Firefox, you have let me down.....

Canyarion · 03-11-2005, 06:36 AM

FireFox has become very slow on my PC. When I open it, it sometimes takes 10 seconds before the window appears. And other programs are much faster in the same situation.

I also hate it when I hit the 'back' button (or backspace) and it doesn't show the part that I was reading before, but goes back to the top of the page. It happens pretty randomly I think.

MuGen · 03-11-2005, 10:25 AM

Firefox is still fairly new, and I wouldn't say it's more stable then IE just yet. Of course the popup blocker is a lot better and Firefox seems faster, but IE is still the more stable program for me.

When surfing and trying to watch gametrailers or music videos, Firefox doesn't recognize the plugins for QuickTime and Media PLayer that I've installed countless times for it...

Firefox 2.0 should be the best version released when it is.

Null · 03-11-2005, 11:28 AM

you gotta be kidding. firefox is already 10 times more stable then IE has ever been. (i'd like to help ya with the quicktime and media player plugins but i dont know what exactly and how your installing, i've never had such problem tho)

MuGen · 03-11-2005, 11:49 AM

nvm, I just changed the MIME settings on the internet plug-ins and it works now...

FIREFOX JUST BECAME BETTER THEN IE FOR ME!

lol

dropCGCF · 03-11-2005, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Kyuzo

nvm, I just changed the MIME settings on the internet plug-ins and it works now...

FIREFOX JUST BECAME BETTER THEN IE FOR ME!

lol

Can you tell me how you do this? I have the same problem with these plugins.

MuGen · 03-11-2005, 12:51 PM

Well I actually had to re-install QuickTime and when I did it asked me to do the MIME settings so that it knows which files to handle when serving the internet.

But open up QuickTime, and go to Edit ---> Preferences ---> QuickTime Settings

There should be a pulldown box, click it and Select 'Browser Plugins'

Click on the button that says MIME Settings and make sure you have a checkmark on these file mime types:

Streaming video
Video - Video only or video with sound formats
Audio - Audio only file formats
MPEG - MPEG system, video, and audio files.

KillerGremlin · 03-11-2005, 04:08 PM

Yeah....dude, IE has crashed on my PC countless times......not once has Firefox crashed. It's much more stable on your system.