# Anybody else having firefox issues lately? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 16, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-having-firefox-issues-lately/647418 "2013-01-16T21:10:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-having-firefox-issues-lately/647418/1 "2013-01-16T21:10:10Z")
For the past three weeks it seems like Firefox spends more time hung then doing what it is supposed to. Some times a 20 second wait, then back to normal for a minute, then hangs again. Other times it hangs for a good 2-3 minutes, then asks if I want to abort an unresponsive script, which works for 10 minutes or so. I have run every spyware,and anti-bastard program I have, but they find nothing. I have no unexpected add-ons or plug ins, at least that show up normally. It seems like a lot of it has to do with ads, [nbcnews.com](http://nbcnews.com) for example hangs on every single article several times. Anybody else having issues lately? is it a bad firefox build, or are ad makers just making new overly-complex shit that my semi flaky connection can’t work with. I am finally going to Chrome for now, but I don’t really want to abandon Ff yet. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-having-firefox-issues-lately/647418/2 "2013-01-16T21:39:33Z")
goto [http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/topics/fix-problems?selectproduct=1](http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/topics/fix-problems?selectproduct=1) there are some things you can do to check and fix slowness and hangups. i get that behavior too on some sites and not others leading to suggest site contents. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-having-firefox-issues-lately/647418/3 "2013-01-16T22:38:51Z")
Personally, I’d use Firefox Sync to save everything you need to keep, then do a complete uninstall/reinstall. ---
**Author:** ![Ionizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5daacb/32.png) [@Ionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ionizer)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-having-firefox-issues-lately/647418/4 "2013-01-16T22:49:13Z")
OP, no idea of your OS, but I use Win7 64bit. I also was also quite displeased with Firefox’s latest dragging and other crap. Happened upon a different but similar browser for 64bit folk, called [Waterfox](http://www.waterfoxproject.org/). Seems exactly same in appearance/operation and all extensions I had for previous Firefox work fine still. I am very glad to have installed it. It is Firefox, imho, but faster and no crashes/hang-ups since install a couple weeks ago. Just saying, in case you have a 64bit OS. HTH ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-having-firefox-issues-lately/647418/5 "2013-01-17T11:19:04Z")
I’ve had issues too. Some pages just open blank and other times they take for-ev-er to load. ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-having-firefox-issues-lately/647418/6 "2013-01-17T19:55:59Z")
I’ve been using [Pale Moon](http://www.palemoon.org/). It is Firefox with a few of the things that commonly cause slow-downs and hang-ups disabled. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-having-firefox-issues-lately/647418/7 "2013-01-22T19:36:15Z")
I’ve been having issues with Firefox as well. The only thing that helps (short of using a different browser) is to frequently clear all history and then restart it. I’m going to give that Waterfox thing a try. Thanks, **Ionizer**. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-having-firefox-issues-lately/647418/8 "2013-01-22T20:12:58Z")
Speaking of which - Firefox used to have a spell check for when I would type here on the SDMB…but somehow this has gotten lost. How can I get it to work again? (I am sure this is some simple little thing, but I can’t find it anywhere…) ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-having-firefox-issues-lately/647418/9 "2013-01-22T20:51:38Z")
I have Firefox 18.0.1 installed on Win XP (32 bit) and Win 7 (64-bit). Experiencing none of the problems up thread. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-having-firefox-issues-lately/647418/10 "2013-01-22T20:57:33Z")
I use it on Win7 64 bit, Ubuntu Linux, and a little bit on an old Pentium 4 with 512 Meg memory running XP. Version 18 throughout. No problems. ---
**Author:** ![steviep24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@steviep24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steviep24)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-having-firefox-issues-lately/647418/11 "2013-01-22T21:17:34Z")
I used to used Firefox all the time and switched over to Chrome due to Flash Player issues. Firefox still cant get it right it seems. Plus I have Windows Vista which probably doesn’t help matters much. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-having-firefox-issues-lately/647418/12 "2013-01-23T00:43:58Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Speaking of which - Firefox used to have a spell check for when I would type here on the SDMB…but somehow this has gotten lost. > > How can I get it to work again? (I am sure this is some simple little thing, but I can’t find it anywhere…) If you right-click on any text entry box (like the one I’m typing this post in) you should see a “Check Spelling” option. Is it checked? Otherwise, you can find the setting under “Options” “Advanced” “General” in Firefox’s Options. As to the OP, no problems at all with Firefox, and I usually run with two windows with well over 100 tabs open between the two. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-having-firefox-issues-lately/647418/13 "2013-01-23T02:06:33Z")
Hmm, now that you mention it, it has been doing that for me, but generally when there’s a possibly malicious banner ad on the site. Otherwise (yahoo, sdmb, etc.) it’s still flawless. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-having-firefox-issues-lately/647418/14 "2013-01-23T16:35:49Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > If you right-click on any text entry box (like the one I’m typing this post in) you should see a “Check Spelling” option. Is it checked? Otherwise, you can find the setting under “Options” “Advanced” “General” in Firefox’s Options. Yep. That box is checked. Still, I caan misssspell alll sortts of thinngs andd it jusst wonn’t corrrect anyythingg! Itt duz underlyne themm, buttt won’tt corrrect orr givve mee anye sugestions.