Firefox Misery - Warning!!

[Chris Knight]

I downloaded the latest update to 1.5.0.4 and it trashed my PC bigtime.

First intimation of problems was that my mouse wheel started zooming the page instead of scrolling it. Then I got continuous clicks through the speakers; half my apps seemed brain-dead etc., etc.

This behaviour continued even when I exited FF and used IE instead.

I have now restored from a month old back up and am up an limping and using Maxthon as a browser (nearest thing to FF I have found although FF had become a second skin and I really miss it but am not prepared to go through all that again.

So- if you are using FF and it offers to update - think twice!

 

[mr]

Hmmm,
No problems here with it as yet.
Mike

 

[RogerS]

And yet I'm running the same version with narry a problem....sorry to hear of your woes, Chris

Computers....pah!

 

[Alf]

Ooo, nasty. Thanks for the warning, Chris. Can't you go back to a previous version of FF though? (Like I have a clue what I'm talking about... :roll: )

Cheers, Alf

 

[LyNx]

no problems here and i've upgraded 3 pc's in the house in the last day or two.

Andy

 

[Gill]

I've had problems like that with previous Firefox upgrades. As a result, I now use Opera - which I much prefer.

Gill

 

[Chris Knight]

Gill,
I am just trying Opera now but my password manager (Roboform doesn't work with it and I use that a lot

I am seriously thinking Macs!

 

[Alf]

I am seriously thinking Macs!

Steady there, Chris... :shock:

Cheers, Alf

 

[Midnight]

I am seriously thinking Macs!

you're gettin that much rain...????

 

[wizer]

I am seriously thinking Macs!

No probs here on 3 PC's and a Laptop.........yet....... :wink:

 

[nonidentity]

No problem here, upgraded 3 PCs without ptoblem. The prompt was automatic and clean

Some strange goings on there! :shock:

 

[Barry Burgess]

No problems either

 

[Chris Knight]

I think I may have found the problem, or at least the culprit. I have a Logitech wireless keyboard/mouse and the software that it came with called Setpoint seems to be at the root of things - although the issues were definitely triggerd by the FF update. I have uninstalled this and things seem rather better. Hours of messing around however have convinced me I need a Mac!

 

[RogerS]

Hours of messing around however have convinced me I need a Mac!

Way to go, Chris :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Adam]

Yep, no problems here either, but it sounds like you already have found the root of the problems!

Adam

 

[Anonymous]

No problems here. Chris, it might be something you have installed that many people don't.