urg,..

[ceagle]

*sigh*
I feel rather glum that the end of my Firefox seems to be looming near.... :/

Nearly all of the sites I visit with regularity, F.A., here at L.J., YouTube... even the Google search engine itself, ..are now coded with new evils that stimie my good old steady FireFox 2.0.0.4

*featherwilts*
I recall upgrading several times, until it got to version 2.0.0.7 or so, when it began to suffer a huge spike in crashes... so I rolled back to this one, and it has been an extreeeemely stable version... Plus, it is very very safe with noScript and flashBlock installed... And with it's lean memory footprint, it is FAST... and so all in all it has been a comfort to use.

But I do use Chrome for YouTube now, although it's bleak and odd in many ways. And I much prefer the four ways FireFox can save, vs Chrome's two. And there are SO many more customizing choices in the Options/Prefs.

But alas, keeping up with this new dynamic-never-ending-page-load code trend is really taxing on this pobrecito lil' ole FireFox... like at Twitter, where I peek in a couple times a week, pages are SO molasses-in-winter slow, .. and it just feels like if I want to peek in there, or the *ulp GAH* facebook, it won't be long before I just gotta relent and deal with their pathetic and lazy coding, by trying newer browsers/systems. :/ I do at work, but I see a lot more ads there too, and it's... well, it's a drag when ya enjoyed something so long (this good ole FF browser), to have to move on...

Comments

[telbert.livejournal.com]

I understand your frustrations. The internet demands more and more from software, computers, and networks. I remember when websites had "light" versions for people with slower connections, and more content-rich versions for those who were lucky enough to have broadband. Nowadays, most websites are loaded with flash animations and mini-videos that eat up bandwidth. That's bad news if (like my mother) you live on a road that doesn't have cable access. For a time, they had satellite-based internet to get them out of dialup hell, but the monthly bandwidth limits were fairly draconian, so they switched to a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot. I hope that technological innovations keep up with consumer demand before the spectrum crunch forces everyone to throttle down.

[mammallamadevil.livejournal.com]

GMLD is the same way. if she finds a browser she likes, it takes a herd of buffalo to get her to change...(grin)

MLD

[hawthornowl.livejournal.com]

I'm also about to give up with Firefox. Mine freezes for about ten seconds, every half hour, and no amount of updating or disabling add-ons has fixed it. Still, at least Google Chrome is nice.

[xolo.livejournal.com]

Have you tried a more current version? I used to dislike Firefox because of the crashiness, but it's been stable and relaible for several years now. I'm using FireFox 11.0 right now. and am quite happy with it.

I tried Chrome, and wanted to like it, but 'bleak' pretty well sums it up. It seems made to impress software designers rather than end-users.

[orv.livejournal.com]

Chrome's nice for small screens, like on netbooks, where the amount of "screen furniture" on other browsers tends to annoyingly limit what you can see. I grew to like it for other stuff, too, because of its speed...but I can see how its minimalist UI might not be for everyone.

[orv.livejournal.com]

I've found the newest version of Firefox to be pretty good, but not quite good enough to get me to give up Chrome.

BTW, Xmarks does a pretty good job syncing bookmarks between different browsers, which takes a lot of the pain out of switching.

[featherlady-jt.livejournal.com]

I did give up on Firefox. Great browser, but the annoyances were beginning to outnumber the good points. I've gotten used to Chrome since, and really it's a nice way to go.

[aldi.livejournal.com]

I hate how they push us to change our tools that otherwise would work fine. *hugs*

[sayh.livejournal.com]

I feel sad about the direction Firefox has taken. From a small, great webbrowser to a huge clump of breakable mess.

I now have firefox 12(!!!) installed. I mean, how many versions have they released only within one year? Swan has to stop using firefox, it EATS her memory. It uses 10 times more RAM than Chrome!

Chrome has it's issues, but my gosh after Firefox exploded, it sure is a good choice :|

[makovette.livejournal.com]

Using FF just about everywhere with good results but...

Now that AdBlock Plus has a Chrome version I can equally endorse that viewer too.

FF has a huuuuuuuuuge number of plug-ins for it that Chrome has yet to match.

FF is monolithic while Chrome spawns a separate process for each viewer window. If you are a tab-a-holic, Chrome will eat a lot more ram than FF but if one tab goes sideways, the whole browser won't crash. Always pros and and cons :D

Mako