Browser slowing down? Unstable at times?
Feb 13, 2022 11:37:26 #
FYI-
I think I finally figured out why Firefox on my OLD laptop takes 5+ minutes to stabilize after starting, and randomly seem to take a little operating sabbatical.
WEATHER..COM had <accumulated?> almost 1Gb of cookie information stored in the browser!!! What the heck do they need that for???
I deleted all weather..com cookies and started using a private window for viewing their site (no cookie storage).
For the past two days, Firefox is now stable after less than 10 seconds after starting, and has not yet taken any sabbaticals.
We'll see how the next few days go.
So, if your browser seems to be slowing, check the stored cookies.
I think I finally figured out why Firefox on my OLD laptop takes 5+ minutes to stabilize after starting, and randomly seem to take a little operating sabbatical.
WEATHER..COM had <accumulated?> almost 1Gb of cookie information stored in the browser!!! What the heck do they need that for???
I deleted all weather..com cookies and started using a private window for viewing their site (no cookie storage).
For the past two days, Firefox is now stable after less than 10 seconds after starting, and has not yet taken any sabbaticals.
We'll see how the next few days go.
So, if your browser seems to be slowing, check the stored cookies.
Feb 13, 2022 11:45:53 #
Thanks, Longshadow. I'm sure this information will be very helpful.
--Bob
--Bob
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Feb 13, 2022 11:46:31 #
Feb 13, 2022 11:49:53 #
Longshadow wrote:
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Your post got me to look at my Firefox browser settings. What do you think of "permanent private browsing mode". It deletes cookies and "site data" (whatever that is!) when you close the browser.
Feb 13, 2022 11:51:02 #
rmalarz wrote:
Thanks, Longshadow. I'm sure this information will be very helpful.
--Bob
--Bob
I'll have to check, I believe I can selectively prohibit a site from storing cookies in a regular window.
Now that I know what I'm looking for.
(It only took months to find the possible association.)
Feb 13, 2022 12:21:49 #
To delete cookies. I always use the free app called Super anti spyware. Free.
It works. Believe me
It works. Believe me
Feb 13, 2022 12:28:09 #
adedeluca wrote:
To delete cookies. I always use the free app called Super anti spyware. Free.
It works. Believe me
It works. Believe me
I just go into the Firefox cookie manager.
It lists site, how many cookies, storage used, and last date used. All sortable.
It lets you delete all or selectively delete cookies.
Some I want to keep as it speeds up logging in to some sites.
Many I delete after going to a "not used a lot" site.
Feb 14, 2022 07:32:06 #
Longshadow wrote:
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weather.com has always been notorious for this kind of behavior. It is very very bad with cookies spyware adware etc. it is best not to even use it there’s too many other programs out there to give good weather information that don’t screw up your computer.
Bruce.
Feb 14, 2022 09:22:18 #
riderxlx wrote:
weather.com has always been notorious for this kind of behavior. It is very very bad with cookies spyware adware etc. it is best not to even use it there’s too many other programs out there to give good weather information that don’t screw up your computer.
Bruce.
Bruce.
Yea, but I got used to their layout and the info presented on the pages (10 Day, Hourly, Now,...).
Blocking all their cookies is working very well, so far.........
Feb 14, 2022 09:41:36 #
Good tip Longshadow. I use private browsing for everything when using Firefox. I have Chrome set to delete cookies at close. Never have an issue with that problem now.
Feb 14, 2022 09:45:28 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
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Good tip!
Since I use several browsers - Ccleaner (free version) can be configured to do as much or as little browser cleaning as you need/want. Since we use the desktop I'm on now for all/everything, it does a lot of browsing...I run the Ccleaner weekly and it deletes all of the stuff I want it to delete, cookies are a biggee, but there are lot's of other interlopers you can use it to rid - It usually dumps 1-3 gigs of "slow down crap" each week or two. Great little browser cleaner, and you decide what you want it to remove....and it's free - wooohoooo!!! Contrary to what some will say, YOU decide what it cleans, if you use it correctly... so nothing "disappears" that you want to stay.
Feb 14, 2022 09:52:11 #
VTMatwood wrote:
Good tip Longshadow. I use private browsing for everything when using Firefox. I have Chrome set to delete cookies at close. Never have an issue with that problem now.
For sites I regularly use, ie. banking, UHH, windfinder, etc., I allow cookies. It saves answering extra questions sometimes.
For sites that are basically one time visits, I use a private window.
Then, Ancestry will not run using the Blur addon in Firefox.
Feb 14, 2022 10:05:37 #
1 gig of cookies from one site!?!? Wow! Your browser is quite the cookie collector! I’ve seen the same using Chrome on a few occasions and had to clear cookies and cache to get back on track. Thanks for the reminder…
Feb 14, 2022 10:08:02 #
47greyfox wrote:
1 gig of cookies from one site!?!? Wow! Your browser is quite the cookie collector! I’ve seen the same using Chrome on a few occasions and had to clear cookies and cache to get back on track. Thanks for the reminder…
Yup, over 750Meg!
I can't imagine why, or what.
Three days later and Firefox is still running normally again!!!!!
OH so glad it wasn't my 10 year old computer!!! I don't want to be forced into replacing it. Toshiba does not make consumer laptops anymore.
When it finally dies, well, that's a different story...
Feb 14, 2022 10:23:02 #
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