Waterfox Is Screwed Up

Discussion in 'Software' started by TimW, Oct 29, 2019.

  1. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Been using and liking Waterfox for a few months now.... but a few days ago, when I open a bookmark, everything freezes. I have to X out of each tab to close the browser. Anyone else experience this?
     
    TimW, Oct 29, 2019
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  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    I only have an older portable version on another computer. I see a new version came out 5 days ago.
    I was searching and there are two forks: Current and Classic
    https://www.waterfox.net/releases/
    I suspect I'm on the classic because it has a portable version.

    From reading it appears that opening a new tab crashes the browser. So far I haven't seen anything about a bookmark. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
     
    plodr, Oct 30, 2019
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  3. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    It updated a day or so ago....but the issue preceded that. :confused:
     
    TimW, Oct 30, 2019
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  4. evilfantasy

    evilfantasy Malware Fighter

    FYI The developer (MrAlex94) replied to you on Reddit.
     
    evilfantasy, Oct 31, 2019
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  5. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    I see .... but I never received an email notice. Anywho.....What does this mean?

    I only have the first....which is set to true.....

    browser.tabs.remote.autostart browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2
     
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    TimW, Oct 31, 2019
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  6. evilfantasy

    evilfantasy Malware Fighter

    Reddit is horrible at sending reply notifications and I think only some members even get them at all while others don't. It's pretty ridiculous for a large social platform.

    I'm not sure about the problem you have. He seemed to say others have also reported it so hopefully he can figure it out soon.

    Edit: Many browser issues are due to a buggy add-on. Have you tried disabling them one by one to see if that's it?
     
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    evilfantasy, Oct 31, 2019
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  7. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    No add-ons. As I said...it was working great for months and then suddenly the issue occurred. I got the update notice and hoped that it would fix it...but alas.....
     
    TimW, Oct 31, 2019
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  8. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    I fired up my Waterfox
    and I have browser.tabs.remote.autostart
    only mentioned once. If you can edit that, get rid of the 2nd browser.tabs.remote.autostart

    My value is set to True. (This is the default). The only other option is False. (I can change by clicking then instead of default is says something like user modified or changed. (I on a different computer now and I don't remember the exact wording.)

    Try changing the value to 0 or 1. I can't find what the value 2 means.
     
    plodr, Nov 1, 2019
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  9. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    I only have the one instance. I was asked to paste about:source to them, so will see what happens. :)
     
    TimW, Nov 1, 2019
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  10. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    OK...latest reply.....downgrade two add-ons ( I just deleted them ), switch to single processor mode, and try safe mode......I am currently using it and no problems with bookmarks so far!! :)
     
    TimW, Nov 1, 2019
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  11. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Update: After rebooting waterfox to normal mode....about 20 minute the scroll function started lagging by a few seconds on one site. So changed back to multi-processor mode and all is good for the last 24 hours or so.
     
    TimW, Nov 2, 2019
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  12. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    And then it started doing it again....still no add ons....I quit.
     
    TimW, Nov 12, 2019
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  13. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    I know this isn't really helping but if I had a reoccurring problem like this, I would try another browser.
    Pale Moon perhaps?
    Firefox 64-bit :oops:
     
    Eldon, Nov 12, 2019
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  14. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Switched back to Opera.
     
    TimW, Nov 12, 2019
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  15. Anon-469e6fb48c

    Anon-469e6fb48c Anonymized

    I am not seeing any issues tim.
     
    Anon-469e6fb48c, Nov 15, 2019
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  16. Anon-469e6fb48c

    Anon-469e6fb48c Anonymized

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    Anon-469e6fb48c, Nov 15, 2019
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  17. Anon-469e6fb48c

    Anon-469e6fb48c Anonymized

    When was the last time you cleaned your system.
     
    Anon-469e6fb48c, Nov 15, 2019
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  18. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Wile....if the issue ONLY happens with Waterfox....need I go on?
     
    TimW, Nov 15, 2019
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  19. Anon-469e6fb48c

    Anon-469e6fb48c Anonymized

    Well see i am not having any issues.

    You are on windows 10 right..Well i am still on windows 7.So it could be the OS causing issues.You know how windows 10 causes problems.
     
    Anon-469e6fb48c, Nov 15, 2019
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  20. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    OR.....Waterfox doesn't work well on Windows 10....is that MS's fault? Or the developers fault? And what would you suggest I clean?
     
    TimW, Nov 15, 2019
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