• 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I just tried Firefox: Startup took around 40 seconds, UI was not responsive at all, and I couldn’t install locally developed extensions.

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      1 year ago

      40 seconds? I’ve never experienced that with Firefox at all. You’re either being hyperbolic or have an ancient computer. I have a Samsung Windows 10 machine from 2015 that opens Firefox just as quickly as it opens Chrome.

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        1 year ago

        But I wonder, why. No other application behaves like this. Even heavyweights like Kdenlive start up within 2-3 seconds.

        Unfortunately Firefox does not print anything out on command line so I have no way to debug this.

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      1 year ago

      40 seconds to boot? I’ve never experienced this even on my 20 years old potatoe. I find that very hard to believe.

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      1 year ago

      40 seconds startup?! What? Should open within like 2-3 Seconds. 5 if your system RAM is maxing out.

      Abou locally developed extensions, you will need to follow the specific developer directions on that. But if you code, you should’ve figured that out already. If not, you tried doing shady things, which Firefox rightfully blocked.

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      1 year ago

      I also experienced this, and immediately after a reinstall, Firefox decided that it didn’t like to be reinstalled and bricked my OS. I had to completely reinstall it because the boot section was nowhere to be found, and barely any data was salvageable.

      So, even if Chrome is bad, I prefer to use Ungoogled Chromium or other chromium forks that don’t nuke my computer than using a browser that has consistently given me extreme problems.