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Most-heard complaints
People didn't understand the interface
Sometimes, it reacted so slow, people thought the network had crashed or the internet connection was down
It freezed and crashed constantly, sometimes sucking more than 90% of the CPU load for no obvious reason
Pages showed up completely wrong or didn't work at all
Wanted pop-ups didn't open
Completed downloads could not be found
Bookmarking gave problems
PDF-files caused crashing
Pages "disappeared" by accidentally using tabular browsing
Lots of obvious keyboard- and mouse shortcuts were missing
…and a lot more complaints I can't remember at the moment
I uninstalled Firefox the next day. Firefox is clearly NOT meant for the general public!


look at here

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http://firefox.buggyashell.nl/index2.html

   Fri Nov 19, 2004    Reply         

not being meant for the general public doesn't mean it sucks. i dig it. tabbed browsing is great, ie could learn something from that. mozilla & opera have had it for ages and still ie doesn't have it

maybe it's not meant for noobs. but it rules once you know how to work with a computer.
even my mom uses it. i gave it an IE theme and she's not having any problems with it.

   Fri Nov 19, 2004    Reply         

dont worry, this is what we call a troll.

making obviously pointless comments.

firefox crashes opening PDF's ?
firefox doesnt display PDF's its a light weight browser... although firefox can display pdf's using a pluggin or extension to a 3rd party pdf viewer. if the pdf crashes, then its the 3rd party viewer crashing, not firefox.

people cant find completed downloads ? well, it they cant remember the save-as location they shouldnt be using a computer un-supervised... (they might get an electric shock when they start sucking the mouse)

wanted popups didnt popup.... well then click the unmissable bar that says @we blocked a popup... if ya wanna see it.. click me !@

the speed pages open is not a firefox thing... its either 1) slow / unresponsive netowrk.. or 2) the unlerlying operating system... (windows probably)

   Fri Nov 19, 2004    Reply         


i mean i still use firefox but i found this article somewhere,, So jus thor of sharing.. The guys seems really pissed off on Firfox.. N he even created a REMOVE FIREFOX icon too..

I support firefox

   Fri Nov 19, 2004    Reply         

QUOTE (rmdort)

I uninstalled Firefox the next day. Firefox is clearly NOT meant for the general public!

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QUOTE (rmdort)

i mean i still use firefox but i found this article somewhere,, So jus thor of sharing.. The guys seems really pissed off on Firfox.. N he even created a REMOVE FIREFOX icon too..

I support firefox
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I think you need to read over what you have written. You have either lied or made a fairly large typo, and back to the subject of the loony with a website. I don't know what he was thinking actually suggesting people regress back to the rather lacking standards of Microsofts IE. He goes on to bag the web standardization project which is just not on. If everyone followed some relatively simple rules then the web would be a much happier place for everyone!

   Fri Nov 19, 2004    Reply         

hmmmmmm
Firefox is not best because it has some problems and it is slow sometimes thats the problem although it is good.This problem should be improved.and one last thing i cant get the plugin of flash for fire fox.where i can get it.
ok :P

   Fri Nov 19, 2004    Reply         


QUOTE (haseeb)

hmmmmmm
Firefox is not best because it has some problems and it is slow sometimes thats the problem although it is good.This problem should be improved.and one last thing i cant get the plugin of flash for fire fox.where i can get it.
ok :P
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I don't think Firefox is the best either. It's a really good browser withit's plugins but don't think anyone can beat opera. It's fast and reliable. Anyway, to play flash in firefox all you have to do is download macromedia falsh player. You can get it from here - http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/windows.html

It's a list of some of the most popular plugins for Mozilla browsers.Most of the plugins work for both browsers and if it dosen't it will say so on the right.

   Fri Nov 19, 2004    Reply         

-I've never had any speed problems with firefox
-Never had any problem with pages not showing up
-All popups that i want to popup still do
-None of those other problems either

   Fri Nov 19, 2004    Reply         

QUOTE (marijnnn)

not being meant for the general public doesn't mean it sucks. i dig it. tabbed browsing is great, ie could learn something from that. mozilla & opera have had it for ages and still ie doesn't have it
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Actually, Netcaptor started out with tabbed browsing for many years, even before mozilla and opera added it to their programs...

