Firefox slow to load?

Your add-ons may be the reason why…

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Slow!

Slow Performing Add-ons

Add-ons provide many useful features and functions, but they can also cause Firefox to become slower. Some add-ons can even slow Firefox to a crawl and make it difficult to use for regular web browsing. If you think add-ons might be the reason Firefox is lethargic, check the list below for some of the biggest bottlenecks. And remember, for best performance you should disable add-ons that you no longer use regularly.

 

Source: Mozilla. (2011). Slow Performing Addons. Retrieved April 8, 2011 from Mozilla Web site: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/performance/

For me it’s Firebug, Adblock Plus, Greasemonkey. The first one I can turn on when I need to use it (and since I use Chrome most of the time now I don’t need it). Adblock Plus is totally worth it. Greasemonkey is one of the few reasons why I fire up Firefox (to demo something using Greasemonkey).
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