FF3
'nough said
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From: Raynes Park
Nope, quite the reverse in fact: FF2 was taking ages on my system but FF3 is super-fast.
Maybe you have an add-on that's interfering with the start-up process?
It could also be that your FF profile may be corrupt.
Maybe you have an add-on that's interfering with the start-up process?
It could also be that your FF profile may be corrupt.
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: UK
Firefox Preloader
I too find FF3 faster to open than FF2 but use a utility called Firefox Preloader to make it even faster. The one advantage that IE has over Firefox is that being part of the operating system it is already loaded at the time you "open" it for use. Firefox Preloader mimics this advantage by loading Firefox in to memory at computer startup.
There are only two disadvantages I have found, although the resultant near-instantaneous startup of Firefox easily outweighs them in my book:
HTH
XV105
There are only two disadvantages I have found, although the resultant near-instantaneous startup of Firefox easily outweighs them in my book:
- Computer startup takes about 2 seconds longer (Big Deal!)
- You have to stop Firefox Preloader (Right Mouse Button on the System Tray) before Firefox updates can be applied. This is because every time the update script shuts down Firefox in order to update it, Preloader opens it again!
HTH
XV105
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Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Minneapolis Mn USA
I have FF3 and with or without the preloader, my Vaio still takes what seems like forever(OK slight exaggeration but it aint swift) to load, and no I don't have myriad FF extensions added on. To be fair, most things take forever to load, but I came across this thread and switched browsers to try something different. This was the same before I installed Norton 2008 so its not the security software slowing it down. I've run every security test that's out there to try and find a bug that may be slowing this thing down, but everything comes up clean. Going to two gig of Sony RAM seemed to make the performance worse, so I went back to one gig and drinking Fosters.
I now just shrug my shoulders and wave my hands in acceptance in a very "Ce la vie" Gallic fashion, which frankly, has me more concerned than my Vaio's performance.
I now just shrug my shoulders and wave my hands in acceptance in a very "Ce la vie" Gallic fashion, which frankly, has me more concerned than my Vaio's performance.
