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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 05:04 PM
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Firefox slow!!

Okay, I don't get it. Firefox is loading images and websites VERY slow. Its annoying. I've deleted the cache, completely. Still no difference.

Internet Explorer works perfect.

What the hells going on?
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 09:46 PM
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Gotta stick with Internet Exploder
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 04:35 AM
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Man I was thinking that it was my service(clearwire) perhaps I'll try Explorer now.
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 09:06 AM
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How many extensions and themes do you have installed? Have you done a spyware check recently? Most likely it is because of other things on top of firefox.
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 09:28 AM
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I had to switch my dad's computer to Firefox because the IE had gone all buggy and would'nt load properly even after a re-install... techies said that most likely the IE had caught a virus or something [despite norton,ccleaner,adaware et al] the firefox is a much slower at loading and accessing websites, it also does'nt seem to have the "multiple window" tab capability of IE either...
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 11:59 AM
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Firefox invented tabbed browsing (well, they had it well before IE7). If both browsers are buggy, chances are your system has been compromised by something. Try running a free online AVG scan and Spybot Search and Destroy.
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 01:57 PM
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Thanks mike I may try that..
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 02:57 PM
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Ok, I figured it out guys.

Yes, I am running the WebDeveloper add on, and apparently, it disabled firefox from even using a cache. So, It was loading everything from the net... Yotatech runs really slow when that happens. So I am using my 50 mb cache, and everything is back to normal.

I prefer Firefox for several reasons. Obviously the add-ons are pretty great. I run several programs w/in firefox... it also seems to load faster. I wish they had a 64 bit version of it, but, that should come out soon hopefully.
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