Firefox is running so slowly

[joelsgirl]

that I don't even want to be online. Do you get how slow that must be?! Has anyone else ever had this problem and can give me some hints? I ran avast-no virus. I downloaded the newest version-still not faster. My computer is running normally in all other programs. But FF is making me want to log off forever. And while I know my husband wouldn't complain about that, I DON"T LIKE THAT SOLUTION.

[littlekiwi]

I've noticed it has been slower today too especially in the last hour or so

[Meghan]

do you like safari? thats what I use...

[joelsgirl]

Hmmm I don't know anything about safari. What do you like about it?

[Meghan]

Ive never had "slow" issues with it and it's always run just fine for me. Great bookmark bar too at the top that you can customize.

Do you have a mac? it comes standard on those.

[gracielou]

I just recently added FF and it is working great for me. I am actually surprised how much faster it is than IE. I hope I don't start having problems with it cause I was just starting to love it

[emmasmommy]

I haven't had that happen!

[Meghan]

Have you cleared out your cookies/cache?

I had to do that ALOT w/ ff when I used it.

[Micheline Lincoln]

I just downloaded it like an hour ago and i'm in love it's a million times faster then IE! Not sure why it's slow for you?

[Nettio]

Is it Firefox that is running slow or is it possibly just your internet?

[Leila]

Firefox slowed down like that for me before it died a horrific death. It was taking 5-10 minutes just to get Firefox to start. Then the same page opened in FF, IE and Chrome--well, FF was always the slowest. Sometimes three to four times slower. One day, it just stopped working. I haven't found a fix for it yet, so I switched to Chrome. I miss FF.

[NettieB]

FF - love it, but it does have it's gremlins - the things I've found to speed it up: clearing the cache, clearing cookies, dumping (mostly) all but the windows installed fonts (i'm on a PC) off my op drive and using a font manager... HTH...