Unhappy users cite Firefox 1.5 performance issues
Saturday, 14. January 2006, 06:38:09
Internet Week reports that Firefox is gumming up the works in some instances using 100% of available memeory and bringing PCs to a halt.
Firefox 1.5 Stability Problems?
Readers And Mozilla Respond
By Scot Finnie and Matt McKenzie
Courtesy of InternetWeek
Firefox users wrote to us detailing their problems with the browser, and we asked Mozilla for some answers.
[snip]
Firefox's use of physical and virtual memory is exceptionally high.
CPU usage spikes to 100 percent (usually while loading a Web page).
The browser freezes up for seconds, minutes, or permanently.
The browser won't launch until they remove an errant "firefox.exe" process in Task Manager.
The browser crashes suddenly (usually while loading a Web page).
The browser has trouble loading specific pages, but there's no commonality among users as to which pages won't load.
The initial launch of Firefox loads slower.
Third-party application hyperlinks (such as a link in an e-mail message)
take a long time to open a new Firefox tab or to launch the browser.
Firefox 1.5 Stability Problems?
Readers And Mozilla Respond
By Scot Finnie and Matt McKenzie
Courtesy of InternetWeek
Firefox users wrote to us detailing their problems with the browser, and we asked Mozilla for some answers.
[snip]
Firefox's use of physical and virtual memory is exceptionally high.
CPU usage spikes to 100 percent (usually while loading a Web page).
The browser freezes up for seconds, minutes, or permanently.
The browser won't launch until they remove an errant "firefox.exe" process in Task Manager.
The browser crashes suddenly (usually while loading a Web page).
The browser has trouble loading specific pages, but there's no commonality among users as to which pages won't load.
The initial launch of Firefox loads slower.
Third-party application hyperlinks (such as a link in an e-mail message)
take a long time to open a new Firefox tab or to launch the browser.
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