That being said, Firefox is not exactly designed for the people who have just started getting onto the internet for the first time. Remember, the site did say it has continuous updates of fixing bugs, and finding new bugs. Firefox is a more reliable browser then netscape or IE that I found so far, however since I paid for my netcaptor program, I do not need to have another browser.

For the truly new users, I would recommend Netcaptor or Mozilla.. I have no clue how Opera has changed since I last used it 7 years ago (very slow, and very sloppy then), unfortunately I know Opera is not free or cheap. Netcaptor has a free version, and it does not interfere with your ability to browse in any case. If you pay for it, you get free upgrades all the time.. thus you only pay a 1 time fee for it. Mozilla is free, but it does have its drawback - a.k.a not fully bug-free.

   Fri Nov 19, 2004    Reply         

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People didn't understand the interface

I don't understand how people cannot understand the interface. Eveything is pretty straitforward. If you still dont get it, there are themes you can use to change the interface.

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It freezed and crashed constantly, sometimes sucking more than 90% of the CPU load for no obvious reason

This problem might be caused by a virus. Spyware is also known for slowing down browsers considerably. If its not one of those reasons, its probably a bug with the computer because this never happend to me.

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Wanted pop-ups didn't open

You can always turn off the pop-up blocker

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Completed downloads could not be found

Just right click the download in the downloads window and click open containing folder. If its not that, you might have accidentaly clicked to open the download.

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I uninstalled Firefox the next day. Firefox is clearly NOT meant for the general public!

I think that Firefox is definatly for the public. Its more secure than Internet Explorer and for my computer, its faster. Also, it has the ability to use add-ons. I don't think you can do that with Internet Explorer.

   Fri Nov 19, 2004    Reply         

QUOTE (rmdort)

Most-heard complaints
People didn't understand the interface
Sometimes, it reacted so slow, people thought the network had crashed or the internet connection was down
It freezed and crashed constantly, sometimes sucking more than 90% of the CPU load for no obvious reason

CODE

http://firefox.buggyashell.nl/index2.html

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blah blah blah... If firefox runs crappy on your system that's only because your system is crappy! I use firefox and i think it's just great... The reason why there are complaints about firefox is that those people are IE users (so they are nOObs)

IE users are so used to ads and popups and the like that they think a page is not correctly displayed if there aren't any. And they also expect that the browser installs 'toolbars' (which are crappy spamthings) and that your browser's searchpage gets hijacked and so on... I 'd say use IE if you want to f--- up your system.

   Sat Nov 20, 2004    Reply         

you say people dont understand the interface ? i replaced all IE icons with links to firefox, and my 12 year old sister didnt even notce the difference in the interface.

   Sat Nov 20, 2004    Reply         

I too think Firefox is uselesss... Coz I have used it and found is no good for browsing...
also it has the buggy interface... All I loved about Interface was the search bar...
its the coolest thing about adding search engines....

Internet Explorer is good

   Tue Nov 23, 2004    Reply         

wow i have gotta supporter too.. i was feeling lonely.. CMON guys.. charge against FIrefox

   Tue Nov 23, 2004    Reply         

QUOTE (thedevil)

I too think Firefox is uselesss... Coz I have used it and found is no good for browsing...
also it has the buggy interface... All I loved about Interface was the search bar...
its the coolest thing about adding search engines....

Internet Explorer is good
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Does this alternate planet you live on where IE is good have a name? IE is one of the most insecure, buggy, slow browsers I have ever used. The only reason I would ever use it is because so many people create pages that can only be seen in it. I can't remember the last time anyone ever thought it was the best browser. 1994 maybe?

   Thu Nov 25, 2004    Reply         

Agreed. IE is awful compared to the capabilities of Firefox. So much safer too.

