userChrome anything to do with Firefox startup speed?

nostalgia · 06-26-2009, 09:15 AM

My Firefox needs almost a half minute for a cold start and 11 for a startups after that. I have tried reinstalling Firefox, creating a new profile, deleting many bookmarks, but they all didn't really work.

I don't have any themes. I've limited my extensions to the ones I really need:
- AdBlock Plus
- FEBE
- Greasemonkey
- IE Tab
- LeechBlock (atm disabled)
- NoSquint
- SkipScreen (atm disabled)
(and Java Quick Starter 1.0 is there as well)

And it's still slow. (Unless those startup times are considered normal?)

Now I was just wondering, do changes made to the userChrome file affect the startup time? I've made lots of changes and I couldn't think of any other reason for this slowness..
I'm using Windows XP Professional, 2 GHz, 2GB of RAM.

I'm getting pretty sick of this as I really love Firefox and would like it to startup within a few seconds. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

keithy397 · 06-27-2009, 05:20 AM

11 minutes? Wow.

I advised someone earlier to install the latest release of Firefox here, because of speed issues. Uninstall and install the new version and let us know how you get on please.

nostalgia · 06-27-2009, 05:46 AM

Thanks for your reply!
Oh haha, sorry. That should be 11 seconds.

Okay, I've just uninstalled and reinstalled the 3.5 RC3. But no luck. It still takes about 30 seconds to startup immediately after logging into Windows. I haven't imported any of my settings yet and told the uninstaller to remove my settings. So the problem probably aren't my extensions, profile, modifications etc...

Does anyone know what could be the problem? Please help. Thanks!

**koala** · 06-27-2009, 06:34 AM

30 seconds is about average for Firefox, even without addons installed.

It's never been as fast to load as Internet Explorer, because IE has most of its components built into the operating system, so they are loaded when Windows starts.

nostalgia · 06-27-2009, 06:58 AM

Oh, I see.. Firefox on my sister's computer started up much faster though, but I think she still has version 2. something. So it's because of the version then? Did Firefox get slower (with starting up at least) since 3.0?

06-26-2009, 09:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
nostalgia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 30 OS: Windows XP	userChrome anything to do with Firefox startup speed? My Firefox needs almost a half minute for a cold start and 11 for a startups after that. I have tried reinstalling Firefox, creating a new profile, deleting many bookmarks, but they all didn't really work. I don't have any themes. I've limited my extensions to the ones I really need: - AdBlock Plus - FEBE - Greasemonkey - IE Tab - LeechBlock (atm disabled) - NoSquint - SkipScreen (atm disabled) (and Java Quick Starter 1.0 is there as well) And it's still slow. (Unless those startup times are considered normal?) Now I was just wondering, do changes made to the userChrome file affect the startup time? I've made lots of changes and I couldn't think of any other reason for this slowness.. I'm using Windows XP Professional, 2 GHz, 2GB of RAM. I'm getting pretty sick of this as I really love Firefox and would like it to startup within a few seconds. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

06-27-2009, 05:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
keithy397 Alternative Computing Team Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Anglesey, North Wales Posts: 480 OS: w2k pro	Re: userChrome anything to do with Firefox startup speed? 11 minutes? Wow. I advised someone earlier to install the latest release of Firefox here, because of speed issues. Uninstall and install the new version and let us know how you get on please. __________________ Cheers, Remember to clear Firefox cache regularly Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage > Clear Now

06-27-2009, 05:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
nostalgia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 30 OS: Windows XP	Re: userChrome anything to do with Firefox startup speed? Thanks for your reply! Oh haha, sorry. That should be 11 seconds. Okay, I've just uninstalled and reinstalled the 3.5 RC3. But no luck. It still takes about 30 seconds to startup immediately after logging into Windows. I haven't imported any of my settings yet and told the uninstaller to remove my settings. So the problem probably aren't my extensions, profile, modifications etc... Does anyone know what could be the problem? Please help. Thanks! Last edited by nostalgia; 06-27-2009 at 06:09 AM.

06-27-2009, 06:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,342 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Re: userChrome anything to do with Firefox startup speed? 30 seconds is about average for Firefox, even without addons installed. It's never been as fast to load as Internet Explorer, because IE has most of its components built into the operating system, so they are loaded when Windows starts. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

06-27-2009, 06:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
nostalgia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 30 OS: Windows XP	Re: userChrome anything to do with Firefox startup speed? Oh, I see.. Firefox on my sister's computer started up much faster though, but I think she still has version 2. something. So it's because of the version then? Did Firefox get slower (with starting up at least) since 3.0?