HELP! Left-clicks locking up Firefox 3.0.1

[steve86]

3.01 has been pretty good to me, that is once I turned off the bookmark search part of the NOT-awesome URL bar.

While it was still searching 500+ bookmarks every time I’d type a character in the URL bar my older laptop was unusable.

You can turn it off with an about: parameter or with the add-on called “Hide Unvisited 3”.

[Number57]

Okay, uninstalled & reinstalled twice (even wiped all saved data).. still freezing. F-ing strange, this...

[TomGuy]

Uninstall 3.1 and reinstall 3.0.

See if that works.

[I have had to return to previous versions before.]

[Alia]

How long have you had your motherboard?

[TomGuy]

Just a thought:

FF seems to rely heavily on Java.

Have you upgraded Java recently?

[savedbygrace]

I’ve had similar problems.

[freekitty]

I don’t know what I am on(not firefox)but that has been happening to me in the last 3 days.

[Number57]

3.0 did the same thing. Had to download 2.0.0.16 before it starting working again. WTF.

Lost all my bookmarks :/

[Number57]

Since my fatherboard got with it :)

[reg45]

Cleaning a laptop keyboard:
1. Power down laptop. Remove AC connection and battery. (You don't want the power to go on accidentally, during this process.)
2. Use a copier or digital camera to make an image of the keyboard. (You don't want to have to reinstall the keys from memory.)
3. Using a chip lifter, remove all the keys.
4. Clean thoroughly. A new toothbrush works well. 91% isopropyl alcohol (DO NOT USE 70%) can help with the stubborn areas - and it dries quickly.
5. Re-install the keys. (The image you made earlier will help it from becoming an insane jigsaw puzzle.)
6. Reconnect battery and AC power. Power up the notebook.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

I have repeatedly lost my bookmarks, so many times I made a file with the URL’s ready to replace them......I came across the following after the last time I lost them.....but following the directions revealed only the ones I had just reloaded, I have no idea if the old ones were preserved as this and linked further info indicates but after the next replay I will check first:

Think You Lost Your Firefox Bookmarks?
http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/05/07/think-you-lost-your-firefox-bookmarks/

[Snurple]

run firefox in safe mode, that should do the trick.

[reg45]

There is no Firefox version 3.1 (except for a possible unstable beta). Version 3.0.1 is the latest stable release. 3.0.1 would be a bug-fix version of 3.0.

BTW: I'm using 3.0.1 without any significant problems - except for sites that are written with IE specific code.

[TomGuy]

You try doing a computer search on bookmarks*.html.

FF is good about backing them up, bad about telling you where it put them.

I started exporting the file to a safe location whenever I made changes. Many times I have had to re-load that saved version.

[TomGuy]

Version 3.0.1 is the latest stable release. 3.0.1

Apparently, it isn't too stable if people are having all kinds of problems with it.

The only reason I upgraded from 2.0.0.7 (after 2.0.0.11 crashed) was because they finally fixed the memory leak in 3.0 that had been a problem since about version 0.7.

I declined upgrading to 3.0.1 or whatever the current new upgrade is.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

it took me to this.....opening it reveals a bunch of online mozilla hotlinks.....

file:///C:/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Firefox/defaults/profile/bookmarks.html

I closed it.....but the instructions I linked above DO take me to at least the currently loaded bookmarks, as advertised.....next time I lose them I will follow that path to see if they are held there, as I’m not sure that they were, or even if reloading them manually from my wordpad URL/bookmark file overwrites any old ones that might have been there.....I also suffer the freezup prob occasionally, and flashing cursor sometimes severely increases its flash speed - I’ve learned to let it settle down before typing.....also probs with highlighting for “copy”, specifically keeping it blue while I get to “copy”.....only online, though, not anything on the PC....

[Riptides]

I never cared for FireFox.
I’ve always had problems with it.
Can’t say that I see what all the hoopla is about FireFox

[Number57]

Apparently, it isn't too stable if people are having all kinds of problems with it.

Ain't that the truth

[My hearts in London - Everett]

Since loading this new version of Firefox, Firefox keeps freezing and then giving a “Not Responding” warning. After 30 seconds or so it unfreezes and I’m ok again for a while.

[Joan Kerrey]

The only trouble I seem to have using Opera is on worldnetdaily.com.

I read a particular article and when finished the back arrow doesn’t always take me back a step to the list of articles. This is especially true when going to the original site of the article for further reading. Otherwise I only use Opera. Don’t even have internet explorer.