# FireFox v3 Hanging/stalling? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 20, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328 "2008-06-20T10:57:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/1 "2008-06-20T10:57:10Z")
Is anyone else experiencing this? I had the same problem with the beta version and went back to 2.x which worked perfectly fine. as an example, While typing this post firefox will pause for approx 10-15 seconds, and once it “un-hangs” it will display all the text I just typed. As another example, If I’m waiting for a slow page to load I’ll open another tab to do a different search only to have it hang for a 1-20 seconds before it snaps out of it, for lack of a better phrase. Sometimes it’s only for a brief second, and other times it hangs for quite a while (though the CPU usage is only @ like 5%) The system I’m on can more than handle the software (it’s a modern machine) and no other programs do it. Opera and IE all work smooth as silk… it’s only FF v3 that seems to be doing it. I’m running the portible U3 version from a thumb drive BTW, which I doubt is causing the problem. I found another person on the mozilla forums with the same problem, but didn’t see any kind of resolution to it (his was run from the hard drive, not from a USB drive) ---
**Author:** ![SkunkApe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skunkape/32/7575_2.png) [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/2 "2008-06-20T11:00:27Z")
ive noticed a bit of lagging also since going to v3 ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/3 "2008-06-20T11:17:34Z")
the only problem i am having is its not keeping my passwords ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/4 "2008-06-20T11:25:45Z")
im not going to 3, 2 is running perfect for me. ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/5 "2008-06-20T11:26:48Z")
I’ll go to v.3 when UNLINKER works in it. God, I love unlinker. ---
**Author:** ![quadturbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7bcc69/32.png) [@quadturbo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/quadturbo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/6 "2008-06-21T11:39:23Z")
> [@brendansi](#): > > I’ll go to v.3 when UNLINKER works in it. > > God, I love unlinker. unlinker does work ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/7 "2008-06-21T11:40:14Z")
No shit? It wasn’t working last time I tried. I’ll try again :tup: ---
**Author:** ![zero\_assault](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/dfb087/32.png) [@zero\_assault](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zero_assault)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/8 "2008-06-21T13:39:24Z")
I cant go to [facebook.com](http://facebook.com) on v3 thats my only problem so far ---
**Author:** ![quadturbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7bcc69/32.png) [@quadturbo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/quadturbo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/9 "2008-06-21T14:00:32Z")
> [@brendansi](#): > > No shit? It wasn’t working last time I tried. > > I’ll try again :tup: i think they just updated all the add ons, because my sirius one didn’t work when i downloaded it…face book works for me? I haven’t had any problems ---
**Author:** ![Hortanica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Hortanica](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hortanica)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/10 "2008-06-21T19:33:08Z")
I’ve been using it since it came out, haven’t noticed any issues under vista premium, and ultimate 64bit. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/11 "2008-06-21T19:36:53Z")
firefox 3 on ubuntu runs AWESOME for me. Huge performance gain. ---
**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/12 "2008-06-21T20:38:42Z")
im gonna have to upgrade soon :tup: ---
**Author:** ![DeusExMachina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deusexmachina/32/5036_2.png) [@DeusExMachina](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeusExMachina)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/13 "2008-06-22T07:46:41Z")
This exact problem happens to me at work on my Mac. Its really frustrating trying to type a post. I did a complete clean up and reinstall, same thing. ---
**Author:** ![maverick27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maverick27/32/4946_2.png) [@maverick27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maverick27)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/14 "2008-06-22T08:37:13Z")
no problems whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Darksyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Darksyde](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darksyde)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/15 "2008-06-22T09:11:37Z")
Running smooth and fast with no issues at all with anything except for my old theme not working in v.3 ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/16 "2008-06-22T09:21:02Z")
Steve, I had a shitload of problems with firefox 3 also. It had to do with the skype plugin for firefox. I was getting performance issues, and it plain would not load certain images. I disabled the plugin, it seems to be running OK for now. Honestly, I started fucking around with opera 9, that seems to be faster. My system isn’t state of the art at all (P4, 2gb, SATA drives, PCIX Card), but it should render web pages a bit faster. I might just put ubuntu on it and see what that does. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/17 "2008-06-22T11:19:36Z")
Haven’t had any problems with FFIII yet. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/18 "2008-06-22T12:01:51Z")
just upgraded to FF3 on this machine too, just as fast, only 512mb of ram too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![burnt\_toast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnt_toast/32/7518_2.png) [@burnt\_toast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnt_toast)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/19 "2008-06-22T12:10:05Z")
Only problem i’ve had is with torrents. the “open with” option doesn’t actually launch my torrent program. I’ve got around this by just saving the torrent file then opening it manually… not a huge deal, but still kind of annoying ---
**Author:** ![aberfitch82](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/aberfitch82/32/5041_2.png) [@aberfitch82](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/aberfitch82)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328/20 "2008-06-22T15:09:30Z")
just upgraded, seems ok, when I got on a few pages it boots my internet connection cause I run wireless I dont get it, Just disabled my addons gonna see what that does [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-v3-hanging-stalling/50328.md?page=2)