Cranfield Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 I have used Mozilla Firefox for years, with a brief break trying Google Chrome when it first came out, but went back to Firefox. For the last couple of months I have been getting too many occasions of, "not responding" issues. I have tried all the usual remedies, but nothing works, so I am looking to move. Any personal recommendations of an alternative browser would be appreciated, I would rather not go to Chrome, as I found it quite intrusive when I first used it, although it might have changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 If you've got Windows 10, "Edge" (the new internet explorer) seems to be a lot better than the old one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonepark Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 (edited) I use nightly (the firefox beta tester) and have very few issues. I suspect if you are getting a program not responding message, it is your computer, not the programme. When was the last time hard disk was defragged, start up options minimised and registry cleaned? Edited September 1, 2017 by Stonepark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph5172 Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 I used to use Firefox but after similar issue and for one reason or another i gravitated towards Opera. It has a built in ad blocker you can switch on and off page dependent using a toggle switch on the address bar. I also use Internet explorer still as some website will not function properly on Opera (or firefox occasionally) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 I agree that Firefox has become 'cumbersome' recently (I use Firefox on a Mac) but have found that much of the problem was the 'AdBlock Plus' that I use. This works very well on some pages, but poorly leading to memory hogging on others. Running Firefox without an ad blocker causes lots of pop-ups and uses far more bandwidth because the wretched adds now nearly all use video ........ which I hate with a vengance! So - to date I have used Firefox (with it's AdBlock Plus) for most things, but Safari (the Mac 'standard' browser) where the AdBlock Plus hogs memory. It isn't ideal, but does enable to to avoid the adds where they are slowing things down by being shown (use Firefox) - and 'live with' the adds where they seems to clog Firefox (use Safari). What interests me is whether some add designers have specifically engineered their adds to clog up add blockers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted September 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 My PC has Win7 and I have CCleanerPro installed, which cleans my PC every night. So I have no cache/disc defragging/startup options , or Registry issues, these are the first things I looked at. There are quite a few comments around the Internet regarding this Firefox problem, also the fact it doesn't work with SkyGo (Sky's fault I think) is a nuisance. I do have AdBlockPlus as a Firefox AddOn and I didn't realise that could cause issues. I can't imagine not having an adblocker, as I agree the popups are getting worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 I got several holdups with Chrome until I installed 'AdBlock' a free trick that lets me get into eBay in mere seconds instead of the minutes it used to take watching the whirly thing go round and round :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 For the last couple of months I have been getting too many occasions of, "not responding" issues. I have tried all the usual remedies, but nothing works, so I am looking to move. I had the same issues months back with FF & swapped to Palemoon, it has come from the Firefox code but has been optimized & iMO runs smoother. https://www.palemoon.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDS Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 Waterfox for me..stripped down 64bit version of Firefox...faster to load Cyberfox is good also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turmoil Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 Adblock plus is no good anymore... uBlock Origin is the one i use now on firefox easy on cpu and memory... Give it a try and see if it helps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 Dear God . I wish I knew what you are all talking about . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Adblock plus is no good anymore... uBlock Origin is the one i use now on firefox easy on cpu and memory... Give it a try and see if it helps... I have just tried this - and it does seem to work very well - and with no memory hogging (so far anyway). Thanks for the suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted September 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Thanks for some good suggestions , I will give them a try. I agree that Ublock Origin seems much better that AdBlockkPlus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted September 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Further endorsement for UBlock Origin in place of AdBlockPlus, things seem to be happening a lot faster on my browser and Firefox hasn't "hung" once since I installed it. Thanks Turmoil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Further endorsement for UBlock Origin in place of AdBlockPlus, things seem to be happening a lot faster on my browser and Firefox hasn't "hung" once since I installed it. Thanks Turmoil Same for me after 4 days trial. Much lighter and faster than AdBlock Plus, and seems to do just as good a job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Just up loaded Firefox and UBlock Origin. Hard to credit just how much faster it is. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philm Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 My PC has Win7 and I have CCleanerPro installed, which cleans my PC every night. So I have no cache/disc defragging/startup options , or Registry issues, these are the first things I looked at. There are quite a few comments around the Internet regarding this Firefox problem, also the fact it doesn't work with SkyGo (Sky's fault I think) is a nuisance. I do have AdBlockPlus as a Firefox AddOn and I didn't realise that could cause issues. I can't imagine not having an adblocker, as I agree the popups are getting worse. I'm using chrome, I had adblock plus installed, now removed and just have the standard adblock installed. Stopped the problems with pages loading. Don,t think adblock plus likes chrome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turmoil Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Glad i could help Will now go and check my pm's for the shooting invites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deker Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Adblock seemed to go downhill when they started allowing paid ads via a white list, regardless whether the paid ads are a good or bad thing, every time an advert tries to work on the website adblock goes away and checks to see if it's on their white list, this overhead is probably what's causing the issues (especially with some pages that seem to be mainly adverts) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaunda Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Dear God . I wish I knew what you are all talking about . Harnser You are not alone ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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