Browser slow

Hi,
Time to finish off those last 2 beers in the 12 pack or was it a 24 pack :/
I'm too drunk to remember
Cheers.

Hi, 10beers:

At the risk of being the skunk at the garden party, reverting to an older version of Firefox to solve "slowness" issues is not a good idea.

There are 2 major problems with that approach:

• First and foremost: Security
• Doing so is likely to further "break" one's profile, perhaps creating new issues with stability and performance

A safer approach would be to conduct a bit of basic troubleshooting:

Mozilla Safe Mode
Firefox - Standard Diagnostic
Firefox - Fix slowness, crashing and other problems

With the increasing complexity of all software these days -- including browsers and their plug-ins and extensions and other add-ons -- a bit of care and feeding of one's browser profile is a good investment of time.
From time to time, a profile cleanup or even a new, fresh profile will restore that fast, fresh, clean Firefox feeling.:)

Second-best might be to move to the "ESR" version.

Just my humble opinion as a long-time home user, not a geek.

Cheers,

Yea your in good hands there :)
[SOLVED] Browser problems

Hi:

A Firefox "reset" is certainly one way to go about it.
There are other, less drastic troubleshooting steps that can be done first, e.g. Mozilla Safe Mode, to exclude a wonky extension or similar issue.

Either way, I would be sure to back up the profile, especially critical components, such as bookmarks, before doing anything too "involved".
There are many ways to do that, e.g. with FEBE or Mozbackup or a host of others.

It's certainly your call.
I just wanted to be sure you (and others reading this thread) were aware of the security (and stability) issues with reverting to older versions.
It may temporarily solve an issue, but it's not the best way to go about it and can create new, unanticipated problems and vulnerabilities.

Cheers!

See ya!:)