Does FireFox "slow down" for anyone else?

Azureth

Azureth

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When I first start up FF, everything is nice and snappy but after awhile it seems like things start to get delayed. For example: Clicking a link or switching a tab about 3 seconds for it to work. Also, when I'm typing such as here it'll just "stop" for a few seconds and continue later. Like I'll be typing and in the middle of a word I will have typed it but it just stops but finishes what I typed. Also, when watching movies I can hear sound fine but at certain moments it'll also "stop" for a few seconds and catch up later.

I'm unsure if this is all due to FF or my computer but due to how snappy FF is when I close and open a new window I'm leaning towards FF.
 
I had that once. It was due to a URL shortening add-on that tells you the URL that it is linked to before clicking on it. So I'd start disabling add-ons and see if the issue goes away.
 
Addons:

Adblock Plus.
bug489729
BugMeNot
CacheViewer
ChatZilla
Download Statusbar
Element Properties
FEBE
GameFox
Greasemonkey
IDM FlashPlugin
Image Zoom
Java Console
Linkification
Microsoft.net framework assistant
Noscript
SearchLoad Options
Tab Mix Plus
 
Start disabling them one by one and see you can find the culprit. I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same one causing your issues with Aero as well.
 
I like to clear cookies and what not once in a while, but my firefox do crash maybe once a month
 
I am having the same issues and all i have is adblock plus, so it can be what is causing the issues. Also my FF has been crashing more with these add-ons as well.
 
My Firefox slows down, but I believe it is a memory leak in one of the plugins.

Generally after a few hours of use Firefox's memory footprint is up to 800+ MB. After a day or so at work it is around 1.2GB+ It crashes at around 1.5GB.

I want to say Firebug is the culprit, but it could be Web Developer, or Html Validator.
 
The only thing I've observed bring FF to a crawl were sites with poorly implemented Flash programming. Though my plugin list is also much shorter than the OP's.
 
Same here. Everytime that I open a new link, Firefox would stuttering on me.

Nowadays I use Google Chrome. The only problem that I still have with Chrome, is that sometimes it would crash when I save a web page.
 
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