Firefox 3 loading and closing slowly

Syxx_Killer · 06-26-08, 08:08 AM

I'm just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this. I don't really mind the longer loading, I can deal with that. The thing that gets me is the long unloading from memory after I close it (if I let it set a while it will eventually close). This gets especially tiring if I want to install a new skin or add-on. When I click Restart Firefox, it closes but never really re-opens. I have to bring up the Task Manager and manually shut down Firefox. This never really happened with FF2. It happened every once in a great while, but not every single time like FF3. I even uninstalled FF3, rebooted, deleted the Firefox files in Program Files and Application Data. It still does it. In the mean time I downloaded the latest Opera browser and am using that for now. I really like FF3, too. I just hate the long closing times. I almost forgot. While I am waiting for Firefox to unload from memory, other things slow down until it does. If I open a folder I have to wait until it eventually closes or I manually close it.

Letum · 06-26-08, 09:02 AM

Mine loads and closes instantly, even with other programs using a lot of CPU and memory...

Syxx_Killer · 06-26-08, 09:10 AM

The browser looks like it closes but is still running in memory when I open Task Manager. Try closing FF3 and then try reopening it immediately. It always tells me that it is already running and that I need to close it.

Tchocky · 06-26-08, 09:11 AM

Used to have this problem all the time with FF2, can't remember what it was. Sorry

rifleman13 · 06-26-08, 09:41 AM

Try to close some programs... It always works!

06-26-08, 08:08 AM	#1
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Firefox 3 loading and closing slowly I'm just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this. I don't really mind the longer loading, I can deal with that. The thing that gets me is the long unloading from memory after I close it (if I let it set a while it will eventually close). This gets especially tiring if I want to install a new skin or add-on. When I click Restart Firefox, it closes but never really re-opens. I have to bring up the Task Manager and manually shut down Firefox. This never really happened with FF2. It happened every once in a great while, but not every single time like FF3. I even uninstalled FF3, rebooted, deleted the Firefox files in Program Files and Application Data. It still does it. In the mean time I downloaded the latest Opera browser and am using that for now. I really like FF3, too. I just hate the long closing times. I almost forgot. While I am waiting for Firefox to unload from memory, other things slow down until it does. If I open a folder I have to wait until it eventually closes or I manually close it.

06-26-08, 09:02 AM	#2
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Mine loads and closes instantly, even with other programs using a lot of CPU and memory... __________________

06-26-08, 09:11 AM	#4
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Used to have this problem all the time with FF2, can't remember what it was. Sorry __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

06-26-08, 09:10 AM	#3
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	The browser looks like it closes but is still running in memory when I open Task Manager. Try closing FF3 and then try reopening it immediately. It always tells me that it is already running and that I need to close it.

06-26-08, 09:41 AM	#5
rifleman13 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2008 Location: Depth-charged to Kingdom Come Posts: 927 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Try to close some programs... It always works!