<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">I have the same issue on both WIn7 and Linux.<br><br><div><span></span></div><div> </div><div>------------------------<br>Keith Smith</div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 3:52 PM, "joe@actionline.com" <joe@actionline.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container">===== On March 13, 2014 Brian Cluff responded to my question below: =====<br clear="none">> Disclaimer.. I work at Mozilla.. the official SUMO<br clear="none">> recommendation on
this is to reset your profile.<br clear="none">> Beware - saved passwords, bookmarks, etc are all<br clear="none">> contained in your profile.<br clear="none">> You can export them, reset it, and reimport.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">===== April 30, 2014 ===== New question(s) on this topic<br clear="none">Brian, I did not try the firefox reset that you suggested<br clear="none">because, when I looked at the huge number of settings that<br clear="none">would be lost and have to be rebuilt, I am very hesitant<br clear="none">to undertake all that. Please see the list at this link:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.upquick.com/temp/firefox.settings.txt" target="_blank">http://www.upquick.com/temp/firefox.settings.txt</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Meanwhile, firefox continues to be frustratingly slow.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">What is the procedure to export and reimport all these<br
clear="none">settings?<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">===== My original inquiry =====<br clear="none">> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:48 PM, <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:joe@actionline.com" href="mailto:joe@actionline.com">joe@actionline.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>> My system has all the latest updates for Linux Mint<br clear="none">>> including the latest available Firefox for Linux Mint.<div class="yqt9661582432" id="yqtfd73413"><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> However, for quite some time, I have had ongoing problems<br clear="none">>> with Firefox being very slow ... too often, frustratingly<br clear="none">>> slow. It usually takes about 15 seconds for the Firefox<br clear="none">>> browser to start. But once started, I can open an additional<br clear="none">>> session in about 5 seconds.<br clear="none">>><br
clear="none">>> And, the longer I run my system without hard rebooting,<br clear="none">>> the slower Firefox gets. Even to shut down KDE and restart<br clear="none">>> it doesn't seem to help.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Chrome, on the other hand, always boots up in less than 2 seconds.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Also, from time to time, I get a pop-up that tells me to<br clear="none">>> "Close Firefox"<br clear="none">>> ( see this link: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.upquick.com/temp/ff1.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.upquick.com/temp/ff1.jpg </a>) yet<br clear="none">>> there is no indication of any Firefox functions running.<br clear="none">>> So, hard reboot again.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> What can I do to speed up Firefox?<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br
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