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Firefox slow
« on: November 09, 2011, 11:12:14 PM »
My firefox slowed down. My chrome and internet explorer work fine. Does this make sense?

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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2011, 11:13:02 PM »
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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2011, 11:16:01 PM »


Is it my imagination, or does the gif speed up as it goes?

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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2011, 11:20:58 PM »
Is it my imagination, or does the gif speed up as it goes?
Glad to hear your browser is speeding up.
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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2011, 11:24:30 PM »
Glad to hear your browser is speeding up.

I'm on chrome.

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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2011, 01:22:11 AM »
Is it my imagination, or does the gif speed up as it goes?

No, your brain slows down as you view it.
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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2011, 05:55:58 AM »
my firefox also slowed down... last few days

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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2011, 07:44:39 AM »
It makes sense for them to run at a different speed, as firefox has its own control panel and isnt inter-graded in the windows one (like chrome)

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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2011, 09:44:26 AM »
my firefox also slowed down... last few days

These rapid releases irk me, I'm convinced the versions don't stay in Beta long enough.

It makes sense for them to run at a different speed, as firefox has its own control panel and isnt inter-graded in the windows one (like chrome)

What makes you say that?
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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2011, 09:53:41 AM »
What makes you say that?

Reason why it makes sense that firefox has slowed down and not IE or Chrome, or whatever else he's using

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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2011, 09:54:23 AM »
Reason why it makes sense that firefox has slowed down and not IE or Chrome, or whatever else he's using

But what's your basis for your statement that Chrome is more integrated (inter-graded? ???) with Windows?
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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2011, 09:55:07 AM »
But what's your basis for your statement that Chrome is more integrated with Windows?

Shares same internet controls - look "under the hood"

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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2011, 09:59:00 AM »
Shares same internet controls - look "under the hood"

I don't think that means much. Either way, it's only a few (unused?) settings like proxy and stuff, at least that's what I just saw.
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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2011, 10:09:47 AM »
I don't think that means much. Either way, it's only a few (unused?) settings like proxy and stuff, at least that's what I just saw.

More then a few settings... also all the active x setting... page scripting

For the basic user its set to defualt that will work fine for them...

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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2011, 10:11:59 AM »
More then a few settings... also all the active x setting... page scripting

For the basic user its set to defualt that will work fine for them...

Meh, I don't think those make a difference, FF doesn't support activeX in the first place.
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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2011, 10:18:14 AM »
Meh, I don't think those make a difference, FF doesn't support activeX in the first place.

My point is that they run completely diff

I set up a proxy server internet for times I wanted to use my phone as a the proxy

Now - if i kept the setting on IE or Chrome I would have had to change theme every time I swiched from using my phone to regular....
Now I have FF with on setting and Chrome/IE with another - hence FF works seperately

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Re: Firefox slow
« Reply #16 on: November 10, 2011, 10:21:13 AM »
My point is that they run completely diff

I set up a proxy server internet for times I wanted to use my phone as a the proxy

Now - if i kept the setting on IE or Chrome I would have had to change theme every time I swiched from using my phone to regular....
Now I have FF with on setting and Chrome/IE with another - hence FF works seperately

But you still haven't made a case for Chrome being faster, and how that relates Windows integration. Those settings (proxy/ActiveX) shouldn't affect browser performance if they aren't used. Granted Chrome's rendering engine is different and is detestably faster than FF's engine, but that has nothing to do with Windows integration.
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