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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 07:53 PM Jan 2017

Damn you Firefox! This is the third time...

I restarted the computer and Firefox lost all my open tabs. The last two times at least it kept my history. But, it lost my passwords. Fortunately, I have them in a safe place so it was a minor aggravation. Several times it loaded with an "Oops" page that asked me if I wanted to reload all those tabs, but not this time.

Don't tell me to use Chrome-- I caught it spying on me and I prefer not to participate in the coming Empire of Google. Android is pissing me off enough as it is.

I use Firefox for DU and a couple of other sites, Opera for secure sites, like the bank, Pale Moon for places I'd rather not be found hanging out, and (amazingly) Edge for downloads and the default browser when clicking email and stuff. It's actually got some interesting things I don't see elsewhere, and is very stable.

Anybody have any idea what the problem is? I'm digging around in their "help" site with little luck so far.

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Damn you Firefox! This is the third time... (Original Post) TreasonousBastard Jan 2017 OP
I have no trouble with Firefox. Binkie The Clown Jan 2017 #1
I had a problem with Firefox when I downloaded it last time Alameda Mar 2017 #2
Epic, eh? Found it and installed it-- let's see how it works... TreasonousBastard Mar 2017 #3
Agreed BigOleDummy Apr 2017 #4
Firefox madokie Oct 2017 #5
Latest Firefox update really fubar. JayhawkSD Mar 2018 #6
I find with Firefox, Cold War Spook May 2018 #7
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2019 #8
didnt like chrome , didnt like opera . tried edge and no joy. im running out of indipendant apple browsers. AllaN01Bear Oct 2023 #9
Firefox and Brave here LPBBEAR Oct 2023 #10
As much as I loved Firefox Best_man23 Apr 2024 #11

Alameda

(1,895 posts)
2. I had a problem with Firefox when I downloaded it last time
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 11:13 PM
Mar 2017

I used to use and love it, but not for a while. I love Opera, but had an issue with it that I can't remember now. I love the feature where you can tile tabs. I do have too many tabs open most the time...but I switch between then and Opera makes it easier to realize what you have open.
Have you ever used Epic? Never heard of Pale Moon...hmmm....Edge?

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
3. Epic, eh? Found it and installed it-- let's see how it works...
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 05:25 AM
Mar 2017

it's Chrome based, but they claim they took out all the spy stuff.

Edge replaced Internet Explorer and comes with Win 10. It was incomplete when they first brought it out, but it's getting better. It's the default for a lot of things, and I haven't bothered to change that since most of the time it works just fine.

BigOleDummy

(2,274 posts)
4. Agreed
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 09:55 AM
Apr 2017

I actually use Edge more than any of my other browsers anymore. Its gotten much better than originally released, especially with the "Creators build" update. Fast , secure ......

While I still have F.F. installed I very rarely use it anymore. Its very slow compared to Edge and "buggy", not to mention the memory it hogs. I don't use Google or Chrome period. Stopped using Opera when it was bought by a Chinese company. Yeah, I know but ..... in fact I'm banishing ALL Chinese owned or developed programs these days. Used it , Opera, for many years but it kind of died a slow death even before the sale. If you like the OLD type Opera (innovative and fast) try Vivaldi its very much like the Opera of your memories.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
5. Firefox
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 06:04 AM
Oct 2017

Ubuntu/Mate 16.04
I have a hold in circuit using a small relay so if we lose power and then get a power surge my electronic components are protected because they're not connected since the power lose dropped the relay out and opened the contacts that I use to power my components. In other words around here it happens quite frequently that we have a blip in our power so the relay drops out, power goes off of my computer and it dies. Once I decide that everything is ok and push the on button again which picks up the relay closing the contacts and restart my computer then I click on Firefox all my open tabs are right there just like they were when the power goes off.

So it must be a problem with your operating system or how you have it set up. Is my guess.

 

JayhawkSD

(3,163 posts)
6. Latest Firefox update really fubar.
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 11:52 PM
Mar 2018

Can't view any site in more than two tabs. Even the second tab is buggy, and trying to open a site in a third tab is a total fail.

 

Cold War Spook

(1,279 posts)
7. I find with Firefox,
Sat May 5, 2018, 04:44 PM
May 2018

I don't have a problem but that might be because I bring it up while holding down "shift" "x". What that does is disables all apps.

Response to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

AllaN01Bear

(23,047 posts)
9. didnt like chrome , didnt like opera . tried edge and no joy. im running out of indipendant apple browsers.
Sun Oct 29, 2023, 08:55 AM
Oct 2023

this one is spiraling down to the end .

LPBBEAR

(359 posts)
10. Firefox and Brave here
Tue Oct 31, 2023, 09:33 AM
Oct 2023

I'm a Linux user. (PCLinuxOS 16 gb AMD 8 core CPU) I mainly use Firefox. It works beautifully. I have 9 Firefox windows open at all times with over a thousand tabs open simultaneously. One of the 9 currently open windows shows 660 tabs open. No other browser equals Firefox's performance in this area. Actual open tab count over all 9 open windows at this moment is 1235.

When closing Firefox I use the Linux keyboard kill switch which is ctrl+alt+esc. That instantly kills the application. When I restart Firefox it returns to exactly where it was before killing it. Nothing lost. Been doing it that way for many years. The actual install date of PCLinuxOS on the system I am using is May 13 2019. PCLinuxOS uses a rolling release style of updating. It basically evolves to the latest version as time goes on.

I use the Brave web browser for its privacy and security features. It works well but suffers from the same poor tab handling most Google Chrome type browsers suffer from. Other than that its a decent web browser.

I occasionally use Google Chrome for some corporate store types of websites. I wouldn't use it as my daily web browser due to its terrible use of system resources. Its a resource hog.

I have access to several other web browsers, including Edge, but I don't use them. (Yes, Microsoft Edge is available in Linux)
Firefox is my main browser. Additionally I have the Adblock Plus, NoScript, and Privacy Badger extensions installed in Firefox. In addition to their obvious features Adblock Plus and NoScript go a long way towards reducing the system resource load on your system by eliminating the ad crap and resource hogging scripts on webpages.

Don't leave home without them.

Best_man23

(5,124 posts)
11. As much as I loved Firefox
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 06:55 AM
Apr 2024

I'm finding more and more websites that don't play nice with Firefox. My credit union is one of them, had to switch to using Chrome for that website and others.

Firefox needs to fix this, or I'm going over to Chrome full time.

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