Firefox memory problem fixed?

[John Corliss]

For some time I've been noticing that my Start Menu often slowed *way*
down for some reason. This morning, I decided to see if Firefox was
responsible because I'd read the posts about FF's memory problems. Turns
out, FF 1.0.7 was indeed the problem because right after using it, my
menu slowed down until I made a pass through it.
I went ahead and did the update to FF 1.5 again and even updated all
of my extension (well, some of the "updates" were hacked versions of
those extensions) except for Prefbar. The menu speed problem seems to be
gone now. Not only that, but I notice that pages load a whole lot faster.

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For some time I've been noticing that my Start Menu often slowed
*way* down for some reason. This morning, I decided to see if
Firefox was responsible because I'd read the posts about FF's
memory problems. Turns out, FF 1.0.7 was indeed the problem
because right after using it, my menu slowed down until I made a
pass through it.
I went ahead and did the update to FF 1.5 again and even
updated all
of my extension (well, some of the "updates" were hacked versions
of those extensions) except for Prefbar. The menu speed problem
seems to be gone now. Not only that, but I notice that pages load
a whole lot faster.

I didn't have any problems with the start menu before, so I haven't
noticed any change. Other people have reported experienceing memory
leakage with Firefox 1.5. No doubt some memory leak bugs have been
fixed, but the list of them is long. Here's what a bugzilla search
for memory leak turns up:

<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglis...+desc&bug_status=__open__&content=memory+leak>

 

[John Corliss]

I didn't have any problems with the start menu before, so I haven't
noticed any change. Other people have reported experienceing memory
leakage with Firefox 1.5. No doubt some memory leak bugs have been
fixed, but the list of them is long. Here's what a bugzilla search
for memory leak turns up:

<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglis...+desc&bug_status=__open__&content=memory+leak>

Dear God.

And right after I tried customizing Prefbar (as I mentioned in that
other thread), I had that menu problem again. However, rebooting and
restarting FF seems to have made it go away.

--
Regards from John Corliss
I don't reply to trolls and other such idiots. No adware, cdware,
commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware, PROmotionware,
shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses or warez
please.

 

[ms]

For some time I've been noticing that my Start Menu often slowed *way*
down for some reason. This morning, I decided to see if Firefox was
responsible because I'd read the posts about FF's memory problems. Turns
out, FF 1.0.7 was indeed the problem because right after using it, my
menu slowed down until I made a pass through it.
I went ahead and did the update to FF 1.5 again and even updated all
of my extension (well, some of the "updates" were hacked versions of
those extensions) except for Prefbar. The menu speed problem seems to be
gone now. Not only that, but I notice that pages load a whole lot faster.

John, I never had that with FF 1.0.3, and I only have 96 MB RAM on a
P166. No effect on other functions.

I will wait on 1.5 until the dust settles. Prefbar is the only extension
I use since other extensions started causing problems.

Mike Sa

 

[John Corliss]

For some time I've been noticing that my Start Menu often slowed *way*
down for some reason. This morning, I decided to see if Firefox was
responsible because I'd read the posts about FF's memory problems. Turns
out, FF 1.0.7 was indeed the problem because right after using it, my
menu slowed down until I made a pass through it.
I went ahead and did the update to FF 1.5 again and even updated all
of my extension (well, some of the "updates" were hacked versions of
those extensions) except for Prefbar. The menu speed problem seems to be
gone now. Not only that, but I notice that pages load a whole lot faster.

The problem is back and I don't believe that it's the result of using
Firefox, any version.

The time for me to do a total reinstall of my OS and all programs has
long passed. It's probably one of those glitches that tend to appear
over time and may be a result of Registry bloat. Who knows.

As for Firefox 1.5, I notice that pages load much faster than with
previous versions.

--
Regards from John Corliss
I don't reply to trolls and other such idiots. No adware, cdware,
commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware, PROmotionware,
shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses or warez
please.

 

[Fran Bott]

For some time I've been noticing that my Start Menu often slowed *way*
down for some reason. This morning, I decided to see if Firefox was
responsible because I'd read the posts about FF's memory problems. Turns
out, FF 1.0.7 was indeed the problem because right after using it, my
menu slowed down until I made a pass through it.
I went ahead and did the update to FF 1.5 again and even updated all
of my extension (well, some of the "updates" were hacked versions of
those extensions) except for Prefbar. The menu speed problem seems to be
gone now. Not only that, but I notice that pages load a whole lot faster.

I just recently installed FF v1.5 and the program itself took care of
updating all the extensions that could be updated.
The problem I am having is with downloading. when I save a webpage or
download a freeware file, after selecting the folder to save to and
clicking save, it just hangs there for about 30 seconds or so before
actually downloading the file. Anyone else had this problem?

Fran

 

[jacaranda]

As for Firefox 1.5, I notice that pages load much faster than with
previous versions.

Anyone know the technical reason for this?

 

[John Corliss]

I just recently installed FF v1.5 and the program itself took care of
updating all the extensions that could be updated.
The problem I am having is with downloading. when I save a webpage or
download a freeware file, after selecting the folder to save to and
clicking save, it just hangs there for about 30 seconds or so before
actually downloading the file. Anyone else had this problem?

Fran

Fran,
I'm not having that problem at all. Maybe it's your AV progrm
scanning the download?

--
Regards from John Corliss
I don't reply to trolls and other such idiots. No adware, cdware,
commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware, PROmotionware,
shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses or warez
please.