Whats this happening with my Firefox 3.5

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From the time i have updated to Firefox 3.5, the following things are happening

1. Firefox takes long time to start vis-a-vis the earlier version
2. When i do something (lik fast scroll or by mistake drag a tab a little), it goes it a new window. I mean its like, it pops out to a new firefox window:no:

Is this expected or a new feature or what ???
 
I am experiencing exactly the same problem.Som1 plz help.

One more thing is that when i am trying to google somthing,i get the search results but when i click on the link,i am redirected back to the search results.
 
I'm not facing the slow-start problem... and the dragging-tab-out-to-create-new-window is a new feature.

I think you can try clean installing FF, instead of updating earlier installation. That might solve your slow-start problem.
 
FF 3.5 >> Me 2 have the same issue and 1 more issue, few sites are opening very slowly and hangs for few seconds, it happens particularly for 1 of my windows account, the same works fine in other accounts in same PC, anybody this issue..
 
Sounds bad for FF 3.5. I haven't had any problems yet. But since Safari 4 and not FF is my primary browser, so I can't comment much. :)

dOm1naTOr said:
the dragging window is already there in Chrome. You can rearrange the tab order n make one a new window as desired.
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Not what he asked for.
 
Firefox 3.5(just adblock and few more extensions, very few bookmarks) takes approx 10+ seconds(After a fresh restart) to load up. But the benefits of using FF compared to Chrome/IE/dare say Opera outweigh the initial loading time. Opera takes just 4s, Chrome 2s. Both of these are on stock installs.
 
raksrules said:
From the time i have updated to Firefox 3.5, the following things are happening

1. Firefox takes long time to start vis-a-vis the earlier version
2. When i do something (lik fast scroll or by mistake drag a tab a little), it goes it a new window. I mean its like, it pops out to a new firefox window:no:

Is this expected or a new feature or what ???
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1. Just do what was suggested, Clear temporary internet files and reduce (<200mb) the disk space used to store the internet files.
You'll experience faster start-ups.

2. A tab can be dragged to rearrange the order.Dragging it out of the tab section obviously means to want it in a new window, so it does the same.

Fast-scroll doesn't open new windows.Strange.
 
thetoxicmind said:
1. Just do what was suggested, Clear temporary internet files and reduce (<200mb) the disk space used to store the internet files.
You'll experience faster start-ups.

2. A tab can be dragged to rearrange the order.Dragging it out of the tab section obviously means to want it in a new window, so it does the same.

Fast-scroll doesn't open new windows.Strange.
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Whats your FF 3.5 loading time after a restart?
 
My Firfox has been alertimg me to upgrade from 3.0.11 to 3.5

Maybe i should hold on looking at your posts.
 
I just ran some launch time tests.... below are my findings.

First launch time (After system reboot)

FireFox 3.5.1 : 9.0 seconds

Chrome 2 : 1.6 seconds

Safari 4 : 3.9 seconds

Internet Explorer 8 : 2.3 seconds

Subsequent launch time (after closing the browser and re-opening)

FireFox 3.5.1 : 1.1 seconds

Chrome 2 : 0.6 seconds

Safari 4 : 0.8 seconds

Internet Explorer 8 : 1.3 seconds

As you can see, Chrome is faster of the bunch... in both first and subsequent starts. Although, Firefox 3.5.1 isn't shabby in subsequent start times... though it's 9.0 seconds first start looks darn pretty slow in numbers game.

Another thing is that I've about 7 extensions installed, no custom themes, for my firefox. So, I believe the subsequent start times would be significantly faster for FF on stock installations. Plus, I haven't done clean install while upgrading to FF3.5 (from 3.0.11). So it's quite possible that it might be carrying some old baggage in registery/files/settings.

But frankly speaking... In numbers it might look a lot, but in real usage it DOES NOT feel slow starting or slow overall.
 
^^ yep, that's right. Sagari and Opera are slowly turning into bloatwares (too many useless features taking too much of code lines). In fact, FF8 is pretty decent piece of software now.

Firefox is still the best choice for power users (due to add-ons) and Chrome is fast, very very fast.
 
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