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garus
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 11:25 Post subject: |
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I use it at work because of firebug too and because it's open source (we are not allowed to use closed source software that is not authorized  ).
But I would never touch it at home. I don't need a slow browser that needs plugins to have a comparable usability as opera. And with every plugin it starts slower and runs crappier + the crashes increase.
@VGADeadcafe: So you've never experienced the "Ooops, that is embarassing..." message? 
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 11:28 Post subject: |
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My firefox runs just fine, except it hogs bunch of memory, but that's only a problem because I have a low amount of it
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 12:11 Post subject: |
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Yes  And I experience it a lot (at least 2-3 times per week) at work :O
That's the same amount my opera 10.5 pre-alpha! crashes
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 12:17 Post subject: |
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Yeah my computer at work isn't well configured but other browsers and software don't crash.
EXCEPT LOTUS NOTES THAT MOTHERFUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!
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Nui
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 15:39 Post subject: |
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Firefox doesnt crash often here, as well. And if it does its back up in 3 sec with everything restored... so whats the point ? my version:
Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.3a1pre) Gecko/20100122 Minefield/3.7a1pre
Although firefox really does not free memory as often as it could. A restart with restoring all current tabs often frees, i dunno, 50% of its usage?!
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 15:40 Post subject: |
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^^ Bad coding
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Nui
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 16:46 Post subject: |
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Firefox has never crashed here. Chrome is a simpleton piece of shit; this is the conclusion I have reached after forcing myself to use it for 2 days now (back to FF now). Extensions are eons away from making it as useful as Firefox is. Chrome also doesn't allow as much control as Firefox, so some features will never be implemented (distinguish Chromium, an open-source browser, and Chrome).
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 18:12 Post subject: |
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For those that say FF never crashed, B*llsh*t. I guess all you do is type word documents. FF does crash. not often, but it does. It also takes alot of memory. I use it all the time, but just because IE blows chuncks even more. I hope another vendor makes a brand new browser cause we need another option.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 18:17 Post subject: |
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 18:35 Post subject: |
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| todd72173 wrote: | | For those that say FF never crashed, B*llsh*t. |
Yes, I have nothing better to do but write "B*llsh*t" on some forum for some Todd.  |
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 19:10 Post subject: |
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havent had firefox crashes since the 1.0 days. If you dont install thousands of useless plugins, it s an awesome browser. For me it s stable and fast (even though i have installed quite a few useful plugins) and i like it better than opera / chrome.
people should also consider that crashes might stem from other software running on the system, namely AV and firewalls, which can be a pain in the ass for programs connecting to the internet. Flash on websites or just badly programmed websites also often make problems. So it might be your specific machine / your browsing habits as well, that impair firefox and make it crash.
also, browser wars are so 90ies
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| Posted: Sun, 31st Jan 2010 00:36 Post subject: |
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I see Firefox wins easily.
Does anyone else have a little glitch with the title of the tab when browsing around Nfohump ?
It seems after the "Loading" there are a couple of leftover characters at the right end of the tab.
I think I noticed it after upgrading to Firefox 3.6, can anyone confirm it ?
EDIT: Now it stopped doing it. Oh well.
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Nui
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| Posted: Sun, 31st Jan 2010 01:55 Post subject: |
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firefox started using 2 processes now (Minefield 3.7a1pre Build 201000130043817).
firefox.exe
mozilla-runtime.exe
maybe more failsafe now? firefox now also catches crashing extensions and shows a popup message for that (foxit reader extension died several times...)
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Sun, 31st Jan 2010 02:01 Post subject: |
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That is what Nightly Test Tools is for. 
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Sun, 31st Jan 2010 13:48 Post subject: |
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With todays memory capacity does memory consumption actualy becomes a valid argument? Who the fuck cares about that. Speed, stability and addons is what makes a good browser. Who cares how many resources it uses. When I see a browser that gobbles up 5 GB of RAM then it will become a concern unless computers will have 150 GB of RAM by then.
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| Posted: Sun, 31st Jan 2010 15:20 Post subject: |
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Memory consumption is related to speed,stability,proper coding. The most buggy programs are bloatware apps, the most stable are lean programs.
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Werelds
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| Posted: Sun, 31st Jan 2010 15:32 Post subject: |
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As long as you don't use IE, I say it all comes down to personal preference. I use Opera as my main browser, but being a webdeveloper I have them all installed obviously (including 2 VM's for IE6 and 7, thank you MS)
If I need to debug some JS or watch some ajax traffic I use Firebug, but other than that Opera is my browser of choice. Also the only one which renders HTML/CSS exactly like it's meant to be =]
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