Why firefox has become bloated and lazy like IE?

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• Firefox has becomes slow and unresponsive after that I tried to install the addons (not installed)?

  I recently format my computer and reinstall windows 7, since it was the only way I know of to solve the problem with Firefox (I already had this problem too). I download the latest version of firefox 33.0.2 and install it. This version was super fast. But becomes slow and unresponsive when I tried to install the Add-ons. I visited the official site of firefox and searching for addons, when I tried to install addons, Firefox crashed. Therefore, it has becomes quite slow and cannot restore previous sessions. Even to type my email address, it takes more than 5 minutes and reacts more frequently (after typing each letter).
  I want to know if this is due to some viruses, or this version of firefox is not "stable".

  Hey there,

  We are sorry to hear that Firefox crashes. To better help you, please follow the steps below to provide us with crash IDs to help us learn more about your accident.

  1. Enter Subject: hangs in the Firefox address bar and press ENTER. A list of submitted Crash reports will appear, similar to the one shown below.
  2. Copy the 5 most recent report ID begins with bp - and then back to your forum question but that stick in the box of "Post a response. (Please do not take a screenshot of your plant, just copy and paste the ID image below is just an example of what your Firefox screen should look like)

  

  Once you have done so, you could try the Firefox Safe Mode to see if the problem goes away. Firefox Safe mode is a troubleshooting mode that disables certain parameters, disables most Add-ons (extensions and themes).

  If Firefox is open, you can restart Firefox Safe mode in the Help menu:

  • In Firefox 29,0 and above, click on the menu button

    

    click Help

    

    then select restart with disabled modules.

  • In previous versions of Firefox, click on the Firefox button in the upper left of the Firefox window and click help (or click on help in the Menu bar, if you do not have a Firefox button) and click on restart with disabled modules.

  If Firefox is not running, you can start Firefox in Mode safe mode as follows:

  • On Windows: Hold down the SHIFT key when you open the desktop Firefox or shortcut in the start menu.
  • On Mac: Hold the option key during the startup of Firefox.
  • On Linux: Exit Firefox, go to your Terminal and run firefox-safe-mode
    (you may need to specify the installation path of Firefox for example/usr/lib/firefox)

  When the Firefox Safe Mode window appears, select "start mode safe."

  

  If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode, your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to understand that one. Please follow the section Troubleshooting extensions, themes and problems of hardware acceleration to resolve common Firefox problems to find the cause.

  To exit safe mode of Firefox, simply close Firefox and wait a few seconds before you open Firefox for normal use again.

  I hope this helps!

  Curtis Parfitt-Ford
  Support for Mozilla

• Hi, while writing an email online using Firefox 3.6.3, I was using one of the "CTRL + left arrow or right" to move the cursor on the text. I must have pressed some other key because the screen has become huge - and I can't scroll vertically or horizont

  Hi, while writing an email online using Firefox 3.6.3, I was using one of the "CTRL + left arrow or right" to move the cursor on the text. I must have pressed some other key because the screen has become huge - and I can't scroll vertically or horizontally, which makes the pages of Mail of Hotmail impossible. I have connected since using the Explorer MSFT and it works very well. This problem occurs only on the page of Mail of Hotmail Live not on the home page or other.
  Could you please let me know if there is a problem with Firefox, or if you have any advice on how to restore the appearance of Hotmail in Firefox?

  This has happened

  Just once or twice

  == I'm compiling an email in Hotmail Live

  See this:
  https://support.Mozilla.com/en-us/KB/page+zoom

• Why Firefox has disabled the only version of Flash (10.1.53.64) my computer can use? (Mac PowerPC G5) Help!

  Why Firefox has disabled the only version of Flash (10.1.53.64) my computer can use? (Mac PowerPC G5) Help!

  Your computer hardware has arrived at the stage where most of the software needs resources your machine cannot provide because it's too old. You have a few choices.

  1. Get new hardware that can handle the latest software
  2. Use a different operating system, like Linux (which is free)

  I rehabilitated an old G5 recently and it runs very well in the latest Firefox. I put Lubuntu on the machine instead the MacOS. Lubuntu (pronounced Loo-boon-two) is sort of a Ubuntu lite - a user-friendly version of Linux. There are many applications of your choice, and everything is free.

  You can also use the Ubuntu greediest in resources and a little more user-friendly, also free, but you can be more pleased with the performance of Lubuntu instead.

  The PowerPC, I did this on was one of the old blue Bondi ones. Firefox 8 had no problem to start on it at all and has all necessary plug-ins for video, audio, etc... I gave him a church and it works well for them.

  You can download older versions of Firefox, but you'll just open to security problems if you do.

  FYI: The Mac operating system is based on Linux.

• Firefox has become very slow. It takes a lot of time to load any website. I reinstalled FF but the fleeting problem.

