<p>I recently updated firefox and am regretting it. I don’t like the change in how it lists sites when I start typing them in but mostly I am having problems with it freezing on me and I have to ctrl/alt/delete to go to task manager and close the whole firefox process down to get out of it. Any one else having this problem? </p>
<p>I am back using IE 
for the 1st time in years and don’t seem to have the same problem.</p>
<p>I’ve run into similar problems with Firefox. It runs fine initially, but after a while, it freezes up, or the screen graphics get all messed up. I usually end up having to restart my computer to straighten it out. I have a Mac so, as an alternative, I use either “Camino” or “Safari” as my browsers.</p>
<p>lost all my bookmarks. I too had to use IE but I use it IE sparingly.</p>
<p>You can get your bookmarks out of IE and use them in firefox. Google for the instructions.</p>
<p>I have used firefox for years but only very recently had problems (since I upgraded). Wish I could go back to the non upgraded version. Still got my bookmarks but adding new ones or organizing them seems harder than before. Curious as to how widespread the problem is.</p>
<p>I’ve used the latest FF and haven’t run into any problems with it.</p>
<p>Hmm - wonder if I should just reload it. Don’t want to lose all my bookmarks though.</p>
<p>swimcatmom, click on Tools towards the top of your Firefox browser window. Click on Options, then click on Privacy. Under History, uncheck the box “Remember what I enter in forms and the search bar.” Then click OK. I think that’s what I did to disable the auto-complete feature. I haven’t had problems with bookmarks or with graphics freezing up. I do have Ad-Blocker installed so maybe that prevents some of the problems with freezing up.</p>
<p>Editing to add, I think I also may have had to set my history to save for 0 days, but am not sure about that.</p>
<p>New Firefox hasn’t given me any problems, either.</p>
<p>No problems with Firefox, although there is one safety feature that you can download that messes up my Firefox. I’ve tried twice to use it and have had to delete it twice. ucsd<em>ucla</em>dad knows which add on it is. Maybe you have this add on also and should get rid of it.</p>
<p>I’m a former Firefox user, but I recently downloaded Google Chrome and I’m pretty happy with it.</p>
<p>Hmm, also having problems with the new Firefox. Thought it was just me!</p>
<p>The older version never crashed or froze on me, while 3.0 does it about once a week. Hopefully they’ll have some patches out soon for whatever the problems are.</p>
<p>I also find that FF freezes about once a week. I just close it and restart it. I still like it better than IE.</p>
<p>Mine is freezing more often than that. Maybe I need to check my add ons - when I figure out what that even means ;)</p>
<p>“I recently updated firefox and am regretting it. I don’t like the change in how it lists sites when I start typing them in but mostly I am having problems with it freezing on me and I have to ctrl/alt/delete to go to task manager and close the whole firefox process down to get out of it. Any one else having this problem?”</p>
<p>The feature that you’re talking about is called the Awesome Bar. It’s quite a popular feature but it takes a while to get used to. Directions for turning it off are at [Don’t</a> think the Firefox 3 “awesome bar” is awesome? Here’s how to disable it. - Download Squad<a href=“note%20that%20I%20haven’t%20tried%20these%20directions%20myself”>/url</a></p>
<p>You can get Firefox 2 here:</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html]Mozilla”>Get Firefox for desktop — Mozilla (US)]Mozilla</a> Firefox 2](<a href=“http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/17/dont-think-the-firefox-3-awesome-bar-is-awesome-heres-how-t/]Don’t”>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/17/dont-think-the-firefox-3-awesome-bar-is-awesome-heres-how-t/)</p>
<p>To downgrade, you’d have to deinstall Firefox 3.0 and then install Firefox 2.0.0.16. After this you can run Firefox 2.0. If you experience problems, they are most likely due to using a 3.0 Profile on Firefox 2.0. I’ve gone back and forth between versions before (I usually have a few versions of Firefox on my systems) and sometimes there are minor GUI issues. If you need to do profile maintenance, there are directions at</p>
<p>[Profile</a> Manager - MozillaZine Knowledge Base](<a href=“http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager]Profile”>Profile Manager - MozillaZine Knowledge Base)</p>
<p>For those that have lost bookmarks in Firefox, it may be possible to recover them. Firefox backs up up to five bookmark files in the profile.</p>
<p>I’ve got the latest firefox and haven’t had any issues. Knock on wood!</p>
<p>Glad to see this thread. Firefox 3 crashes about once a day. However, I’d still rather use it than Explorer.</p>
<p>We disabled the Awesome Bar a long time ago, but thanks for the suggestions, BCEagle91.</p>
<p>BCEagle - thank you so much for the link. I have disabled the Awesome bar and am much happier now 
. I found it very irritating having a bunch of my bookmarks listed when I typed in letters - of course I have a zillion bookmarks many of which I use rarely but I like to keep the info there - just don’t want it listed all the time. I can go to bookmarks when i need them!</p>
<p>I have tried disabling some of my add-ons to see if that helps my freezing problem. To soon to say yet but i will let you all know. If it does not solve the problem I may try uninstalling and reinstalling firefox. A couple of the add-ons were rather irritating ones that were part of my virus program (like showing the owner of sites every time I went there) so I am happy to have them disabled - didn’t know I could do that.</p>
<p>I love CC (except the bitter political threads). I had been searching for help on this and had not found any. Should have come to CC first but I have been trying to avoid it until after the November!</p>
<p>The new firefox refuses to add attachments to my email. An suggestions? I have gone back to IE as well. Loved firefox before. My banking program HSBC won’t work at all on the new firefox.</p>