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Browser is useless with extensions, so wondering what is the point of persisting with FF?

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TyDraniu replied
rory_1377
rory_1377

151.0.1 (64-bit) on Windows 10 64 bit, both up to date. With the 5 extensions that I have firefox is essentially unusable, taking in excess of 5 minutes to open a website. Considering the array of browsers available today (I could list 12 that are also installed on my device) and Mozilla seem to be hell bent on ignoring the fact that the browser is unusable with extensions (as indicated by the number of people highlighting issues, yet solution provided as opening the browser in safe mode with extensions disabled) why I, or anyone else that is using even one extension, persists with FF?

Well, the 7 minutes has passed and duckduckgo dot com has finally opened, so I shall be on my merry, strike that, miserable way.

151.0.1 (64-bit) on Windows 10 64 bit, both up to date. With the 5 extensions that I have firefox is essentially unusable, taking in excess of 5 minutes to open a website. Considering the array of browsers available today (I could list 12 that are also installed on my device) and Mozilla seem to be hell bent on ignoring the fact that the browser is unusable with extensions (as indicated by the number of people highlighting issues, yet solution provided as opening the browser in safe mode with extensions disabled) why I, or anyone else that is using even one extension, persists with FF? Well, the 7 minutes has passed and duckduckgo dot com has finally opened, so I shall be on my merry, strike that, miserable way.

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Denys
Denys
  • Umongameli
  • Abanegalelo Abayi-10 Abaphambili

Hi,

Please note that if you are referring to third-party extensions, it's their developers who are responsible for any issues. You can try disabling your extensions one by one to hopefully determine which one(s) cause problems.

TyDraniu
TyDraniu
  • Abanegalelo Abayi-10 Abaphambili

rory_1377 said
yet solution provided as opening the browser in safe mode with extensions disabled)

It is not a solution, it's just a test to filter out this category of issues.

Considering that many people, including myself, have more than 10 extensions installed (I won't say which ones), any lower number shouldn't have any impact on page load speed. At all.

Buza umbuzo

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