From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 15:50:14 -0500, Nil   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 11 Feb 2017, Steve Hayes  wrote in   
   >alt.comp.os.windows-xp:   
   >   
   >> Does anyone know of a good web browser that works in Windows XP?   
   >>   
   >> I've been using Firefox, but it seems increasingly buggy lately. It   
   >> goes slower and slower, until all it says is "Not Responding" and it   
   >> keeps the hard drive churning so that everthing else runs slowly too,   
   >> until eventually I turn it off at the qwall and reboot.   
   >   
   >I don't think Firefox is "buggy" exactly. It just demands and uses   
   >tremendous amounts of RAM. Some of that is probably exacerbated by   
   >various plugins. Adobe Flash is particularly bad - it tends to suck up   
   >the RAM and is not very scrupulous about returning it. I've gotten in   
   >the habit of restarting Firefox every once in a while, especially if   
   >I've been watching Youtube for a while.   
      
   I've been using NoScript to disable Flash on all but a few sites that   
   I trust, and especially on sites that play videos automatically   
   without asking first.   
      
   >I see the same issues using Firefox in other OSs - it's not just an XP   
   >thing. Still, I like its features and customization, so I put up with   
   >it.   
   >   
   >> Every time I close it nowmally it asks me to send a crash report,   
   >> though it never does that when it actually crashes.   
   >   
   >I've seen the crash report window a few times, but it's certainly not a   
   >regular thing. If I were you I'd try disabling all extensions and   
   >plugins and add them back until I found the problem one. You might also   
   >try creating a new fresh profile, which could avoid any possible   
   >corruption in your old one.   
      
   It's only with the current version that I've started seeing the crash   
   report every time I close it.   
      
   When it actually crashes, I (sometimes) see a crash report to send to   
   Microsoft, to the effect that "plugincontainer.exe has sopped working   
   and needed to close." Since Microsoft no longer support Windows XP,   
   there's not much point in sending it.   
      
      
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