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I just tried to log onto Fictionmania and got this.
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I know that there are other Firefox users here. Have any of you gotten this message?
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Love, Andrea Lena
Oddly enough, I've gotten
Oddly enough, I've gotten that on this site, but on my phone and when I'm at work, using their wifi.
they used to have a screen that said it was pornography, but now if just ways I'm insecure.
LOL Firefox sounds right
Get that every time I turn on the computer or reload Firefox. Wouldn't even connect to the net a couple hours earlier. I killed it, restarted it, no problem. Firefox will crash a couple times a day. Seems their code builders have NEVER figured out how to dump resources after looking at a web page and then moving on. Resources allocated to looking at that no longer on the computer page is still locked up.
Visualize old fashion PO with many pigeon holes for separating mail. A site is visited, a resource is placed in the hole. Next site, same thing. After awhile all the holes are filled. Visit a site, Firefox goes into search mode seeking allotted resource and there isn't any. It stops functioning or crashes. This is also tied in with how many tabs are running.
Provided one logs onto BCTS and doesn't move across the net much, seldom will a crash occur. In defense of Firefox, MS had this problem in the early years. They finally figured out it out when after market programs came on which would clear resources if the page was no longer active. Shame Firefox hasn't got a clue yet.
Always,
Barb
Oklahoma born and raised cowgirl
It's quite likely you've got
It's quite likely you've got a poor addon or some portion of your OS install is flawed.
I've been using Firefox since Phoenix 0.2 (and in the Beta channel since they added it), and while a good while back they did have some general memory issues they worked hard to address this a couple years back. Memory usage on FF is generally very good these days, though with the finalization of e10s (electrolysis, aka "multiprocess firefox") some additional overhead is likely. Also, depending on your version, some non-e10s addons may be slowing/affecting the browser more than usual.
As it is, with FF moving to pure WebExtension addons, many of the previously poor addons are either going to be non-functional or have been updated to the new standard, which should help some.
I agree
I'm a long time FF user and frankly to me it is rock solid.
I use the Extended Service Release stream which has far less updates.
I think it could well be an addon that is causing your problems. Perhaps if you try disabling one at at time you might very well find out which is causing your problems.
If you want more help with addons please message me although as I'm travelling for the next week in France I may not be that responsive.
Samantha.
Your Milage May Vary
I've been using Firefox since it was Netscape and I can't say that I've suffered much of what you describe over the last 15 years or so. I have read with surprise some of the problems that people appear to get, I just don't suffer anything like that. I have never had Firefox crash or overload the system.
Of course, it might be the specific way that I use my browser. I rarely have more than two or three tabs open. My base system has been some variety of Linux over the years, that may make a big difference. Obviously versions made for different OSs have to use the available resources in different ways. Not all may have been tested properly.
I'm using Firefox because it doesn't send anything to Google the way that Opera and Chrome (and perhaps others) do - at least, once I've turned off safe browsing (go to about:config, set browser.safebrowsing.enabled to false). Google makes many assumptions about me depending on my internet activity, most of which I can guarantee are wrong.
Penny
It has to do with some
It has to do with some radically bad thinking on the part of the browser designers.
They're pressuring _all_ owners of web sites to use HTTPS for ALL transactions between said web sites and the browsers. So, at least some browsers are now starting to go EEK, IT'S NOT SECURE!!!!!. Of course, it's a site giving recipes for bagels and how to make small tschotskes. Doesn't matter that there's NO logins, there is no secure information to pass. By gum, you HAVE to go drop the dosh to buy an SSL certificate for your web site! (Yes, there's letsencrypt, but it's not easy for non-technical people. There's StartSSL, but Chrome and Firefox have poisoned the well there. There's Symantec - oh, wait, Chrome has pissed on them too) Firefox/Chrome should have pushed back their 'enforcement' of that crap by at least a year with all the damage they're doing to the industry.
The downside of every site being encrypted? People get a false sense of security. IF the site is hacked, it doesn't matter how encrypted it is, it's still going to load malware on your system, or steal your information.
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
I received that also. to get
I received that also. to get on I just went to The web site on BC. easy-peasey.