Comments on: Firefox 3.0.2 Fixes Security Issues & OS X Bugs http://theappleblog.com/2008/09/24/firefox-302-fixes-security-issues-os-x-bugs/ TheAppleBlog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:51:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Dave K http://theappleblog.com/2008/09/24/firefox-302-fixes-security-issues-os-x-bugs/#comment-126818 Dave K Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:49:03 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=5041#comment-126818 Firefox 3.0 still slows down to a crawl. The memory leaks or whatever are a royal pain. When I open up maybe a half dozen tabs, it starts to slow down, and practically locks up. I use it on all 3 of my Macs, and hope they come up with a solution. I am running only a few apps like DownloadHelper and FireFTP as well as DownThenAll, but rarely use them. Firefox 3.0 still slows down to a crawl. The memory leaks or whatever are a royal pain. When I open up maybe a half dozen tabs, it starts to slow down, and practically locks up. I use it on all 3 of my Macs, and hope they come up with a solution. I am running only a few apps like DownloadHelper and FireFTP as well as DownThenAll, but rarely use them.

]]> By: PJ http://theappleblog.com/2008/09/24/firefox-302-fixes-security-issues-os-x-bugs/#comment-121252 PJ Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:20:33 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=5041#comment-121252 I got the Intel Mac mini with a gig of RAM. Previously I'm running OS X 10.5.3 and I've been having a memory leak issue every time when running Firefox 3.0, which freeze up the whole system and had to hit the power button at the back to reboot. Now I updated my system to OS X 10.5.5 and installed Firefox 3.0.3, and guess what? After launching Firefox, same thing happened. The system is still freeze.. I looked at Activity Monitor, first I had 3 quarters of free RAM, after launching Firefox 3 and starting to load any web page, the entire free RAM just disappears, thus, freezes the system. I have also disabled ipv6 DNS look up, but this doesn't seem to fix it. Is there any work around this problem? Thx. I got the Intel Mac mini with a gig of RAM. Previously I’m running OS X 10.5.3 and I’ve been having a memory leak issue every time when running Firefox 3.0, which freeze up the whole system and had to hit the power button at the back to reboot.

Now I updated my system to OS X 10.5.5 and installed Firefox 3.0.3, and guess what? After launching Firefox, same thing happened. The system is still freeze..
I looked at Activity Monitor, first I had 3 quarters of free RAM, after launching Firefox 3 and starting to load any web page, the entire free RAM just disappears, thus, freezes the system.

I have also disabled ipv6 DNS look up, but this doesn’t seem to fix it. Is there any work around this problem? Thx.

]]> By: Eleventeen http://theappleblog.com/2008/09/24/firefox-302-fixes-security-issues-os-x-bugs/#comment-121215 Eleventeen Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:55:20 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=5041#comment-121215 Updated both of my Macs last night and haven't had any big issues. I had issues with the last version where having several (5+) tabs open would cause increased CPU usage, even where the tabs are without Flash or Java/Javascript elements. Last week having Gmail open with one other tab literally maxed out the CPU usage. This update still doesn't fix one of my biggest 'stupid little issues' with Firefox: right clicking in Google Maps still doesn't bring up the Google Maps context menu, you still have to Ctrl-Click. Updated both of my Macs last night and haven’t had any big issues.

I had issues with the last version where having several (5+) tabs open would cause increased CPU usage, even where the tabs are without Flash or Java/Javascript elements. Last week having Gmail open with one other tab literally maxed out the CPU usage.

This update still doesn’t fix one of my biggest ’stupid little issues’ with Firefox: right clicking in Google Maps still doesn’t bring up the Google Maps context menu, you still have to Ctrl-Click.

]]> By: Lordmike http://theappleblog.com/2008/09/24/firefox-302-fixes-security-issues-os-x-bugs/#comment-121122 Lordmike Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:54:11 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=5041#comment-121122 Everything works fine for me so far. But then again, I didn't notice any problems at all with the version before this one. Everything works fine for me so far. But then again, I didn’t notice any problems at all with the version before this one.

]]> By: Florian Fiegel http://theappleblog.com/2008/09/24/firefox-302-fixes-security-issues-os-x-bugs/#comment-121104 Florian Fiegel Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:15:08 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=5041#comment-121104 hm, I don't get any problems after the update. hm, I don’t get any problems after the update.

]]> By: total waste http://theappleblog.com/2008/09/24/firefox-302-fixes-security-issues-os-x-bugs/#comment-121046 total waste Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:07:48 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=5041#comment-121046 firefox 3 crashes everytime my computer goes to sleep and then reopens. if i do not force quit firefox before going to sleep, it crashes once i "wakeup" the computer and i must restart firefox. happened before nad after the recent updat.e firefox 3 crashes everytime my computer goes to sleep and then reopens. if i do not force quit firefox before going to sleep, it crashes once i “wakeup” the computer and i must restart firefox. happened before nad after the recent updat.e

]]> By: Alex http://theappleblog.com/2008/09/24/firefox-302-fixes-security-issues-os-x-bugs/#comment-121039 Alex Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:34:13 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=5041#comment-121039 So far so good, but then it's only been five hours since updating it, but I found the previous version worked ok, better than Safari. So far so good, but then it’s only been five hours since updating it, but I found the previous version worked ok, better than Safari.

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