Why is Firefox so slow (and degrades over time)?

[Brian]

You can do that, too, but it won't give you the same benefit as resetting
your profile. Clearing
private data doesn't clear all local data. It still retains settings,
application prefs, etc etc.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-firefox-easily-fix-most-problems


On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Michael Torres <matorres124 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I personally change my settings to delete all cache....passwords...user
> Ids on close.  I never have a problem.
>
> Downside is I have to log into everything all the time.
> On Mar 13, 2014 3:55 PM, <joe at 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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