solution proposed firefox is very slow with certain sites, particularly reader

Firefox version: 3.5.2 Operating system: Windows XP
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Brad
Firefox user

firefox 3.5.2 is quite slow with certain tasks, particularly those involving google reader and facebook-style sites. on facebook, the site will often not redirect or load properly. reader is basically unusable. these sites work fine in ie7, ie8, chrome, and opera.

Extensions installed:

download statusbar
flagfox
downthemall
fission
flashgot
flashblock
skype extension for firefox
java quick starter

Plugins installed:


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Mon 03 of Aug, 2009 21:13 PST  
Brad
Firefox user

sorry, but i just figured this out: it was related to the skype extension. i uninstalled it, and it works like a charm.



Mon 03 of Aug, 2009 21:15 PST  
Dylan
Firefox user

you're a lifesaver, thank you



Sun 09 of Aug, 2009 07:54 PST  
J.B. Dazen
Firefox user

Great! Spent ages looking for the problem. Thanks a lot!



Mon 10 of Aug, 2009 05:38 PST  
John D
Firefox user

thanks for publishing!

by the way, skype really screwed up this time forcing the installation of this bugged extension



Mon 10 of Aug, 2009 08:28 PST  
steve
Firefox user

Thanks for the solution. You saved me from pulling my hair out!



Wed 12 of Aug, 2009 10:40 PST  
Anwar
Firefox user

OMG, Thank you, and Skype, that´s a fail!!!!



Thu 13 of Aug, 2009 15:48 PST  
Boyd
Firefox user

Thanks a great deal! I was one minute away from ripping out Firefox...



Fri 14 of Aug, 2009 13:04 PST  
Rick
Firefox user

The Skype extension screws up quite a few major sites including Yahoo mail. Not a great endorsement for SKYPE. As soon as I had disabled the add-on, all was OK.



Wed 19 of Aug, 2009 09:03 PST  
P
Firefox user

I don't have Skype, but I have the same problem with Firefox 3.5.7. My plugins are Delicious, Java Quick Starter, .NET Framework Assistant 1.1, User Agent Switcher 0.7.2, Web Developer 1.1.8.

Sometimes when chatting on Facebook the text appearing in the box freezes for seconds at a time while typing like the page is locking up... and then dozens of characters get typed...



Tue 12 of Jan, 2010 03:42 PST  

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