Firefox keeps crashing !

David · Sep 21, 2009, 11:56:44

I have no experience in browsers or what may cause them to crash but Firefox has crashed I think its four times in just a few days,I take it there is nothing I can do about it...except change browsers anyone else suffering (if thats the right word) with this ?

Rik · Sep 21, 2009, 16:20:54

No, David. First thing to do is disable any addons you have and see if that cures the problem. If it does, re-enable them one at a time until it breaks again.

David · Sep 21, 2009, 19:47:25

Rik will try it

Den · Sep 21, 2009, 20:29:31

David, see my posting on Chrome as it seems to be one hell of a step up from Firefox.

David · Sep 21, 2009, 20:59:44

where is it Den ?

Den · Sep 21, 2009, 21:08:10

Next post to this David, just look one down under Google Chrome

Colin Burns · Sep 21, 2009, 22:02:43

on ya running 3.5 on a 64bit OS

Simon · Sep 21, 2009, 23:15:13

Den actually means the next thread down the index, David, here.

David · Sep 22, 2009, 09:26:10

Thanks Simon

Thanks den will take a look at that later I dont have any add ons with FF not that I am aware of but it crashed again last night so may change.......will have the pain of the bookmarks though

Den · Sep 22, 2009, 11:55:55

Your bookmarks will just transfer across and change over is painless David. Since I changed to Chrome I have only used Firefox and indeed IE8 as a comparson.

David · Sep 22, 2009, 12:31:19

Thanks den will do it now before getting back to work

Rik · Sep 22, 2009, 12:44:20

I have some bad news for you, David, down in L&E.

David · Sep 22, 2009, 12:48:59

Quote from: Rik on Sep 22, 2009, 12:44:20
I have some bad news for you, David, down in L&E.

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Rik · Sep 22, 2009, 12:49:38

Leisure and Entertainment...

David · Sep 22, 2009, 12:53:30

On my way

David · Sep 22, 2009, 12:59:27

Quote from: Den on Sep 22, 2009, 11:55:55
Your bookmarks will just transfer across and change over is painless David. Since I changed to Chrome I have only used Firefox and indeed IE8 as a comparson.

Ooh I like this Den all bookmarks over with no problems and I love the layout

Niall · Sep 22, 2009, 22:36:18

The crashing thing is a part of what I'm seeing at the moment. While I haven't crashed, it's only because of the amount of ram I have. Memory use increases to the point where there isn't any more available and you'll see a crash. I've got 4gb ram and the most I've seen Firefox using is just over 1gb before I ended it.

There seems to be a lot of people complaining about it, but no one seems to be replying from Mozilla. Well, no posts I've found are anyway. I'm certain it's the last patch that's done it, as I had no issues previously.

Gary · Sep 23, 2009, 00:01:33

Odd how it goes, no crashes here and Firefox never gets above 78mb

maybe its to do with what security is run with it,

Niall · Sep 23, 2009, 20:35:40

I don't think it's that as I'm using different anti virus and security on the main PC and the Laptop.