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    RChin
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    The latest releases of Firefox (3.5?) seems to be spectacularly crashing at a rate approaching IE. Quite annoyed. I even had to fall back to using Chrome at some point. And no. I will not be going back to IE. I am not that desperate yet!


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      The latest releases of Firefox (3.5?) seems to be spectacularly crashing at a rate approaching IE. Quite annoyed. I even had to fall back to using Chrome at some point. And no. I will not be going back to IE. I am not that desperate yet!


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      RChin
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      OMG! It happened again just as I submitted my post. Thank goodness it got through! I wonder if those bug reports that gets generated and submitted ever gets scrutinised by the Dev. team? I'm using Chrome for the time being


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        The latest releases of Firefox (3.5?) seems to be spectacularly crashing at a rate approaching IE. Quite annoyed. I even had to fall back to using Chrome at some point. And no. I will not be going back to IE. I am not that desperate yet!


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        phannon86
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        No issues here with 3.5.2, you running any add-ons?

        He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

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          OMG! It happened again just as I submitted my post. Thank goodness it got through! I wonder if those bug reports that gets generated and submitted ever gets scrutinised by the Dev. team? I'm using Chrome for the time being


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          Henry Minute
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          I'm on 3.5.2, no problems at all. I have had no probs since I moved to 3.5.x, although I did have a few on previous versions.

          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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            No issues here with 3.5.2, you running any add-ons?

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            Brady Kelly
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            There's the rubb! I think it isn't reviled because so many people don't run powerful add-ons like Firebug etc.

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              No issues here with 3.5.2, you running any add-ons?

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              Good point. I do have a few add-ins left over from previous versions. Maybe they are causing teething problems with this release. If it is though, then I think better safeguards against unruly third-party software should be at the top of their list.


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                The latest releases of Firefox (3.5?) seems to be spectacularly crashing at a rate approaching IE. Quite annoyed. I even had to fall back to using Chrome at some point. And no. I will not be going back to IE. I am not that desperate yet!


                I Dream of Absolute Zero

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                R Giskard Reventlov
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                It's fine that you like FireFox but I just don't get the antagonism toward IE. I've not had a single problem (that I can recall) with IE6, 7 or 8: they work fine. Bizarre: it's just a piece of software, it isn't personal!

                me, me, me

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                  No issues here with 3.5.2, you running any add-ons?

                  He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

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                  Daniel Grunwald
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                  Your post made me look at my plugin list - lots of stuff nowadays is hijacking Firefox. - Google Update - Java Deployment Toolkit - Java Platform SE 6 U11 - Java Platform SE 6 U15 - Microsoft SharedView Plugin - Shockwave Flash - Silverlight Plug-In - Windows Presentation Foundation (4.0) Apart from Java, Flash and Silverlight; I don't see a reason why any of these need browser integration. I also have a few extensions installed: - Adblock Plus - Download Statusbar - Firebug - FireGestures - Greasemonkey And my Firefox 3.5.2 still is completely stable.

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                    It's fine that you like FireFox but I just don't get the antagonism toward IE. I've not had a single problem (that I can recall) with IE6, 7 or 8: they work fine. Bizarre: it's just a piece of software, it isn't personal!

                    me, me, me

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                    Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                    digital man wrote:

                    Bizarre: it's just a piece of software, it isn't personal!

                    That's what I used to think until I worked with Symantec Ant-Virus, Lotus Notes, Vista, IE6 and once upon a time, Siemens SIMATIC IT intelligence suite (automation and control, a proper POS and I don't mean point of sale).

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                      It's fine that you like FireFox but I just don't get the antagonism toward IE. I've not had a single problem (that I can recall) with IE6, 7 or 8: they work fine. Bizarre: it's just a piece of software, it isn't personal!

                      me, me, me

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                      digital man wrote:

                      Bizarre: it's just a piece of software, it isn't personal!

                      But that just it.It is personal. This is not just a piece of leisure-ware, throw away app, that I occasionally use. You, me and a heck of a lot of people here use it a lot. The same goes for Visual Studio, where I work with it on a daily basis. If it keeps tripping up, falling over, and making your life hell (work or otherwise), I would definitely take it personally! Anyway, enough ranting from me. It seems the majority of you guys have no issues with this release of Firefox, so I will fade to the background convince myself I am disillusional :)


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                        I'm on 3.5.2, no problems at all. I have had no probs since I moved to 3.5.x, although I did have a few on previous versions.

