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.
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:48 PM, <
joe@actionline.com> wrote:
> My system has all the latest updates for Linux Mint including the latest
> available Firefox 27.0.1 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?
>
>
>
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