Will having too many add-ons...

Shark151 · 06-10-2008, 05:17 PM

will too many add-ons slow down firefox 2?

**carsey** · 06-10-2008, 05:18 PM

more add-ons will slow it down.

Shark151 · 06-10-2008, 05:39 PM

I have 20 active, it doesn't seem different from when I had none, but if I find more that I want should I disable some?

**carsey** · 06-10-2008, 05:41 PM

Well, if you dont mind waiting a extra while then go for it.

Shark151 · 06-10-2008, 05:44 PM

Lol ok, thanks

mommabear · 06-11-2008, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Shark151

I have 20 active, it doesn't seem different from when I had none, but if I find more that I want should I disable some?

What you can do is go through the list in add-ons periodically and remove any that you don't really use/need anymore. I just did that the other day and removed 3 that I'd installed to try out. They sounded good at the time but then realized I didn't really need them. I disabled them first and then used FF for awhile to make sure everything looked and acted normal for how I've been using FF. After a couple of days of doing things with FF and realizing that the disabled function was never called upon, I deleted them for good.

The number of add-ons can slow FF from loading because FF isn't stored in memory like parts of IE are. But it also depends on just what the add-on does too. Most of them won't noticeably slow FF down.

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carsey Moderator, TSF Articles Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hunwick, Co. Durham England Posts: 10,678 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	Re: Will having too many add-ons... Well, if you dont mind waiting a extra while then go for it. __________________ Submit New Articles Here

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Shark151 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 61 OS: windows xp sp3	Re: Will having too many add-ons... Lol ok, thanks