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@beautyqueen26 (16030)
United States
September 25, 2007 4:51pm CST
About a month ago, I switched to Mozilla Firefox after hearing everyone brag how much better it was than Internet Explorer. And, for awhile it worked as advertised. That is until about three days ago, when the latest version of Mozilla automatically installed itself onto my computer.
Since then, everything Mozilla touches goes wrong. Every few days my bookmarks get erased (by Mozilla); it's running ten times slower than Internet Explorer; freezes up and becomes unresponsive when I mouse click the screen and Mozilla won't let me stay logged into my favorite sites (like My Lot) anymore. I have to login every time and that's becoming a real hassle.
Does anyone know why Mozilla would be acting strange? Is this happening to anyone else using Mozilla? I've scanned my computer a dozen times looking for spy ware and worms, but can't find anything. Would appreciate some help or information. I'm so frustrated with Mozilla, I'm seriously thinking of switching back to slow-mo Internet Explorer.
What do you think?
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16 responses
@braveheart07 (2601)
• Philippines
26 Sep 07
Hello beautyqueen.. Yes! I do experience too. It gets slower and slower especially when there are a lot of tabs that are opened. It freezes and gets hang. That is one of the disadvantages of Mozilla Firefox, but overall, it is safer when compared to IE. Currently, I am using Opera browser version 9.23. It is very fast when compared to Mozilla and IE. It has a speed dialing. When you try to go back from your previous visited page, it will load so easily and quickly. I really loved this browser when compared to other browsers. If mozilla has plugins, opera has widgets. When it comes on security, opera also does its jobs pretty well. It blocks pop-ups, which is very good. Otherwise, it is much safer too. I really liked the overall performance of this opera browser. Even though I am opening a lot of tabs, it would not hang or freeze like the mozilla does. I am so impressed with its performance.
That's it.
Hope this would help to you in any way!
Have a nice day and God speed!
@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
26 Sep 07
Opera is pretty hawt, I can admit.
But yes if your computer isn't that powerful, multiple tabs in firefox will eat your browsing alive.
@lexus54 (3572)
• Singapore
26 Sep 07
That's strange. I use Firefox and my version is 2.0.0.7, which I believe is the current version of Firefox offering. I've had no problem with Firefox, and I love using this browser over Internet Explorer and Netscape. I've gotten very little virus by not using IE. In fact, I have decided giving up using IE many months ago, because compared to Firefox, IE is slower and frustrating to use on my PC.
@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
26 Sep 07
Version 2.0.0.8 is out. I had a discussion on it.
Just hit Check for Updates in Firefox.
@nobbsy123 (851)
• Australia
29 Sep 07
huh?? I've never had a problem with mozilla. My version of mozilla gets upgraded everytime an upgrade is availiable on the internet. Maybe you have a problem with one of mozillas plugins. If you disable that plugin, mozilla should run fine. hope this helps you. kind regards chris.
@CyberSpic (30)
• Macedonia
26 Sep 07
Mozilla firefox is way better than IE
i know it couse i run net house ( internet coffee place )
and all the customers always have problems with IE and never with MF
btw about the update it is security update nothing more
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
25 Sep 07
first of all, thanks for posting this. I have been thinking to switch to Mozilla since many people suggested me to. I'm so used with IE, it isn't the fastest but well I'm not a techie so switching to different browser may be a problem for me. I hope you find a solution to this
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
26 Sep 07
Like some other posters I to use firefoz and I have not encountered any of the problems you mention. I did have a small problem after updating once but it was fixed the next time I opened my browser and after I used ccleaner.
I rarely use IE nowadays since firefox works better for me.
DO you clean your temporary files ? Sometimes when there's too many everything slows down. Or like someone said something is corrupted ... or check with your antivirus to make sure you don't have any real problem in your computer.
YOu can always uninstall and try again, or uninstall completely and go back to IE it's a matter of choice really.
In my case I really don't trade firefox for IE but other people might prefer it.
@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
26 Sep 07
Hello beautyqueen26,
I don't really have any problem with Mozilla Firefox. I have switched to Mozilla quite sometimes. I seldom use Internet Explorer nowadays. Maybe, if you don't like it, you can just switch back to IE. You can anytime switch back to Mozilla if you want to... The choice is yours, dear friend. I hope before you make your final decision, you could find the root of the problem.
@jkl1909 (47)
• India
26 Sep 07
Thats strange. i have been using firefox fr a while now and have never had any problems with it.I find it a much
better browser that IE though i does hog a lot of memory. Your problem may be caused because of a paticular extension. Try uninstalling or disbling some extensions till you find the one that is causing the problem. If that doesn't work,you could try reinstalling firefox.
@327587598 (22)
• China
26 Sep 07
it is strange.i have'nt met this bad thing.my Firefox works so satisfactory.you may unload Firefox,then find a new Firefox on the internet to take the place of the old one.this may help you restore confidence to Mozilla Firefox.
@snookumsnort (313)
• Philippines
25 Sep 07
I used it for 4 months then switched back to Internet Explorer. I really don't have problems with IE.
@farazkh1 (1153)
• Pakistan
25 Sep 07
Now follow these simple guidelines to find the solution of your problem ......now uninstall the present version of Mozilla from your PC and then download older version 1.5.12 which runs perfect and you can find it on www.oldapps.com ...........i am sure your problem will be solved and please let me know when youre done ..........
Best of luck .......
