Well, for the first time in my three years of religious use, Firefox has disappointed me. And not just “oh, damn, this add-on isn’t supported with this version!” disappointment. I’m talking true and utter failure…to the point where I’ve had to stop using it for now. You see, I recently updated to Firefox’s new 3.5 version. I was actually quite excited to see what new tricks Mozilla pulled out. But something, I suppose, went horribly awry. Now every time I log on to Google pages, Yahoo pages, Facebook, or most graphic-intensive sites, I get a “a script on this page has been stopped due to a low memory condition” warning. Then, all hell breaks loose. Firefox’s interface begins…I guess, sort of…deleting itself? My back, forward, refresh, home, and bookmark buttons disappear, the default theme background turns white, pages refuse to load, images are always full of “errors,” and it inevitably ends in Firefox freezing to uselessness or crashing.
Let me explain that I always have ample memory, and this is not occurring with any other applications, nor did it occur with my older Firefox version.
This happens often enough to hinder my browsing experience. I have found out that this defect is actually a bug for XP users like me, and I’m definitely not the only user experiencing it. A quick Google search consisting of ‘firefox,’ ‘low memory,’ and ‘3.5’ will yield thousands of results from disappointed XP Firefox users wondering what’s happening. I have also found that Mozilla is aware of this bug and promises to have it fixed in another update. Well, versions 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 came and went, and I’m still suffering with the bug. So it was today that I decided to retire Firefox for the time being. I am going to be using Google Chrome until Mozilla releases an update that efficiently repairs this bug. Don’t get me wrong, Chrome is a great little browser, but I’m sort of a purist when it comes to my browser. I have Firefox customized to exactly my needs and wants, and I don’t take fondly to change.
This is me poking Mozilla. You have made a loyal user switch to a backup browser because your update was too unstable on XP. Until you patch it, you have lost a user.
…Er, I realize no one really gives a shit about my personal problems with Firefox. More epic topics to come, I promise. But in the meantime, does anyone know of how to possibly improve this bug?
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