Then started the problems of freezing from time to time. (2GHz and 2 GB Machine, Even when no scanning/heavy process was on the background.)
Frustrating, Right?
I found that I was kinda moving towards the Opera and or Flock Browsers, but since I have 20 add-ons (which I love); I was sad that FF was getting slow or having problems.
Then, one day I started to see whats going on!
When I installed Firefox from Google pack, it was 23 MB. I was amazed to see the size.
I was really surprised to learn the size more than anything else.
Because I knew that it used to be small like about 5 MB or so.
My initial motivation, to download and install firefox, when I was using dial-up in Nepal, was the fact that IE used to take century to update while FF got its way preety quickly. Moreover, it was safer.
Enough is enough!
I determined that I must get rid of the FF from google pack and get pure one.
Now, when I installed it from getfirefox.com {which is re-directed to (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/)} ; It is only 7.4 MB as shown. Moreover, there is no freezing problems or anything else with all extensions and ad-ons intact.
So the question is: What the rest of 15.6 MB was doing in my computer???
I am scared with an extra exe file that can be associated into FF by them.
Moreover, I am running Norton Security Scanner and Spyware Doctor etc from the google pack.
Shall I continue using that???
:(
(I am not expert on other kind of memory test or else, just a normal user. My point is under the similar situation, simple one works.)
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Side note:
You can get the FF3 Beta3 here:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html
Windows US English Download:
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.0b5&os=win&lang=en-US
The release note is worthy of reading:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b3/releasenotes/
Not perfect yet for normal users.
The known issues are listed here:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b5/releasenotes/#issues
same problem here... its slowing and it interrupts lots of my work because of freezing... annoying with this things happening.
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