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I don't know if it's due to updating to Snow Leopard or what, but Firefox has started the delightful habit of crashing very frequently (as opposed to just periodically, as usual). Today it's whenever I went to the New York Times crossword page; yesterday it was some other site I can't remember.

Is there a fix for this, like a .plist or other pref to nuke? Should I just update to 3.5?

Let's assume for the purposes of this thread that I'm not planning to change browsers for the moment. I do plan to try Opera but right at the moment I'm working on something and don't want to experiment. I'm browsing in the hated Safari.

Hmm I can't help you since I only use a Mac for graphics work and not for surfing, but on PC, Firefox keeps a big ass folder with all your info in it (bookmarks, plugins, history, passwords, etc.) and I assume that on Mac, it's the same thing. I'd say, make a backup of that folder, then delete it after removing Firefox, reinstall and see if it still crashes.

In any case, you should ALWAYS update when a new OS has popped up. Often, the latest updates are there to fix problems with the new OS.

I was having problems with Firefox when trying to log into Gmail.
Not long before that I had some malware that was screwing with things. I had to quickly download spybot and get it removed. So it's likely that either the malware or spybot changed some settings.
I uninstalled Firefox, then reinstalled, and it's been behaving itself ever since.

Icarus said:

In any case, you should ALWAYS update when a new OS has popped up. Often, the latest updates are there to fix problems with the new OS.

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Didn't 3.5 come out way before Snow Leopard? Or am I mixing them up?

Well, in the end, I upgraded and didn't import anything from my previous profile except to restore my bookmarks. We'll see if that helps but I'm definitely trying out Opera soon.

ZenMonkey;260730][quote=Icarus said:

In any case, you should ALWAYS update when a new OS has popped up. Often, the latest updates are there to fix problems with the new OS.

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Didn't 3.5 come out way before Snow Leopard? Or am I mixing them up?

Well, in the end, I upgraded and didn't import anything from my previous profile except to restore my bookmarks. We'll see if that helps but I'm definitely trying out Opera soon.[/QUOTE]

Big developers often have early access to an OS exactly to prepare their software before launch. Pretty obvious since it's in the benefit for the OS since poorly running software isn't good PR (look at Vista). And it's at 3.5.3 actually now

Icarus said:

And it's at 3.5.3 actually now

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Yup, that's what I got.

Well, I might as well close this now that my frustration with crashes every five minutes has been allayed. Thanks.