I have the same issue on both WIn7 and Linux.   ------------------------ Keith Smith On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 3:52 PM, "joe@actionline.com" wrote: ===== On March 13, 2014 Brian Cluff responded to my question below: ===== > Disclaimer.. I work at Mozilla.. the official SUMO > recommendation on this is to reset your profile. > Beware - saved passwords, bookmarks, etc are all > contained in your profile. > You can export them, reset it, and reimport. ===== April 30, 2014 ===== New question(s) on this topic Brian, I did not try the firefox reset that you suggested because, when I looked at the huge number of settings that would be lost and have to be rebuilt, I am very hesitant to undertake all that.  Please see the list at this link: http://www.upquick.com/temp/firefox.settings.txt Meanwhile, firefox continues to be frustratingly slow. What is the procedure to export and reimport all these settings? ===== My original inquiry ===== > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:48 PM, wrote: > >> My system has all the latest updates for Linux Mint >> including the latest available Firefox for Linux Mint. >> >> However, for quite some time, I have had ongoing problems >> with Firefox being very slow ... too often, frustratingly >> slow. It usually takes about 15 seconds for the Firefox >> browser to start.  But once started, I can open an additional >> session in about 5 seconds. >> >> And, the longer I run my system without hard rebooting, >> the slower Firefox gets. Even to shut down KDE and restart >> it doesn't seem to help. >> >> Chrome, on the other hand, always boots up in less than 2 seconds. >> >> Also, from time to time, I get a pop-up that tells me to >> "Close Firefox" >> ( see this link: http://www.upquick.com/temp/ff1.jpg ) yet >> there is no indication of any Firefox functions running. >> So, hard reboot again. >> >> What can I do to speed up Firefox? --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss