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Re: Is Firefox 3.0 simply unusable on macs? - Article Accelerator - 12-03-2008
Seacrest wrote:
Unfortunately, I think it's a lot of the add-ons that create memory leaks in FF.
The thing that makes it most useful is sometimes what also makes it unusable.
Bingo!
Re: Is Firefox 3.0 simply unusable on macs? - Article Accelerator - 12-03-2008
I wonder having often Mac-based FireFox users are misidentified as Windows users in web surveys?
Under-representing the Mac user base can be harmful.
Re: Is Firefox 3.0 simply unusable on macs? - incognegro - 12-03-2008
works very well for me.
Re: Is Firefox 3.0 simply unusable on macs? - Doc - 12-03-2008
Article Accelerator wrote:
I wonder having often Mac-based FireFox users are misidentified as Windows users in web surveys?
Under-representing the Mac user base can be harmful.
The browser reports itself as running on a Mac unless you've changed the user agent string.
Re: Is Firefox 3.0 simply unusable on macs? - Grateful11 - 12-03-2008
No problems here but not a lot add-ons. Every time I add Adblock or
Flashblock it seems to get squirrelly and slower than before so I say let
them load.
Re: Is Firefox 3.0 simply unusable on macs? - The UnDoug - 12-03-2008
I use Flashblock, and am not aware of any slowness or other issues.
Re: Is Firefox 3.0 simply unusable on macs? - Bill in NC - 12-03-2008
Works fine except on some sites I can't login to complete a purchase (e.g. newegg, buy.com) - have to use safari instead.
Re: Is Firefox 3.0 simply unusable on macs? - mattkime - 12-03-2008
>>Works fine except on some sites I can't login to complete a purchase (e.g. newegg, buy.com) - have to use safari instead.
plugin problem? i don't have a problem with either site.
Re: Is Firefox 3.0 simply unusable on macs? - Harbourmaster - 12-03-2008
Bill in NC wrote:
Works fine except on some sites I can't login to complete a purchase (e.g. newegg, buy.com) - have to use safari instead.
Make sure your not blocking cookies on those sites...
Re: Is Firefox 3.0 simply unusable on macs? - davester - 12-03-2008
OK, I dumped all of my add-ons and it's a lot faster (though still uses way more resources than Safari). I'll see about adding a few back and see if that wrecks things again.