dman58 Posted June 24, 2006 CID Share Posted June 24, 2006 I love Firefox but when I click on it to start the browser it loads so slow. Does anyone else have this problem? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted June 24, 2006 CID Share Posted June 24, 2006 I love Firefox but when I click on it to start the browser it loads so slow. Does anyone else have this problem? no i don't. firefox has always been alittle slower then IE but you can speed it up some with a plug in called "fasterfox" i would give that a try. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-155461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTB Posted June 24, 2006 CID Share Posted June 24, 2006 FasterFox is for page loading and other internet related settings, not for speeding the load time of Firefox itself up. You'll get used to it, as you don't need to open new browsers anymore thanks to tabs. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-155478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted June 24, 2006 CID Share Posted June 24, 2006 Mine's always open... Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-155481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted June 24, 2006 CID Share Posted June 24, 2006 i got something for ya, or anyone and eveyone its great -Firefox Preloader is a utility that is designed to load parts of Mozilla Firefox into memory before it is used to improve the its startup time. http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ffpreloader/FirefoxPreloaderSetup.exe Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-155528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman58 Posted June 24, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 24, 2006 Thanks for the input....the preloader sounds like it will help. I'll give it a whirl. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-155531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted June 25, 2006 CID Share Posted June 25, 2006 firefox seems to start slow when i first startup but once it has loaded a few times it starts up pretty quickly. Doesnt really bother me Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-155545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
solidsnake Posted June 25, 2006 CID Share Posted June 25, 2006 have u guys used firefox alpha 2. so called BON ECHO. it shuts down on many external links used Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-155674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
S7R1D3R Posted June 25, 2006 CID Share Posted June 25, 2006 i got something for ya, or anyone and eveyone its great -Firefox Preloader is a utility that is designed to load parts of Mozilla Firefox into memory before it is used to improve the its startup time. http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ffpreloader/FirefoxPreloaderSetup.exe i dont know for anyone else but i get a problem with thtat link so i will post a link to it here it is: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ffpreloader/FirefoxPreloaderSetup.exe?download just select the server nearest u ad begin downloading Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-155688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted June 26, 2006 CID Share Posted June 26, 2006 Yeah.. brock01 hit in on the head.. with a preloader the load times will be almost instant.. that is how IE works.. explorer.exe is always running on your system.. hit IE.. it references that process and then loads a bunch more stuff into that process.. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-155778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Falcon Posted June 26, 2006 CID Share Posted June 26, 2006 Do u have any extentions plug ins? If u do that could be the cause of firefox starting up soo slooooooooooow..If u have some extentions or plugins update them and the one's u dont use uninstall them... Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-155802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman58 Posted June 26, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 26, 2006 I do have a few plug ins but I try to keep them updated. I'm going to the preloader download in a moment to try it out. Didn't get a chance to yesterday. I'll let you know how it does. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-155827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted June 27, 2006 CID Share Posted June 27, 2006 hm. so instead of having just explorer.exe running on xp or any other windows machine you get a preloader to have a bunch of firefox stuff also scooting around the system. only to load a browser faster that is an alternative to the free one that already comes with the system. and what about security? since google has boosted its support for firefox i'm sure there is a bunch of google spyware that the preloader keeps running on your system 24/7... Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-155959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted June 27, 2006 CID Share Posted June 27, 2006 again.. I am not sure what is included in the boot loader... for ff or ie.. most of the time extras or add-ons are loaded last at run time.. because they are not part of the original code.. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-155977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman58 Posted June 27, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 27, 2006 Been using the preloader for a day or so now....doesn't seem too bad. It does speed up the loading of FF some. I'm not sure if it's worth keeping though. I'll leave it for now & see what happens. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-156040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted July 24, 2006 CID Share Posted July 24, 2006 anyone tried Maxthon , Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-161498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted July 24, 2006 CID Share Posted July 24, 2006 I use Maxthon.Wouldn't change! Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-161504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman58 Posted July 24, 2006 Author CID Share Posted July 24, 2006 I use Maxthon also. I tried Avant browser but didn't like it as good as I did Maxthon. Still using the Firefox Preloader without any problems. It does load quite a bit faster now. I've tried Opera & liked it pretty good but I use Roboform & it isn't supported with Opera. Anyone know why it isn't supported? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-161508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyswhirl Posted July 24, 2006 CID Share Posted July 24, 2006 Been using maxthon lately - I have not found a browser that works for everything - I was a big ff fan, but now use opera 9 beta and maxthon. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-161519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted July 25, 2006 CID Share Posted July 25, 2006 I love Firefox but when I click on it to start the browser it loads so slow. Does anyone else have this problem? I am guessing you have alot of extensions. FF opens lighting quick for me untill I install the 38 ext I use then it slows down a tad. You can try to drop some extensions, that might help. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-161547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
t1wireless Posted July 25, 2006 CID Share Posted July 25, 2006 Firefox is instant for me just like i.e. no loading time. Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.40GHz Memory: 512MB RAM Page File: 191MB used, 2338MB available <~~ i upped my page file size maybe that helped? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-161555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted July 25, 2006 CID Share Posted July 25, 2006 I use Maxthon.Wouldn't change! Same for me , I tried the rest, and settled for the best IMHO Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/14207-firefox-starts-so-sssslllloooowwww-why/#findComment-161578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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