8 recently (trying to download a Jailbreak & Unlock for iPhone) and someone suggested that I should try Firefox.

I loaded the browser, Ver 3.5.2 and the problem was solved.

Any reason why I should dump it in favour of Google Chrome? I tried Chrome about 6 months ago & I had nothing but problems!

Has it improved???

onzlo

Pyro Boy wrote: »

Try firefox in safe mode http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode and see if the browser speeds up....
plus other people have noted that this has worked for them https://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=381674&forumId=1

let us know if it helps

by the way Fasterfox 3.8.2Lite is an experimental extension

i didn't see the experimental thing and the slow down wasn't instantaneous.
the 'safe mode' didnt really help that much.

using chrome v3.0.195.10 for about a day now and its really impressed me, i might just stick with it for a while.

Dorsanty

Don't forget to clean your firefox every so often. Now that your bookmarks and history is all writtten to a sqlite db it's important that it performs well.

Try getting the hoover out,
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13878

Won't help load times but I have noticed improved interface response times. Also there are more .sqlite files in a firefox profile then just places.sqlite, but places does contain the bookmarks and history info and it is more susceptible to fragmentation.


Secondly I got this tip recently: That adjusting the pref shown in the page below to a more sane value has improvements for tab switching, creation, deletion, and even flash plugin operation. Although this page does the change for a different reason. It was the only one I could find on google which described how to change this pref.

http://www.techmynd.com/firefox-freezes-for-a-moment-after-every-10-sec-fix/

eightyfish

gerrymadden1 wrote: »

I tried Chrome about 6 months ago & I had nothing but problems!

Interested to find out what problems you had.

Overheal

none of these tips fecking work. I've got 3 office machines at work that absolutely choke on 3.5, even in safemode, and all that shyte. I resorted to going back to 3.0 and they are all running great again. I couldnt tell you what went wrong with 3.5, I just know something has.

gerrymadden1

eightyfish wrote: »

Interested to find out what problems you had.

Can't remember the actual specifics but there were many problems.

I work for a large semi-state & the problems & system failures were so commonplace that staff were told not to replace IE with Chrome & anyone who had already done so were told to uninstall Chrome!

byte

A browser worth a look at if sys resources are scarce is K-Meleon. Shares some similarities with Firefox, but slimmed down.

ressem

Do you use noscript to stop javascript/flash running all over the place on background tabs?

Currently I've got about a hundred tabs to various real sites open in firefox 3.5.2 with no problem with speed on a 2 yr old laptop. (700 MB memory used by firefox though)

onzlo

ressem wrote: »

Do you use noscript to stop javascript/flash running all over the place on background tabs?

Currently I've got about a hundred tabs to various real sites open in firefox 3.5.2 with no problem with speed on a 2 yr old laptop. (700 MB memory used by firefox though)

didnt see that one does it work well?

Pyro Boy

Hey try this too
http://www.crystalidea.com/speedyfox

Your Firefox is working slowly?

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You get:
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plus http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-ultimate-guide-to-speeding-up-firefox-3-5/

Naikon

Midori is a nice lightweight.
It uses the webkit engine used by Safari.

I am fond of Lynx and w3m too though :P

Bodan

Opera gets my vote, Chrome 2 has two many features missing.

Soundman

Security and stability update available now for Firefox. 3.5.3 is the new version. Installing now so I have no idea if it's any better but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

EDIT:

Update: Seems to have done the trick unless there is some coincidence.... Boards is flying along for me the way it should be. Fingers crossed!