Firefox 106 PSA

[LVSteve]

This may just apply to me and my old computer setup, but I thought I would post it anyway.


Firefox has served me well for many years...until today. I always check the release notes before I update, and the FF106 notes raised no flares for me. as a result, I downloaded the update last night, and it was applied when I started FF this morning.


Oh dear. The freezes started pretty soon after I got going. Disabling my anti-virus, getting FF to repopulate the "places.sqlite" file, deleting all the extensions, none of these tricks worked. To be fair, the only one I did not try was turning off the hardware acceleration. Probably should have tried that, but what's the point of a computer program that gives up when hardware acceleration is applied. Fail.


Just for the record I'm using a HP Pavilion laptop with Win7, Avast anti-virus. Reverting to FF105.0.3 has worked perfectly.

 

[LVSteve]

OK, just for completeness, I reloaded FF 106.0.1 and turned off the "Use Hardware Acceleration When Available" setting. So far, so good after 15 minutes.

 

[Erich]

Man, Mozilla has been going update-crazy lately. I've almost stopped using Firefox, which is sad.

 

[Mule Packer]

I'm sorry, but I'll be the first to admit that I'm basically computer illiterate. They drive me crazy!! I'm always having computer problems! Sometimes it's all I can do to keep from smashing the darn thing with a hammer.

Fortunately for me, we have a computer expert in the family, so when things look totally impossible for me to fix, I just call the expert...my six-year old granddaughter.

 

[DWalt]

At one time FF was my primary browser, and I still have it loaded as a backup. But I stopped using it. I switched to Opera as my primary over five years ago, no reason to change.

 

[jeffrefrig]

Every time I try to unplug my computer after the off button doesn't work, because of weird things going on, I hear a voice: "What are you doing, Jeff?" When I grab the plug I get a quick jolt of 127 Volts into my fingers. Again: "What are you doing, Jeff? I don't think you want to unplug me, do you?" It's really creepy. Sometimes it sings "Daisy Belle" to me...

 

[LVSteve]

Every time I try to unplug my computer after the off button doesn't work, because of weird things going on, I hear a voice: "What are you doing, Jeff?" When I grab the plug I get a quick jolt of 127 Volts into my fingers. Again: "What are you doing, Jeff? I don't think you want to unplug me, do you?" It's really creepy. Sometimes it sings "Daisy Belle" to me...

I carry a Taser with a USB adapter. My computers know who's boss.

 

[Golddollar]

This may just apply to me and my old computer setup, but I thought I would post it anyway.


Firefox has served me well for many years...until today. I always check the release notes before I update, and the FF106 notes raised no flares for me. as a result, I downloaded the update last night, and it was applied when I started FF this morning.


Oh dear. The freezes started pretty soon after I got going. Disabling my anti-virus, getting FF to repopulate the "places.sqlite" file, deleting all the extensions, none of these tricks worked. To be fair, the only one I did not try was turning off the hardware acceleration. Probably should have tried that, but what's the point of a computer program that gives up when hardware acceleration is applied. Fail.


Just for the record I'm using a HP Pavilion laptop with Win7, Avast anti-virus. Reverting to FF105.0.3 has worked perfectly.

You lost me after "This may just apply to me . . . ."