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AvengedSevenfold Fan
March 18th, 2007, 18:41
For a few days now, when ever I go to start firefox, it wont start. It just shows an hour glass, then the hour glass goes away. I've tried to reinstall it, but it still wont work. Any suggestions?:confused:
Sonicboy 101
March 18th, 2007, 18:48
Does the internet explorer do the same thing?
AvengedSevenfold Fan
March 18th, 2007, 18:49
no, IE and Opera both work
Sonicboy 101
March 18th, 2007, 18:59
Hmmm.....
Did it ask you to update it before it stopped working?
PLZKLLME0080
March 18th, 2007, 19:43
if you have a modem, like for comcast or whatever, make sure that it is on.
AvengedSevenfold Fan
March 18th, 2007, 21:30
lol, yes my modem is on, if it wasent, i wouldnt be on the internet right now. i updated to the latest version when it stopped working, but ive used it after i updated

EDIT: Nevermind, i got it to work. i clicked on Firefox (safe mode) in the programs menu, then the regular firefox started working again. i dont know why it started working, but im not gonna look a gift hoarse in the mouth. (its a saying)
Sonicboy 101
March 18th, 2007, 21:46
Yeah, mine did the same thing, updated and didn't work. Glad you fixed it.
samthegreat68
March 19th, 2007, 05:06
i will look at the gift horse in the mouth
bah
March 21st, 2007, 07:00
Hrms, I dont know if it would stop another instance working, but occasionaly I get a firefox process that just kinda hangs around (hogging memory) after I close the app.

Ctrl+Alt+Del, processes tab, look for firefox.exe and end the process if u have the issue again, will probably fix it.
kcajblue
March 21st, 2007, 19:54
stay with opera.
its better
AvengedSevenfold Fan
March 21st, 2007, 22:13
opera sucks! i would almost say AOL is better...
kcajblue
March 21st, 2007, 22:42
omg AOL is like the worst thing you can use.
opera is 200x better than aol
S34MU5
March 21st, 2007, 22:45
opera sucks! i would almost say AOL is better...

I would have to disagree there,

Although I am a budding Firefox user, everything is not as it seems with mozilla. Like that they do make money. Also have you seen the RAM firefox uses? I have been thinking of switching to opera. Just haven't got round to it.
tsimehC
March 21st, 2007, 23:09
I would have to disagree there,

Although I am a budding Firefox user, everything is not as it seems with mozilla. Like that they do make money. Also have you seen the RAM firefox uses? I have been thinking of switching to opera. Just haven't got round to it.

It uses 97MB on my PC. Is that normal?
S34MU5
March 21st, 2007, 23:13
yeh around normal. It varies, on mine its 155mb but I have manu add-ons. But thats still quite alot for a internet browser o.O
tsimehC
March 21st, 2007, 23:15
Whoa! That's a bit too much! Opera certainly is faster than Firefox as I use that too in case Firefox decides it wants to hibernate.
Cloudhunter
March 21st, 2007, 23:35
Heh, it does have memory leak issues I believe.

I do like firefox though, and I never presumed that it didn't make money... After all, Mozilla have been around since the Amiga days, so I doubt they'd keep going fundless.

Cloudy
S34MU5
March 21st, 2007, 23:37
speaking firefox, it just got a update xD
souLLy
March 22nd, 2007, 11:56
you probably installed a dodgy extension
AvengedSevenfold Fan
March 23rd, 2007, 17:37
mine is only like 42 megs. and i have a few add ons. i have the latest update, like 2.0.3 or something
S34MU5
March 23rd, 2007, 18:32
i might get ooopera ;)
AvengedSevenfold Fan
March 23rd, 2007, 18:33
i hate opera, i dont like the way its set up, though the speed is pretty good
Chameleon
March 23rd, 2007, 18:36
opera isnt as customizable as firefox
kcajblue
March 23rd, 2007, 19:49
opera is better.
i dont like firefox.
AvengedSevenfold Fan
March 23rd, 2007, 19:59
opera isnt as customizable as firefox

amen