Goodbye Firefox, welcome...?

[eMTe]

So it appears my Firefox adventure is nearly over. I have enough of memory leaks which dont let me view online clips and I have enough of flash plugins which more and more often with each FF version crash the browser or even freeze the computer. Apparently Mozilla is no longer capable of creating the comfortable product, because these problems are known for years and nothing has been done about it.

What would you recommend for a fed up user? Chrome? Opera? Latest IE? I remember checking both Opera and Chrome and I think they both have memory leak issue too. Maybe the true problem is that browsers nowadays are overloaded with stuff - organizers, plugins, addons etc. I need a simple browser which browses and doesnt have fancy extensions - a browser like FF was in early days. Maybe something small and independent?

[Drasir-Vel]

I guess you have to just try the different ones out to see what you prefer. I haven't experienced any browser being much faster than Chrome, but then again i haven't tested many except the most popular.

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[Zyx]

What would you recommend for a fed up user? Chrome? Opera? Latest IE? I remember checking both Opera and Chrome and I think they both have memory leak issue too. Maybe the true problem is that browsers nowadays are overloaded with stuff - organizers, plugins, addons etc. I need a simple browser which browses and doesnt have fancy extensions - a browser like FF was in early days. Maybe something small and independent?

If you want small and independent, there's really just Opera. If you're fed up with Flash crashes, Chrome bundles its own version of Flash and sandboxes it so that a Flash crash doesn't bring the browser crashing down. If I remember correctly, Firefox 4 should have similar feature or at least will have it in the future. Chrome is closest to the old Firefox, in that it's just a browser. However, it seems that each version does bring in new stuff.

I haven't really used IE, so I have no idea if the new IE9 is good or not.

[eMTe]

I think Ill go for Opera, I remember using this browser for a short time, some years ago. I hope CWF doesnt have issues with it.

[Chroelle]

I have totally changed to Chrome now, and I am not going back to IE even for version 9. Mostly actually because IE9 supposedly does not support win XP. That means I cannot use it, if the rumors are correct...

[eMTe]

So far it's even worse. For some reason Opera has tendencies to completely freeze when I open new tabs. I wonder if it's really the browser problem, it must have something to do with unnecessary goodies I installed (so far only Adobe plugin) or with sites content.

[Pager]

I had a strange problem with Opera at work...using our build tool, it has a lot of collapsable lists and sheets, but for some bizarre reason, Opera displayed them all and never gave you the option to hide them...weird...

[eMTe]

Well, that was the problem of settings, right? No?

[Scythe]

Have you tried doing a clean install of Firefox? Or maybe you should start completely over, reformat the HDD and install only plugins you know you'll use?

I haven't had a browser crash in years (on FF).

[Pater Alf]

Same here. Sometimes the flash player crashes, but that doesn't cause any problems. Firefox tells me that the playerd crashed and asks me to reload the site. No computer freezes or complete browser crashes.

[eMTe]

Clean installs yes. Format not, too much trouble for badly behaving browser, after all it's me who must show who rules.

[Scythe]

Well, I get the distinct impression that these problems of yours will follow you across all browsers, as it sounds as if it's something caught in the system files (I could obviously be completely wrong here). Have you hard cleaned the cache?

[eMTe]

Yep, these trouble seem to affect all browsers I use. As for hardcleaning cache you mean deleting folder contents? Which ones exactly?

[Scythe]

Yes, physically deleting temp internet files and maybe even cookies. I'm not sure where those are located, depends on your OS, and I honestly don't remember since switching to win7.

[Drasir-Vel]

CCleaner can clear the browser cache and other things.

http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

[eMTe]

I think I deleted all cookies, temp files and every uselessly looking trash Ive ever found in Docs and Settings directory. And I did it more than once. Reinstalling system always helped, but I really dont feel like doing this now.

[Drasir-Vel]

You can also delete C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Mozilla

[eMTe]

FF problems are nothing in comparison with Opera's behaviour. Freezes, weird messages, problems accessing mail accounts. I am thinking of switching back to FF, at least it was predictable. :/

Hell! F##k!

[eMTe]

Prodigal son has returned to his homeland.

[Pater Alf]

Does that mean we have to to dress you in a fine robe, a ring, and sandals, and slaughter the "fattened calf" for a celebratory meal now?