Firefox really slow
  • Mark HMark H
     
    September 2010
    Having worked on the Internet for over ten years I suppose I should know the answer to this, but I don't :o

    Why is it that using a fast broadband connection (8Mps) which will download a huge file in seconds, some days my browser usually hangs for 5-10 seconds loading each simple HTML page, and quite often comes back with helpful comments like "sorry, www.google.co.uk doesn't exist". :curse:
     
  • GrantGGrantG
     
    September 2010
    Q. As above.

    A. Because it's Firefox.


    Don't get me wrong, I use Firefox on a daily basis and will only use IE if I really have to. Firefox seems to be a power hungry beast these days, ensuring you don't have the Firebug add-on enabled vastly increases Firefox response time and page loading times, which is often my problem. Disable all other Add-ons too (Tools>Add-Ons) to see if it makes any difference.
     
  • Mark HMark H
     
    September 2010
    Thanks Grant

    Yup, Firebug plus other goodies all loaded :o

    *Cranks up Chrome*
     
  • Gabriel CroweGabriel Crowe
     
    September 2010
    additionally, change your dns to those servers provided by opendns and ensure that nobody on your network is using anything that ties up a lot of ports / bandwidth.

    like online games, cloud backup solutions, streaming video, bittorrent, and any other p2p software.
     
  • PNAGamesPNAGames
     
    October 2010
    Firefox is very slow BUT unfortunately is miles in front of the other browsers (imho)

    please dont use google chrome. the amount of times we get "looking up host ... oops we f***ed up again" is ten times more than firefox
     
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