Adam Carter wrote:

I'm finding it unusable as it crashes often. How are you guys finding it?





+2 on firefox3. Faster, doesn't slow down after long use. I really see
the difference with javascript. The engine is much faster. Just try a
js heavy page(like google apps). I haven't had any crashes. Only
complaint is that flash blocker(or maybe flash itself) doesn't always
work. I have to reload a couple of times to get youtube to work. Also,
some plugins haven't been ported yet. I compiled it, and here are my
use flags:


dbus gnome ipv6 java linguas_en linguas_en_US mozdevelop
startup-notification xulrunner

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On AD 2008 July 02 Wednesday 02:20:30 PM -0400, doki_pen wrote:
> +2 on firefox3. Faster, doesn't slow down after long use. I really see
> the difference with javascript. The engine is much faster. Just try a js
> heavy page(like google apps). I haven't had any crashes. Only complaint
> is that flash blocker(or maybe flash itself) doesn't always work. I have
> to reload a couple of times to get youtube to work. Also, some plugins
> haven't been ported yet. I compiled it, and here are my use flags:

I've been using FF3 for about 2 months, and although many things have
improved during the beta phase it is generally about as memory and CPU
heavy as FF2. The only real improvement I've observed as far as
performance is concerned is javascript. I wish there were a light
version available. I've tried galeon and epiphany, but both lacked
features that I really like in FF and now that there is a great amount
of extensions available it is harder to justify using another browser.
Maybe it's time to switch back to konqueror.


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On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Justin Findlay <justin@jfindlay.us> wrote:

On AD 2008 July 02 Wednesday 02:20:30 PM -0400, doki_pen wrote:

> +2 on firefox3. *Faster, doesn't slow down after long use. *I really see

> the difference with _javascript_. *The engine is much faster. *Just try a js

> heavy page(like google apps). *I haven't had any crashes. *Only complaint

> is that flash blocker(or maybe flash itself) doesn't always work. *I have

> to reload a couple of times to get youtube to work. *Also, some plugins

> haven't been ported yet. *I compiled it, and here are my use flags:



I've been using FF3 for about 2 months, and although many things have

improved during the beta phase it is generally about as memory and CPU

heavy as FF2. *The only real improvement I've observed as far as

performance is concerned is _javascript_. *I wish there were a light

version available. *I've tried galeon and epiphany, but both lacked

features that I really like in FF and now that there is a great amount

of extensions available it is harder to justify using another browser.

Maybe it's time to switch back to konqueror.





Justin

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I've noticed an odd visual glitch with blogspot pages- it superimposes my desktop on some pages. It's a bit hard to explain so here's a pic. As far as I know it's only this page, but might be good fodder for some of you troubleshooters out there.

Jason,

That's totally weird. Couple things that could cause this -- try disabling any composting window managers you may have running to see if that makes a difference. Also, is your computer stressed out (100% cpu usage) when you view the page? I've noticed that, among other things, GUIs in general tend to crap out (lots of repeated/trailing graphics) when the CPU gets pegged -- could be caused by Flash, or alpha transparencies in CSS, Java, or anything really...


You may want to submit that screen shot as a bug to http://bugzilla.mozilla.org and see if they can recommend anything.

Interesting screen shot though!

- Brian


On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Jason Messerschmitt <jasonmesserschmitt@gmail.com> wrote:



On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Justin Findlay <justin@jfindlay.us> wrote:


On AD 2008 July 02 Wednesday 02:20:30 PM -0400, doki_pen wrote:

> +2 on firefox3. *Faster, doesn't slow down after long use. *I really see

> the difference with _javascript_. *The engine is much faster. *Just try a js

> heavy page(like google apps). *I haven't had any crashes. *Only complaint

> is that flash blocker(or maybe flash itself) doesn't always work. *I have

> to reload a couple of times to get youtube to work. *Also, some plugins

> haven't been ported yet. *I compiled it, and here are my use flags:



I've been using FF3 for about 2 months, and although many things have

improved during the beta phase it is generally about as memory and CPU

heavy as FF2. *The only real improvement I've observed as far as

performance is concerned is _javascript_. *I wish there were a light

version available. *I've tried galeon and epiphany, but both lacked

features that I really like in FF and now that there is a great amount

of extensions available it is harder to justify using another browser.

Maybe it's time to switch back to konqueror.





Justin

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I've noticed an odd visual glitch with blogspot pages- it superimposes my desktop on some pages. It's a bit hard to explain so here's a pic. As far as I know it's only this page, but might be good fodder for some of you troubleshooters out there.

