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  1. 01-03-2012, 05:44 PM #1
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    Default Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    I am noticing a drastic performance drop in the recent builds of Firefox.

    I have only 4 extensions installed at home, NoScript, AdBlock, Download Helper, and one more.

    The startup time is pathetic, opening TFD, Gmail and youtube simultaneously via bookmarks causes it to hang for 5-6 seconds. this is not just in one computer .. its across multiple devices.

    so the question is .. Has Quality of Firefox gone Down? is Mozilla loosing the plot to build quality software instead of releasing updates ever now and then?
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  2. 01-03-2012, 06:03 PM #2
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    Nope. Version 10 is fine on windows. On linux, flash-heavy sites make it hang. But i think FF is acutuallybresponding to competition faster ever since the new numbering system.
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    No. I don't think so. Firefox is my default browser in Linux.
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    Memory consumption is still its Achilles Heel. But in my book still the best.
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    Quote Originally Posted by ico View Post
    No. I don't think so. Firefox is my default browser in Linux.
    Yes Firefox in my Linux installation works really good. But not in Windows.
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  7. 01-03-2012, 07:54 PM #7
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    Quote Originally Posted by Skud View Post
    Memory consumption is still its Achilles Heel. But in my book still the best.
    Old myth. Firefox has the lowest memory consumption.
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  8. 01-03-2012, 07:56 PM #8
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    It went down, but now back on track, still takes longest to launch among all three major browsers but good none the less.
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  9. 01-03-2012, 08:00 PM #9
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    yes even hangs while rendering a bit heavy page for me compared with chrome which is smooth on same machine.
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  10. 01-03-2012, 08:24 PM #10
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    Quote Originally Posted by tkin View Post
    It went down, but now back on track, still takes longest to launch among all three major browsers but good none the less.
    Ya, launch time is lame. I think it checks for updates and add in updates on launch.
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  11. 01-03-2012, 08:29 PM #11
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    Quote Originally Posted by asingh View Post
    Ya, launch time is lame. I think it checks for updates and add in updates on launch.
    No, I have mine disabled from checking updates at startup, FF has been suffering from slow cold launch for a long time now.
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    I use Firefox both in desktop and laptop. Only thing that is a pain is the startup time.
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    works good on *nix platforms
    but something really messed up in Windows platform
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    idc, I use Opera, the website is borked if it doesnt work on Opera
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  15. 01-03-2012, 09:59 PM #15
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    Latest version of chrome that is 17 is using lot of memory comparing to previous versions
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    why should one even consider memory consumption as 2GB of memory is enough for any browsing needs and now a days its the minimum requirement for any system...
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    Quote Originally Posted by ico View Post
    Old myth. Firefox has the lowest memory consumption.

    I have seen it consume as high as 900+ mb. And this is on 10.0.2.
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  18. 02-03-2012, 12:32 AM #18
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    Quote Originally Posted by Skud View Post
    I have seen it consume as high as 900+ mb. And this is on 10.0.2.
    It scales. You have 8GB RAM, so FF uses more. Heck, all apps use more. In my office PC with 1GB RAM, FF 10.0.2 never exceeds 220 MB.
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    Its behaving like this in a laptop with 2gb RAM. Also in a desktop with 4GB. Major problem is that due to this it stops responding for some moments while browsing.

    Not really much bothered with RAM usage in my Gaming PC. Pagefile is turned off and its doing fine. And it has Waterfox installed in it. And Opera 64-bit.
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    i think firefox 4.0 was good and had major improvements.


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    Quote Originally Posted by gopi_vbboy View Post
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    Don't use Firefox in Windows, but in Linux it is fine. Cold starts half a second faster than Opera and Chrome. Flash is a major pain though.
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    Main reason I use Firefox is add-ons, there are some like Diigo which doesn't work in Opera. And also have gotten used to it.
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    Default Re: Has the quality of Firefox gone down recently?

    If you have installed add-on then there may be a time-lag in start-up, but still Firefox is fast enough.
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    I use lot of Addons and no one beats chrome in that, very quick start, quick browsing
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    Thanks krow.


    But still not understanding why firefox freezes on page renders.I tried all ff tweaks but no improvement.

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    ^^ Doesn't happen to me.
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