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Old 04-05-2008 , 16:14   firefox lags me like crazy
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Ive been using firefox but lately its bein taking up about 50% of my cpu and wont let me switch tabs, My computer and internet connection is pretty good.

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Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz 2.40 GHz
memory: 2047 MB

help ive had to revert to internet explorer
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Old 04-05-2008 , 16:58   Re: firefox lags me like crazy
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Try the latest Firefox beta. I've been using it for a while on both my computers and it's quite snazzy. It's a lot faster and the memory issues are less severe.

(Note: I am a biased source, so you may also want to look into Opera if your goal is avoiding IE.)
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Old 04-05-2008 , 18:18   Re: firefox lags me like crazy
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Yup...3.0b5 is running quite nicely...

Even the nightly 3.0pre build is running sexily. The memory leaks are basically non-existant.

If you are hesitant b/c of your addons/extensions, 3.0b5 has a tool where you can force-update them. Just go to your extensions box and click the force update. Restart Firefox, and the majority of them should work. All of mine did.
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Old 04-06-2008 , 12:51   Re: firefox lags me like crazy
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And Opera is much better than Firefox / IE.
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Old 04-06-2008 , 14:42   Re: firefox lags me like crazy
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Ive been using firefox but lately its bein taking up about 50% of my cpu and wont let me switch tabs, My computer and internet connection is pretty good.

heres internet
computer:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz 2.40 GHz
memory: 2047 MB

help ive had to revert to internet explorer
Stop downloading pawn then
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Old 04-06-2008 , 23:52   Re: firefox lags me like crazy
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I use Opera on my mobile phone (no Firefox mobile yet!) and it's very good. AFAIK, no version of Opera supports extensions though.
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Old 04-07-2008 , 00:17   Re: firefox lags me like crazy
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ive never even heard of opera before
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Old 04-07-2008 , 02:22   Re: firefox lags me like crazy
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I still run firefox 1.5, because 2.0 is very bloated, and 3.0 tends to feel slower. Why don't I use opera? I support open source, and I'd readily use a browser that isn't as good, but I can trust and have added to, then anything else.
Odd, 3 Beta seems to run rather fast for me (I need to do a direct comparison with Opera though).

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ive never even heard of opera before
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Old 04-07-2008 , 13:55   Re: firefox lags me like crazy
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Old 04-07-2008 , 14:51   Re: firefox lags me like crazy
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Does your computer only have RAM? Cuz mine has a CPU aswell.
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