  Firefox has become very slow. It takes a lot of time to load any website. I reinstalled FF but the rest of the problem.
  As a test, I downloaded Chrome and it is much faster.
  But I love FF and would be very happy if you can help me solve this problem.

  Hi Reos,

  When you reinstall Firefox it always uses your old profile with all the old things that you had. That said, you're lucky, there is a new feature that lets you "Reset" of Firefox. This will remove some of the pieces that might cause problems while it keeps your bookmarks and other important things safe.

  Check it out and let me know if it works: Refresh Firefox – reset the parameters and modules

• My Media Player 11 Vista has become corrupted and will not play mp3s. Where can I download Media Player 11 for Vista?

  My Media Player 11 Vista has become corrupted and will not play mp3s.

  Where can I download Vista Media Player 11? I've looked everywhere on the Microsoft Web site and the internet, and I can't find Media Player 11 for Vista.  I can find Media Player 11 for XP but not Vista.  What is happening with this?

  Or what should I do to solve this problem?  Thank you.

  Hi Person1948,

  You can try the K-Lite codec pack: http://download.cnet.com/K-Lite-Mega-Codec-Pack/3000-13632_4-10794603.html?tag=mncol

  For more information click here: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistamedia/thread/eb329d2e-0f70-4b27-81bd-bbdd64b0603a/

• Why hotmail has become easy Pcanet

  After receiving emails from 'master' of pacnet easy to click on the link to confirm access, I check to see why my mail is sent through pacnet easy web. Attachments with emails I have not opened but immediately deleted. Should I close my account because of piracy?

  Hello, you're posting in the firefox support forum - firefox is a browser and does not handle your emails, so we can give you answers on the State of an account to a third party service.
  Please contact your e-mail provider to help you with this problem instead: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=260870

  Problems with email and how to find help

• Why firefox has slow response when I save images on hard drive?

  I have windows 7 64 bit and Mozila firefox worm 17.0.1. I have the following problem. When I try to save an image from a site (right mouse click and save as) the disk hard from my pc, firefox response is slow. It takes about 6 to 10 seconds. I thought that it was a matter of file size, but it turned out that it was not relevant because it was images of 10 KB to 500 KB. I did the following:
  -clear history
  -clear the firefox cache and the cache folder in my profile
  -Delete the downloads.sqlite and localstore.rdf files
  -J' changed the browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone and services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone false
  -clear the downloads window
  -Disable all add-ons

  After all this, the problem remains
  Then I started firefox in safe mode (help-> restart with the disabled... modules). The problem remains.
  Then I disabled the windows firewall and Microsoft security essentials (real-time protection). I don't have any other antivirus or firewall on my pc. Nothing happened.

  Then, I created a new profile (reset firefox). Nothing happened. A last attempt, then, remained to be done. Restart in safe mode. So I followed these steps.
  I ran msconfig and disabled Microsoft Security Client to start tab and Microsoft antimalware Service on the services tab. So, I did a boot in safe mode with network support and disabled windows firewall. Guess what. Nothing happened.

  I noticed that when I tried to record images, in the process, there was a significant activity of hard drive (the hard drive activity led indicator was constantly lighting) and firefox in the upper left corner, shown the message does not for about 6 to 10 seconds. You understand that saving a picture of 19 Ko in 10 seconds is not normal.

  Is - this problem has to do with the cache? The disc is a SSD (solid state drive). Do you think that it would be preferable to redirect the in-memory cache? (I have 6 GB of total RAM). This problem was also in previous versions of firefox, but I think that with this version, the problem is more common. This is not the case with all the photos, but it happens with more than 65% of the images.

  It also happens when loading a web page, but it could be a question of a heavy web page that uses a lot of resources in my system, while loading. The problem is the same. Constant hard disk activity and it takes time to load the web page. The problem with the loading of the web page, is not as common as with saving images.

  I think it's a question of management of the cache. What is your opinion?

  Thank you.

  The cause of my problem was the jump lists, which has Windows 7. There are two types of jump lists, automatic or custom. Automatic jump lists caused the slow decline in firefox via Windows Explorer. Finally, it was a windows problem exploring and not firefox. Windows 7 introduces many new features that cause slow system performance. In any case, the solution to the problem is to follow the steps:
  1. open my computer and on the address bar paste the path: %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations
  2. press CTRL + a
  3. press SHIFT + DELETE and delete the entire folder
  I think the respective windows Explorer jump list is one that begins with 1b4dd67f29cb1962, in which case you do not want to delete the list of every jump in the folder. If you use firefox, download a file and then go to the above mentioned path and view the files by date. The most recent file must be the correspondent with firefox.

• My screen has become foggy and I can't get a clear picture. What should I do?

  I had my computer on my yahoo and when I was going to check my email, my screen become foggy and I cannot now get a clear screen. What should you do to get my clear screen again?

