FireFox 1.5 Slow

[Devin Whalen]

Nevermind.  I un-installed some of my extensions and it is now
lightening fast.  Pages that were taking 23 seconds are now taking 3.  I
guess you have to be careful what extensions you install.

Thanks.

On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 14:35 -0500, Devin Whalen wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I just upgraded to FireFox 1.5 this morning (although I downloaded it a
> week ago so things may have changed) and it has been extremely
> frustrating so far.  Everything I do in is taking a lot longer.  For
> example, I have 5 tabs open and when I click on one, my cpu usage shoots
> up and it takes a few seconds before I can focus anything.  Everything
> was fine before I upgraded.  Now I realize that it could be an extension
> I am using but I just wanted to see if anyone else if having this
> problem before I uninstall all my extensions.  I just installed the
> extension fasterfox to see if that helps but I shouldn't need an
> extension to make firefox run at a normal speed.  I am using Mandrake
> 10.1 but nothing has changed on my computer from my install of 1.07 and
> 1.5.  What about newer versions, like cvs versions.  Is anyone using
> them?
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
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