   Thu Nov 25, 2004    Reply         

Mainly, its just nice for Adblock. Get the extension and use it. You can shut off any banner ads or flash distractions that people put on their webpage. Just make sure to only shut off the ones that are actually distracting or irritating. If people block them all, then people will come up with something even worse. If you block only the annoying ones(unless you find all of them annoying) then that is an incentive for advertisers to stop being annoying.

   Thu Nov 25, 2004    Reply         

Im still choosing on which is better but firefox has a few cool features.

   Thu Nov 25, 2004    Reply         

the tabbing feature is cool but i get annoyed with firefox because sometimes when i have lots of tabs, say 10-15, it doesn't allow me to surf as if my internet connectionw as dropped. when this happens i have to close to browser and restart it, then it works.

   Tue Nov 30, 2004    Reply         

you do realize that having 10-15 tabs open is sorta like having 10-15 copies of internet explorer open and doing stuff right? The problem is you are probably using up all the ram your system has, and its slow because its swapping to the hard drive all the time. the answer is to either, A get more RAM, or B, don't open up so many tabs.

   Tue Nov 30, 2004    Reply         

Firefox is using the highest amount of RAM when compared to IE.. When i open 1 firefox window with 4 tabs the memory usage is about 73MB ram.. But when i use IE it jus around 30 MB
So wat do u think now... Firefox gobbles so much of memory.. n my system hangs....

Check out in u COM too.. Firefox does consume more RAM than IE...

   Tue Nov 30, 2004    Reply         

that's not really a fair test. if you use 4 tabs, you should also use 4 ie's.

however, i do agree that, when using multiple tabs, ff gets heavy.
but i love the tabs!

   Tue Nov 30, 2004    Reply         

I'm just full of praise for Firefox. I think that my browsing experience has improved vastly since I switched from IE to Firefox. One thing I like is the wide range of plugins written for Firefox like a plugin which allows me to subscribe to RSS feeds easily.

But I must say it's still pretty much unstable vs IE for now, it crashes a lot

   Tue Nov 30, 2004    Reply         

QUOTE (jcguy)

I think that my browsing experience has improved vastly since I switched from IE to Firefox.
But I must say it's still pretty much unstable vs IE for now, it crashes a lot
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I'm really not surprised that it improved. To be honest I think that no matter which browser you changed to it would have improved some. As for the crrashing I believe that even the experimental FF crashes less than IE.

   Wed Dec 1, 2004    Reply         

Only down side here is that it takes 3 seconds longer to start, but when running it's faster AND more stable than Internet Exploder. Because i have plenty of RAM :P (1024 )

   Wed Dec 1, 2004    Reply         

I'm not adding too much to this discussion. But, I want to mention that I use firefox on my newer PC and I really like it. It seems clean, really fast and does what I want it to. I think if someone complained about the interface being difficult to use, it might be more of an issue of the interface not working *exactly* like IE, because outside of tabbed browsing, which you aren't forced to use, seems pretty much the same to me. Regarding crashing, it's never crashed on me. That's not to say that it is extremely stable, just that it hasn't crashed on me. As for the post about Opera (7 years ago) being sloppy, I have buddies that swear by it nowadays. ... Different strokes for different folks eh?

   Sun Dec 5, 2004    Reply         

I have used firefox for a while now, and I guess that you can see by my siggie where my browser loyalty is.

I have not discovered one problem with it yet.

It has not sucked my processor, and I have not had any problems with the interface.

The tabbed browsing takse a little getting used to, but once you do, it is the best thing since sliced cheese. J/K, but it really is a nice feature. I fail to see how that website gets it's information....

   Sun Dec 5, 2004    Reply         

VBScript is not supported and i hate that....

   Sun Dec 5, 2004    Reply         

QUOTE (thedevil)

VBScript is not supported and i hate that....
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I've never really found a use for VBScript. I guess the fact that I am on a linux machine kind of makes a difference.

I can't remember a website that I use frequently that uses VBScript.

That is also a very popular way of infecting machines with both spyware and viri, so I'm not surprise that it isn't supported in Firefox.

   Sun Dec 5, 2004    Reply         

I use Firefox because it is fast and stable browser and it also has many feathers such as Adblock... ^^

   Mon Dec 6, 2004    Reply         

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