Firefox crashes a lot

KevinO kevin at kevino.org
Fri Jun 9 07:39:06 MST 2006


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Lynn Newton wrote:
> I'm just looking for verification that I'm not the only person for
> whom Firefox crashes often, in my case three or four times a day.
> Sometimes more.
> 
> I'm running version 1.5.0.4 on SuSE Linux 9.2 on x86-64 (AMD 64)
> architecture. I'll admit that I drive it pretty hard -- Usually have three
> windows open on three slots in my virtual desktop, anywhere from
> two to ten or more tabs per window, stuff like RSS (Sage) and a
> fistful of extensions (Customize Google, FlashGot, WebDeveloper,
> Tab Mix Plus, Image Zoom, ViewSourceWith, Google Toolbar for
> Firefox, Google Notebook, also a bunch of Ajax driven stuff --
> gmail, Google Calendar, and that sort of interactive stuff.
> All of it is up to date.
> 
> So it doesn't surprise me when once in a while it takes a dive, and
> so far I've been willing to live with it, since I love Firefox and have
> no intention or desire of switching.
> 
> But a widely-used application crashing several times a day?
> The only time I've ever experienced that is running Windows.
> (Which I almost never do.)
> 
> Comments?
> 
I think your "fistful of" third party extensions are not helping your situation.
I can run 1.5.0.4 for days without a crash.

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KevinO
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