Firefox getting slow ,other options.

[Quam256]

Firefox is getting slower for me ,I have done checks for malware and viruses and shows clean.I have looked online for answers and there are some but dont feel to sure about doing them .If anyone has any suggestions on how to speed it up or another browser to use ,I would be happy to give them a try .
Thanks

[Toto]

Originally Posted by Quam256

Firefox is getting slower for me ,I have done checks for malware and viruses and shows clean.I have looked online for answers and there are some but dont feel to sure about doing them .If anyone has any suggestions on how to speed it up or another browser to use ,I would be happy to give them a try .
Thanks

Firefox has never really been a problem for me, but you could give Opera a go?

[Scrubbs]

I think we will need a bit more info
slow to load? slow to download? slow to update?
what?
slower than it was?
operating system?
tried internet explorer? (No, forget that )
googled for browsers?
what answers don't you feel up to trying?

[pearlgirl]

Mine is all right, have you cleared out your temporary files and history?

[Quam256]

Got slower over time
Slow up on first load .
Slow search
Windows 7 Ultimate
Opera ,google .
Dont understand last question.
Would like to know what other people are using .

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Originally Posted by pearlgirl

Mine is all right, have you cleared out your temporary files and history?

Yes done that ,what version are you using ?
Im using 3.6.8

[Scrubbs]

Originally Posted by Quam256

I have looked online for answers and there are some but dont feel to sure about doing them .
Thanks

which answers?


have you tried this

[Quam256]

Originally Posted by Scrubbs

which answers?


have you tried this

Already using ccleaner.

Such as this one.

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/09/f...mory-fast.html

[ronald146m]

@Quam256
If you have lots of tabs open then Firefox will take ages to load.
I had this problem.
There's an addon called BarTab. From here:-https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/67651/
With this, when you run Firefox, all the tabs are there from last time but they only load when you say so.

Also Firefox 4 beta is much quicker (imho).
That's another option.

[Peter_]

Try this if you are happy altering the internals of your browser full instructions below.

http://www.blogsdna.com/6522/how-to-...ox-browser.htm

[nffc]

http://www.overclock.net/other-softw...-database.html or that

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by nffc

http://www.overclock.net/other-softw...-database.html or that

The one I posted above is quite good.

[nffc]

Yes, but doesn't touch the places database, does it? That's an easy way for the browser to slow down, especially whilst interacting with it. It's the same principle as defragmenting your hard drive. Firefox is usually fast enough on the defaults

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by nffc

Yes, but doesn't touch the places database, does it? That's an easy way for the browser to slow down, especially whilst interacting with it. It's the same principle as defragmenting your hard drive. Firefox is usually fast enough on the defaults

I just find it quite fun to to play around internally with the browser and it has no effect on the other settings.

[Quam256]

Originally Posted by nffc

http://www.overclock.net/other-softw...-database.html or that

Went for the easy option first and tried this one .
It has helped the loading of the pages ,will see how it goes over a few days.

Thanks

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Originally Posted by Toto

Firefox has never really been a problem for me, but you could give Opera a go?

Tried Opera ,that runs very smooth also loaded the mini version on my PDA and will be keeping that.

[Quam256]

Found the answer in the end.
I had upgraded my Tomato software on my router about the same time the problems started.
Downgraded to the earlier version and all is working ok.
Still like the look of Opera and will be using it.
Thanks all.