Firefox Update.

[DSTM]

Firefox Ver 36.0 has been released.

 

[AWS]

Thanks Dougie. Updating now.

 

[Rich-M]

Shouldn't that be automatic?

 

[DSTM]

No!

 

[Rich-M]

used to be

 

[AWS]

Shouldn't that be automatic?

When I seen Dougies post I had to go to Help >> About to upgrade.

 

[DSTM]

That's right Bob. Or "Help" > "about" and it automatically updates. Same thing.

These are the fixes in Ver 36.0

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox/

 

[donetao]

Thanks Dougie. Hope it speeds me up. Firefox has really slowed down lately. IE is OK, but I like FF better. Will get the up date!.

 

[DSTM]

Thanks Dougie. Hope it speeds me up. Firefox has really slowed down lately. IE is OK, but I like FF better. Will get the up date!.

I have been playing around with Firefox. If I disable AdBlock Plus I can get approx half a second faster load time.
I use Ad Muncher as well.
You may want to try UBlock instead of AdBlock Plus. Supposed to be lighter and does virtually the same job.
I haven't tried UBlock however most reviews say it makes Firefox faster compared to AdBlock Plus.

I am going to leave AdBlock Plus disabled and only use Ad Muncher.

 

[AWS]

I just switched from adblock to uBlock and for sure it is faster. More configurable too.

I also installed admuncher and I have to say I don't know how I got along without for all this time.

 

[donetao]

My Firefox is really slow compared to IE. Hasn't always been this slow. I will try all your suggestions. I added Admuncher, but FF was slow before I added Admuncher. I may reinstall FF???? Think I'll see if I need to up date FF. It just seems to be slow down loading pages on our forum. Wife says it's fine on her stuff??
Thanks Dougie!!

 

[AWS]

My Firefox is really slow compared to IE. Hasn't always been this slow. I will try all your suggestions. I added Admuncher, but FF was slow before I added Admuncher. I may reinstall FF???? Think I'll see if I need to up date FF. It just seems to be slow down loading pages on our forum. Wife says it's fine on her stuff??
Thanks Dougie!!

I've had to refresh my install many times. It gets to the point where it just gets so slow it's almost unusable. I'll do a refresh and then sync my addons and settings back to what they were. Firefox will be back to normal for a few months and then I do it again.

Try this. Restart Firefox with addons disabled and see if that speeds things up. If it does you'll need a refresh. Be aware that if you do refresh you get a clean install of Firefox and lose all your addons.

Use menu >> help >> restart with addons disabled.

 

[donetao]

Thanks @AWS . I'll give that a try. If it helps, I'll post back here!!

 

[donetao]

Seems much faster without the ad-ons. Guess I need a refresh! Think I'll Google and see if they have a solution!!

 

[donetao]

Hi! @AWS Maybe they are listening to us. I just Goggled why is Firefox so slow and got this!!

 

[donetao]

FF is still slow!!
Table of Contents

• 1. Restart your computer
• 2. Clear your cookies and cache
• 3. Restart Firefox in Safe Mode
• 4. Troubleshoot your plugins
• 5. Reinstall Firefox
• 6. Refresh Firefox
• Other solutions
  • Check for conflicts with your Internet security software
  • Scan your system for viruses and spyware
  • Check your hard drive and RAM for errors

 

[AWS]

If you have sync turned on when you refresh the install you can then sign in and get all bookmarks, addons and settings back.

 

[donetao]

I'm thinking about reinstalling FF. I have done all the suggestions. Some times it's OK next time its slow. I only have one Ad-on and that's WOT!
Don't want to lose my book marks, so I guess I'll turn on sync. Sure would hate to lose my bookmarks.

 

[donetao]

I got my bookmarks saved, so i might try to reinstall FF if it keeps being slow!!

 

[donetao]

Hi I have turned off MBAM Anti Exploite. FF seems faster. I don't know?? Will test some more!!