I take it I am the only one having trouble with Firefox?

[Kali]

periodicaly (several times per day?) Firefox will lock up and not load any pages no matter how many times I hit refresh or the try again button - I just get that error mesage for anything I try.

I thought it was my stupid dial-up but oddly my email works and if there is a you tube loading or something it will keep going.

The only "fix" I have found was closing the window (and clicking) saving the pages/tab option that pops up. Then restarting Firefox - and the tabs will open to where they were supposed to be (although the you tube will of course have to be quit or restarted.

Any idea what is going on? How can I fix? Seems to be the most recent version and updates. Doesn't seem to be related to any particular website or whatever (it doesn't happen always with you tube, sometimes it is just a du page), just happens randomly.

[HERVEPA]

1. Yup. Happens to me too. I close and re-open and I'm OK (nt)

[Kali]

3. so it's not just me?

cool! (I think - heh)
thanks for that info

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Kali...

Wow, that's gotta suck. I've had no problems with my Firefox. I cannot even begin to imagine what's causing your trouble, and I'm sorry, sweetie...

You might want to post this in the Computer forum. There's less traffic over there, but apparently a lot of very knowledgeable folk do show up.

I hope it goes away soon...

:hug:

[Kali]

4. Hi Peggy,

Oh yes - I'm a big promoter of that forum, just thought I might get more viewers here. In fact I was looking in there last night to see if anybody else had posted about the same problem. Will post a link to this thread just in case.

Thanks. (and yes it sucks!)

[HopeHoops]

5. I seriously doubt that has anything to do with Firefox. Run Anti-Malware (MalwareBytes.org).

Firefox is the most stable and bullet-proof browser you can get for a PC. That kind of shit implies a systemic problem with the OS.

[Kali]

6. I have done all of the maintenance and scans I can think of

my AVG is out of date, but other than that I have the current ccleaner, malwarebites, anti spy, firewall etc. Nothing is coming up. It seems pretty odd that it only seems to affect the browser and not even every tab, although it is usually all of them except an open you tube...(and that would actually be a "current" tab - I can try to go to a new page in a tab and get the error but when I go back it loads (from cache, I assume) but anything new or linked won't work until I shut Firefox down and restart.

I was trying to disconnect and reconnect the modem but that was not working - it seems to be Firefox only.

[HopeHoops]

7. I've never heard of that. Try downloading the new version - it will upgrade easily.

It only takes a few minutes and it keeps all of your bookmarks and plug-ins.

[Kali]

9. um, the new version of what? Firefox? I am current there...

the AVG is a different issue - too big of a file for me to deal with on dial up, need to get a disc from a faster connection or try something else, just haven't done it yet.

[HopeHoops]

12. That's no longer sounding like a virus, but perhaps the aftermath of one.

AVG is pretty huge. I wouldn't recommend it from dial-up while you're trying to do something else. The free trial is 2MB, so you should be able to start it before dinner and expect it to be done after you've cleaned up. Still, I doubt that's going to find anything.

[jobycom]

8. Must not be. Someone put the chains on her, and she looks so sad.

Firefox hangs up on me, too. I used to think it was either ads or pop-ups, or it was having trouble finding the right program to run something on a page. It might be that, or not. I alternate between FF and IE, depending on which got me mad last. I keep trying to love Opera (and do on my phone), but it never works out, either.

[Kali]

11. they aren't even connected to anything, although it might make walking awkward

:P

well, it seems I am not alone, after all. That is good, I suppose, although it is still damned irritating.

[m00nbeam]

10. I was having problems a few weeks ago

Right after the 3.6 upgrade, but I have updated it a few times since then and it seems to have stabilized.

[peacefreak]

13. Mine has been running slow after the latest update.

I thought my rickety dial-up just couldn't handle the latest version.

[Kali]

16. ah a fellow traveler on the SLOW road

:hi:

not many of us left on the phone lines

[canetoad]

14. Happens periodically here too

If you can see the reload icon, hit Stop, then hit reload. Usually fixes it for me.

[peacefreak]

15. Easy enough.

I'll give that a try. Thanks!

[Kali]

17. ah, thanks canetoad

will try that next time it happens (and now that I have asked and have something else to try is probably won't happen again. - good!)

