On 5/4/11 22:50 : , Jim Nichols wrote:
> Just a note of CAUTION. If you have not made the update to Firefox 3.6.17
> that was offered a few days ago, think carefully. I, and at least 3 other
> Firefox users have found that, periodically, Firefox appears to be using up
> to 70% of available CPU time, slowing things down, and, in some systems,
> causing crashes. My system runs XP Home, SP3.
>
> I have submitted this to the Firefox Help Forum, but, as yet, have received
> no answer or suggestions.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
I run FF on a G5 Mac, and routinely close it out once a day and then
restart it. Otherwise, it gets ridiculously slow.
Oh, and I learned by mistake that you can't upgrade to FF 4 on a PPC Mac
- it won't load. They aren't real upfront about that until you've
already overwritten your functional 3.x install.....
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