Re: LUG: Firefox crashes in Lucid Lynx ? - Sat, 22 May 2010 16:49:29 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: Firefox crashes in Lucid Lynx ?

From : Joe Bianco <3picide@gmail.[redacted]>

Date : Sat, 22 May 2010 16:49:29 -0400

@Syed: While it's not the same as Vimperator (I haven't tried this
one, really; read about it, though), I've found gleebox to be a great
way to browse the web solely with a keyboard. I know there's a Chrome
(probably Chromium, too?) version and I *think* there's one for
Firefox. It might help nudge you to the other side ;D. Also, I just
did a quick search and found this:

http://www.chromeextensions.org/other/vrome/

Not trying to convert anyone (well, kinda), just trying to offer suggestions.

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Adam Guthrie <ispiked@gmail.[redacted]> wrote:
> More specifically, one of your extensions could be causing you to
> crash. There are easier ways to troubleshoot this than moving your
> profile: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes.
>
> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Edward Anderson <nilbus@nilbus.[redacted]> wrote:
>> often these types of bugs are because of something that got messed up in
>> your profile. You can narrow that down by moving your profile in
>> ~/.mozilla/firefox/ to another location temporarily to see if that fixes the
>> problem
>>
>> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Kevin Hunter <hunteke@earlham.[redacted]> wrote:
>>>
>>> At 2:26pm -0400 Sat, 22 May 2010, Syed Fahd wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Has anybody else had FIrefox (or other builds of it) crash when
>>>> 1 tab is closed in Lucid? This didn't occur in Karmic.
>>>
>>> If it crashes, you've found a bug in Firefox. �No matter who's fault it
>>> is, Firefox is crashing, so, by definition, Firefox has the bug.
>>>
>>> Is it 100% recreateable? �With a simple test case? �If so, you may be able
>>> to find a report on launchpad about it, likely with some pointers about how
>>> to workaround the issue. �If not, create one!
>>>
>>> What version of Ubuntu are you running? �32 bit or 64 bit? �I ask because
>>> I can attribute most of my Firefox crashes to Flash not playing nice in a
>>> 64-bit environment.
>>>
>>> Finally, though it doesn't answer your question, you might want to take a
>>> look at chromium-browser in the repos. �(It's the open-source project behind
>>> Google's Chrome.) �I just started using it two weeks ago and am very
>>> impressed. �It is *fast*, and, because each tab is its own process, I
>>> haven't experienced any of that multi-second lag that plagues Firefox.
>>> �Also, thanks to each tab contained in its own sandbox, when Flash flakes
>>> out, I lose just that tab. �No others. �Of course, the downside is that the
>>> plugins aren't nearly as complete as Firefox's.
>>>
>>> So, to actually answer your question: No. I haven't experienced any more
>>> crashing than was normal for Karmic.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>
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