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Jason Messerschmitt
<jasonmesserschmitt@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Justin Findlay <justin@jfindlay.us> wrote:
>>
>> On AD 2008 July 02 Wednesday 02:20:30 PM -0400, doki_pen wrote:
>> > +2 on firefox3. Faster, doesn't slow down after long use. I really see
>> > the difference with javascript. The engine is much faster. Just try a
>> > js
>> > heavy page(like google apps). I haven't had any crashes. Only
>> > complaint
>> > is that flash blocker(or maybe flash itself) doesn't always work. I
>> > have
>> > to reload a couple of times to get youtube to work. Also, some plugins
>> > haven't been ported yet. I compiled it, and here are my use flags:
>>
>> I've been using FF3 for about 2 months, and although many things have
>> improved during the beta phase it is generally about as memory and CPU
>> heavy as FF2. The only real improvement I've observed as far as
>> performance is concerned is javascript. I wish there were a light
>> version available. I've tried galeon and epiphany, but both lacked
>> features that I really like in FF and now that there is a great amount
>> of extensions available it is harder to justify using another browser.
>> Maybe it's time to switch back to konqueror.
>>
>>
>
> I've noticed an odd visual glitch with blogspot pages- it superimposes my
> desktop on some pages. It's a bit hard to explain so here's a pic. As far as
> I know it's only this page, but might be good fodder for some of you
> troubleshooters out there.
>
>

Lots of glitches with rendering some pages, its probably the
webmaster's fault, but FF2 works with them, so I switched back. Also
it is a little less memory and CPU hungry, but not that much. And, in
my EEE PC I use a LOT of extensions that make my life easier, and like
50% of them do not work on FF3.

I'll switch when FF3 is as good (for my personal use) as FF2.

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On AD 2008 July 02 Wednesday 02:39:21 PM -0500, Jason Messerschmitt wrote:
> I've noticed an odd visual glitch with blogspot pages- it superimposes my
> desktop on some pages. It's a bit hard to explain so here's a pic. As far as
> I know it's only this page, but might be good fodder for some of you
> troubleshooters out there.

I used to get that on several pages, but it hasn't happened for me since
the release candidates.


Justin
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080702 Justin Findlay wrote:
> Maybe it's time to switch back to konqueror.

I was using Konqueror 3.5.9 till FF3 came out & found it fast & reliable;
there was 1 bug which was causing crashes on some JS pages,
but they fixed it in a new version of Kdelibs.
FF3 is a bit faster at rendering & uses less memory than K or FF2.
Otherwise, it's nice in K to have the toolbar at the side of the screen,
but it's quicker to open the bookmark menu in FF3 (also at side-screen).

> I've tried Galeon and Epiphany

Epiphany is really today's replacement for the old & good Galeon
& I used that on my previous (now stand-by) machine,
but to use it on this machine I'ld have to install 49 Gnome pkgs (ugh).

I asked before: do those having problems with FF3 perhaps use Gnome ?

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On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Brian Johnson <brian@dogtoe.com> wrote:

Jason,

That's totally weird. Couple things that could cause this -- try disabling any composting window managers you may have running to see if that makes a difference. Also, is your computer stressed out (100% cpu usage) when you view the page? I've noticed that, among other things, GUIs in general tend to crap out (lots of repeated/trailing graphics) when the CPU gets pegged -- could be caused by Flash, or alpha transparencies in CSS, Java, or anything really...



You may want to submit that screen shot as a bug to http://bugzilla.mozilla.org and see if they can recommend anything.

Interesting screen shot though!


- Brian


On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Jason Messerschmitt <jasonmesserschmitt@gmail.com> wrote:




On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Justin Findlay <justin@jfindlay.us> wrote:



On AD 2008 July 02 Wednesday 02:20:30 PM -0400, doki_pen wrote:

> +2 on firefox3. *Faster, doesn't slow down after long use. *I really see

> the difference with _javascript_. *The engine is much faster. *Just try a js

> heavy page(like google apps). *I haven't had any crashes. *Only complaint

> is that flash blocker(or maybe flash itself) doesn't always work. *I have

> to reload a couple of times to get youtube to work. *Also, some plugins

> haven't been ported yet. *I compiled it, and here are my use flags:



I've been using FF3 for about 2 months, and although many things have

improved during the beta phase it is generally about as memory and CPU

heavy as FF2. *The only real improvement I've observed as far as

performance is concerned is _javascript_. *I wish there were a light

version available. *I've tried galeon and epiphany, but both lacked

features that I really like in FF and now that there is a great amount

of extensions available it is harder to justify using another browser.

Maybe it's time to switch back to konqueror.





Justin

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I've noticed an odd visual glitch with blogspot pages- it superimposes my desktop on some pages. It's a bit hard to explain so here's a pic. As far as I know it's only this page, but might be good fodder for some of you troubleshooters out there.







Turning off compositing had no effect. The CPU is at only 30% or so when running the page. Goof shit.

This thread is getting depressing.

I use Kubuntu at work and FF3 worked without a hitch since the beta.

On Gentoo, FF2 works good, but I'm quite perplexed to see that FF3 is so
many problems while a binary distro can flawlessly run a FF3 beta on its
flagship release.


What's wrong?

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On Wednesday 02 July 2008 06:00:57 pm b.n. wrote:
> This thread is getting depressing.
>
> I use Kubuntu at work and FF3 worked without a hitch since the beta.
>
> On Gentoo, FF2 works good, but I'm quite perplexed to see that FF3 is so
> many problems while a binary distro can flawlessly run a FF3 beta on its
> flagship release.
>
> What's wrong?
>
> m.

If I may chime in here... Running Gentoo x86 and firefox 3.0... no problems.
Perhaps there's a hardware component to the problem?

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