Abandoned my experiment with Mozilla Firefox.

[ASC1951]

Just downloaded Google Chrome and it seems to be doing everything I need.

Glad to hear it.

Some people (mainly paranoid Merkans) allege that Chrome feeds search information back to Google to flood your screen with targeted adverts. I can't say I have noticed that, but if it worries you you can always try Iron, which is the same search engine - Google has published the code - but without the Google link.

 

[PK99]

In the last couple of days firefox has started to give me problems.

Previously: open firefox and all the home tabs open and logged on automatically

Now: open firefox and it fails to log on to CC and another MB i use and i have to enter name and password every time.

suggestions???

 

[shouldbeinbed]

PK99 - what version? check your privacy settings, if you set it to incognito as default - no joy with passwords, if you let it have cookies but set it to clear them later it works.

I've just gone back to FF from trying chrome.

Chrome seemed very buggy to me, sometimes giving me the full google search screen sometimes the 10 site Opera like windowboxes, regularly it would hang if i clicked on a link, search result or bookmark and never move but would happily work if I right clicked and opened the same in a new tab.

I also had the not logging on problem with a couple of sites, no matter what I cleared or what cookie settings I had. it was just close re-open and hope for the best next time.

I gave up yesterday after nearly putting the laptop through the window uninstalled Chrome, and IE8 for good measure, and the whole thing is quicker, predictable and just better and my stored passwords are all working fine again.

Hwever theres apparently a bug in FF3.6 that could leave your machine vulnerable to remote access. Mozilla are working on an upgrade to close the loophole that should be out soon. (Source BBC Sci-Tech news teletext this morning)

 

[S_t_e_v_e]

Firefox has just been updated to Version 3.6.2 (My browser of choice)

Whichever browser you use, if you delete cookies you will lose your log on details... so choose the options to allow cookies to be stored.

Other privacy software like Ccleaner my delete cookies that you need...

 

[Debian]

Firefox is total rubbish!

We've tried every incarnation of it here and given it up as a bad job.

Use Chrome is my suggestion of the day.

 

[summerdays]

Glad to hear it.

Some people (mainly paranoid Merkans) allege that Chrome feeds search information back to Google to flood your screen with targeted adverts. I can't say I have noticed that, but if it worries you you can always try Iron, which is the same search engine - Google has published the code - but without the Google link.

Oh I'm certain google feeds the ad's ... I've noticed I keep getting Wiggle ad's and ad's for boots. If I'm going to have adverts on certain sites such as Amazon (can't really remember which sites I don't pay that much attention to them to be honest) then they may as well be for something I'm interested in rather than something I'm not or even something I really don't like.

Forgot to say that I like google - simple and easy to use

 

[CopperBrompton]

Firefox is total rubbish!

270,000,000 Firefox users disagree with you

I like Opera, Chrome and Firefox, but FF wins hands-down because of all the add-ons. I use about a dozen of them on a daily basis.

 

[S_t_e_v_e]

270,000,000 Firefox users disagree with you

I like Opera, Chrome and Firefox, but FF wins hands-down because of all the add-ons. I use about a dozen of them on a daily basis.

+1! I'm using around a dozen addons too.... irreplaceable!

 

[kewb]

opera fan here ,
firefox and chrome suck chrome installs funny and firefox - well wtf am i going to do with 6000 addons opera covers everything with its customisable design .

 

[ASC1951]

Chrome installs funny.

I suspect user error. It installs just fine in Yorkshire.

 

[CopperBrompton]

firefox - well wtf am i going to do with 6000 addons opera covers everything with its customisable design .

I think you misunderstand what the add-ons are; they add functionality, not change the design.

 

[SavageHoutkop]

I think you misunderstand what the add-ons are; they add functionality, not change the design.

yip. Couldn't live without flashblock and adblock!

 

[phaedrus]

Firefox add-ons mean that you can add lots of functionality, some of it very powerful. There's even a version you can run from a flash drive - slightly slow, but it means you take all your add-ons and settings with you.

 

[Plax]

I downloaded Firefox yesterday as a test. My internet browsing was severly slow and not loading pages at all sometimes. I tried various things but decided it wasn't my internet connection as my Vista PC downstairs worked fine. I think it's something to do with IE7 & XP / my computer (even though I defragged, run spybot etc). I tried Firefox and sure enough, I can browse web pages without any problem now on my XP machine. I quite like the feel of it too. Not quite figured out what the add ons are for though, but early days yet.

 

[Norm]

I've used Firefox for 3-4 years now, but I think I'm getting to the end of my relationship with it as well.

About a week ago (pretty much coinciding with the release of 3.6.2), I noticed that my PC started running slowly and a check of the CPU usage showed one of the cores was maxing out. Task Manager identified Firefox as the offender, closing it and re-opening it sorted the problem instantly.

However, it wasn't a permanent fix, it started recurring every few hours. I thought it might have been add-ons (I'd just added a couple) so I stripped out the new stuff, but that didn't make any difference.

Worst issue, when it does it, is that it disables all of my menus. I can't click on anything, including the little red box to close it down.

This afternoon, I did a full delete of Firefox, cookies and all, then went to Mozilla.com and downloaded the latest. 2 hours later, and Core2 is maxed out with Firefox taking 35% of my CPU load.

I'd been an Opera addict for several years before switching to Firefox, looks like I'm going back there again.