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Author Topic: OFF-BASE: Am I the only one with Firefox / FB issues?  (Read 3093 times)

DoubtingThomas

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OFF-BASE: Am I the only one with Firefox / FB issues?
« on: October 01, 2013, 09:12:52 pm »

For the past few weeks or longer... Firefox and FB don't get along on my system.  The latest version of Firefox now gives constant errors about slow scripts and is slow as hell.  I have not tried other browsers yet...  all other sites seem to respond normally.

I can't imagine having to use IE... Chrome always looks good, but I can never find the "extensions" I have grown  accustomed too...
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Re: OFF-BASE: Am I the only one with Firefox / FB issues?
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2013, 09:18:28 pm »

Sorry, FB?
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Re: OFF-BASE: Am I the only one with Firefox / FB issues?
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2013, 09:22:25 pm »

FaceBook ...
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Re: OFF-BASE: Am I the only one with Firefox / FB issues?
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2013, 09:23:05 pm »

Ah, I don't use it, so there.  :-)
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Re: OFF-BASE: Am I the only one with Firefox / FB issues?
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2013, 09:27:51 pm »

Okay... always good to know if other PC literate people are having the same issues or if it's something about my system..  I was a software developer before I retired... I hate computers...
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Re: OFF-BASE: Am I the only one with Firefox / FB issues?
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2013, 02:10:18 am »

Try Waterfox if you're running a 64-bit OS.
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Re: OFF-BASE: Am I the only one with Firefox / FB issues?
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2013, 04:19:32 am »

  • Are you running any extensions?
  • Try resetting the browser. Help > Troubleshooting Information > Reset Firefox
  • Try upgrading to Beta, Aurora, or Nightly

Try Waterfox if you're running a 64-bit OS.
Why Waterfox and not the official 64-bit build?
It looks like they are quite far behind, and frankly I prefer not to place my trust in third-parties when it comes to something as important as a web browser.
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Re: OFF-BASE: Am I the only one with Firefox / FB issues?
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2013, 06:49:06 am »

Why Waterfox and not the official 64-bit build?
It looks like they are quite far behind, and frankly I prefer not to place my trust in third-parties when it comes to something as important as a web browser.

Uhm .. Mozilla is a third part too ;). Waterfox is open source btw, code can be found on sourceforge.net. The base code is unchanged from Firefox so I don't think there is anything not to trust if you trust Mozilla's Firefox.

The problem he describes is one of the problems I run into using Firefox which is why I suggest to try WF.

There are test versions of WF 23 or 24 if you follow the "Development" link. I don't know how rough they are though.
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Re: OFF-BASE: Am I the only one with Firefox / FB issues?
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2013, 04:00:25 pm »

I also do not use FB.

However, I do have a problem with one web site since Firefox 22, my guess is they made a change which affects a minority of sites...

BTW, a google search of "firefox facebook" should turn up whether others are having a problem... I think there must be at least two or three people that use both. ;)

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Re: OFF-BASE: Am I the only one with Firefox / FB issues?
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2013, 07:48:17 pm »

However, I do have a problem with one web site since Firefox 22, my guess is they made a change which affects a minority of sites...
Which site?
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