                        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                        I'm on 3.5.3 as well, and it appears to be perfectly stable to me. I was having a startup problem on XP64 (subsequent browsing was unaffected), but since I've moved to Weven, nary a hiccup...

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                          The latest releases of Firefox (3.5?) seems to be spectacularly crashing at a rate approaching IE. Quite annoyed. I even had to fall back to using Chrome at some point. And no. I will not be going back to IE. I am not that desperate yet!


                          I Dream of Absolute Zero

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                          blackjack2150
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                          I had similar issues so I decided to give IE8 a chance. 3 weeks later and I'm still happy with IE.

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                            Good point. I do have a few add-ins left over from previous versions. Maybe they are causing teething problems with this release. If it is though, then I think better safeguards against unruly third-party software should be at the top of their list.


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                            Vikram A Punathambekar
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                            I know it doesn't help you much (or even at all) but I love it. Very stable, and renders much faster than 3.0. Try disabling all your addins and then re-enabling them one by one.

                            Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)

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                              There's the rubb! I think it isn't reviled because so many people don't run powerful add-ons like Firebug etc.

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                              Kevin McFarlane
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                              I'm still on 3.0.13. I have about 30 add-ons with about 20 active at any one time. The only crashes I get are occasionally on closing the browser. However, there does seem to be an issue with 3.5.x for some users. It appears that most report no problems but a few have regular crashes.

                              Kevin

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                                I'm on 3.5.3 as well, and it appears to be perfectly stable to me. I was having a startup problem on XP64 (subsequent browsing was unaffected), but since I've moved to Weven, nary a hiccup...

                                "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                                "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                HimanshuJoshi
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                                John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                                3.5.3

                                Is it a typo or do you dwell in future?

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                                  digital man wrote:

                                  Bizarre: it's just a piece of software, it isn't personal!

                                  But that just it.It is personal. This is not just a piece of leisure-ware, throw away app, that I occasionally use. You, me and a heck of a lot of people here use it a lot. The same goes for Visual Studio, where I work with it on a daily basis. If it keeps tripping up, falling over, and making your life hell (work or otherwise), I would definitely take it personally! Anyway, enough ranting from me. It seems the majority of you guys have no issues with this release of Firefox, so I will fade to the background convince myself I am disillusional :)


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                                  R Giskard Reventlov
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                                  RChin wrote:

                                  But that just it.It is personal. This is not just a piece of leisure-ware, throw away app, that I occasionally use. You, me and a heck of a lot of people here use it a lot. The same goes for Visual Studio, where I work with it on a daily basis. If it keeps tripping up, falling over, and making your life hell (work or otherwise), I would definitely take it personally!

                                  No, it really isn't personal, honest. Besides, most of the places I have worked in the last few years only allow IE so I suppose you just get used to it, quirks and all!

                                  me, me, me

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                                    The latest releases of Firefox (3.5?) seems to be spectacularly crashing at a rate approaching IE. Quite annoyed. I even had to fall back to using Chrome at some point. And no. I will not be going back to IE. I am not that desperate yet!


                                    I Dream of Absolute Zero

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                                    Maximilien
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                                    I will test it (ff 3.5.2) today see if it works ok.

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                                      RChin wrote:

                                      But that just it.It is personal. This is not just a piece of leisure-ware, throw away app, that I occasionally use. You, me and a heck of a lot of people here use it a lot. The same goes for Visual Studio, where I work with it on a daily basis. If it keeps tripping up, falling over, and making your life hell (work or otherwise), I would definitely take it personally!

                                      No, it really isn't personal, honest. Besides, most of the places I have worked in the last few years only allow IE so I suppose you just get used to it, quirks and all!

                                      me, me, me

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                                      RChin
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                                      digital man wrote:

                                      allow IE so I suppose you just get used to it, quirks and all!

                                      Thats a very defeatist attitude, Mr. man. ;P


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                                        I had similar issues so I decided to give IE8 a chance. 3 weeks later and I'm still happy with IE.

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                                        Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                                        IE8 is not terribly bad.

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                                          The latest releases of Firefox (3.5?) seems to be spectacularly crashing at a rate approaching IE. Quite annoyed. I even had to fall back to using Chrome at some point. And no. I will not be going back to IE. I am not that desperate yet!


                                          I Dream of Absolute Zero

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                                          pelnor
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                                          Well as long as it still runs Bork Bork[^] I'll keep using it. :-D

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