  Hello

  1. what browser do you use?
  2 are there any changes to the computer, such as the new hardware or installed software or updates applied?
  3. What is the brand and model of the computer you're using?
   
  See the following:
   
  Method 1: I suggest to try to change the resolution of the screen and check if it helps. Please visit the link mentioned below on how to change the screen resolution.

  Change your screen resolution
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/change-your-screen-resolution

  Make the text on the screen larger or smaller
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/make-the-text-on-your-screen-larger-or-smaller

   
  Change Windows fonts
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/change-Windows-fonts
  
   
  Method 2: Try to reduce the hardware acceleration and check if it helps. Please follow the steps below:

  1 open the Screen Resolution by clicking on the Start button, click Control Panel, and then under appearance and personalization, click adjust screen resolution.
  2. click on Advanced settings.
  3. click on the Troubleshooting tab, and then click on change settings. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
  4. move the slider full hardware acceleration.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/diagnosing-basic-problems-with-DirectX

   
   
   
  Method 3:

  Try to update the graphics card drivers and check:

  Updated a hardware driver that is not working properly

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isn ' t-work correctly

  Method 4:

  Uninstall and reinstall the graphics driver and check

  Try these steps and check the result.
   
  Step 1: Uninstall the current video card driver.
  1. click on start, type devmgmt.msc and press to enter.
  2. from the list of objects, expand display adapters.
  3. right click the sub element and click on uninstall.
  4 restart the computer for changes to take effect.
   
  Step 2:
  Try to download the current driver from the Web site of manufacturers or graphics card manufacturers site and check.
  Updated a hardware driver that is not working properly

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isn ' t-work correctly

  
   
  I hope this information helps. Please get back to us if you have any other questions on this subject.

• Inexplicably, Firefox has become "full screen". I have no bars of tools or pull-down at the top and lost all the features accordingly. How to return to the normal display?

  Please help me get back Firefox in "normal mode". He changed in full screen, which means that I have no control over whatsoever.

  Thank you

  Press F11 on the keyboard. If that doesn't work then create a new Firefox profile by following these steps

  • Go to run (win + R on the keyboard icon) and paste "firefox.exe - profilemanager" without the quotes.
  • create a new account in the dialog box (close Firefox before we do a)

• A few days ago, Firefox has become too big for my screen. I have to move the slider at the top to get the bar menu at the show and then there only if I hold the cursor there. Very annoying.

  The bottom of the browser window is also under the lower part of the screen.

  Try this:
  It is possible that you accidentally press F11 for full screen mode.

  Press F11 to toggle fullscreen mode.

• Why my pictures become black and white on my screensaver?

  When my screensaver comes on, my personal photos appear.  After about 5 minutes, they become black

  and white, as they begin to color.  Why is this happening?

  Return to your screen saver options (by right-clicking on the desktop and choose personalize, then the screensaver below right.) Once there, click on the settings button.  See if your screen saver has an option 'theme '.  One of them is probably 'Black and White', and you have probably chosen the random theme, which means the black and white theme will appear later every few minutes.

• My copy of Firefox has been hacked, and I can't uninstall it

  My family has been changed to a bogus research framework. I have reset to Google, but every time I use Google, fake sites come.

  It seems that your browser had been used by malware. Allows you to sort it out for you

  Scan of Malware Troubleshooting Firefox problems caused by malicious software

  Reset Firefox Firefox Refresh - reset the parameters and modules

  Then update to Firefox Firefox updated to the latest version 28

  This should help eliminate the problems you've had with in Firefox.

• Why Firefox has randomly decided not to load any website?

  On the eve of my problem was triggered, everything worked perfectly well. Today, as I turned it on my computer loaded up Firefox, I was greeted with "unable to connect, Firefox cannot connect to www.whatever.com. No Web site at all, no matter a secure site (https) and normal Web page or same Mozilla.org would be responsible. Yet another browser can. I have torn the support page seeking a solution and I really tried all suggested (clear all cookies, history, etc., remove and add new Firefox in the list of reliable in the firewall Windows, uninstall programs, deleting the Firefox in Program Files folder, then reinstall). Norton has been disabled even when Firefox was working, so he couldn't possibly be interfering. No update for the browser, my computer or anything else has produced recently, or if I downloaded all the malicious files.

  I could not possibly express how frustrating it is and any help would be appreciated very much.

  Windows 8
  Firefox 27.0.1

  I understood everything. It turns out that Norton was blocking all programs on the web on my computer as it has been disabled. I knew that Firefox would not let me down! I will continue to use the best browser in the world!

• My text has become thicker and stronger?

  All my fonts became thicker when I type in photoshop.

  No one knows why or how I can change it?

  

  On the left side is what is was before and right side, that's what it is now... they are both on crispy good... Even if the right side is crisp, it looks like a hard, and when I put that strong it seems harder than ever (I hope that makes sense)

  I'm using CS5.

  Thank you!

  Fake fat?

  Mylenium