[truedelphi]

18. Thanks for asking about this.

Could be a bit related to problems this household is experiencing.

[hayu_lol]

19. It seems to be related to all the interactive ads on every site...

that are causing the problem(like yours)for me on dialup.

Sometimes freezes, sometimes shows error messages, reload doesn't always do the job. DU is particularly bad with all the ads running...slows load times, stops loading, sometimes have to close out and quit firefox and then reload it.

Server load may be partly responsible since the problems vary from time to time.

Thanks for putting this one up.

[Xipe Totec]

20. I managed to crash Adobe flash on Firefox.

so, you are not alone.

[Chan790]

21. Yup. Since the last update.

Even the reload thing and the close than reopen Firefox thing isn't working. I have to close Thunderbird before my Firefox will respond. I'm thinking some new utility in the update has bade or at-least very-ugly code.

I'd expect a update/patch soon. We're clearly not the only ones having this ish.

[femmocrat]

22. Happened to me yesterday. Very annoying.

I think there are too many pop-ups for this update and that update. I don't know how to block those, sorry.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

23. Locks up ALL-THE-TIME. ALL THE TIME.

Sometimes the only way to close it is control-alt-delete / task manager.

Sometimes the profile and/or preferences file gets corrupted and the only way to fix it is to run Scandisc, which means you have to restore all your settings and prefs.

I've heard people blame add-ons (which may not be stable if you upgrade to a new Firefox release) and a bunch of other things. The AdBlock / NoScript add-ons are essential for me but I have seen error messages about "unresponsive script" for both...Ghostery too (another ad blocker).

Short version is I am normally too busy to figure out "why" things lock up, I just need to get them back up and running A.S.A.P.

But it is not just you.

:toast:

[GoCubsGo]

24. I have been getting the "unresponsive script" message a lot lately

Not sure if it's a Firefox problem or the web sites. It often comes when I go to TPM.

As for Firefox, I have been having the same problems others have described for months and months, as have others I know. For some things, like web-streaming TV shows, I bite the bullet and use Google Chrome.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

26. Napster just re-designed their Web interface. You can't log in with Firefox.

I spoke to them about this on the phone. The person said "We've been hearing about that." I don't know if it's a configuration issue or wgat but you enter your User ID and password and it keeps recycling to the login screen. So I use Google Chrome for that.

[truedelphi]

30. Something added on "Yahoo search" and now my computer is very slow

Doesn't seem like I can remove it from my internet tool bar.

And I think it came either from a Foxfire update, an Adobe reader update or an AVG update (Or else the newer versions of one of those.)

And I know it is the "yahoo search" gizmo because yesterday on some web page, I saw it appear like a ballooon and hover and the system slowed as the ballooon appeared.

[hippywife]

25. Nope. No probs here at all.

But I run SuperAntiSpyware and NoScript addon for Firefox.

[Kali]

27. ***UPDATE***

for real! apparently I just missed a new update yesterday!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=242&topic_id=32250&mesg_id=32259

[csziggy]

28. I've been blaming the same symptoms on the image browser in Ancestry

That has known incompatibilities with Firefox. Plus, Java needed to be updated, but hung and crapped out every time I tried to run it. I finally got Java up to date, but I am still having the same problem with Firefox, even when I have not been to Ancestry.

[gvstn]

29. I've been having problems

with a (not responding) message in the title bar since 3.6 was released 6 or so weeks ago. My latest update to 3.6.9 appears to have fixed the problem but it has only been a week or so. I'm downloading 3.6.10 and will watch carefully over the next few days to see if any lock ups happen.

I use adblock and have a firewall that kills lots of ads/flash objects so my problems probably aren't ad related.


Dialup users should probably get the FlashBlock extension. It keeps flash objects like flashing ads from loading and replaces them with a button to push if you want to see it. You can allow specific sites like YouTube to always load flash objects by right-clicking on the button and choosing "Allow Flash from this site" rather than pushing the button each time. I have broadband but like the addon because I find flashing ads so annoying! It doesn't get every single one but on some sites there are like 20 of them blocked. AdblockPlus is also a must for everyone.