Issues with LJ and Browsers

[dewline]

Why is it that tonight I can only get at LJ via Safari?

If I try Firefox? The browser hangs for minutes, if not hours.

Comments

[orleans.livejournal.com]

It's working for me. Is your Firefox up to date?

[dewline.livejournal.com]

No, it's a couple of versions behind by choice.

[tartysuz.livejournal.com]

It works on Chrome.

It's working for me also

[ed-rex.livejournal.com]

My Firefox is up-to-date and (I just checked) it's pulling LJ up without apparent problem.

But that parenthetical remark means that I've given up on Firefox as my browser of choice, having suffered far too often with freeze-ups and hanging and then, with an inability to show me video.

Much as I would prefer to stay with an open source alternative, I've gone with Chrome and have to say I am as happy with the results as I was lo! those many years ago when I switched from IE to Firefox 1 or 2.

Chrome

[dewline.livejournal.com]

I tried it for a few weeks a year or so ago, but found it even worse in terms of hanging and whatnot than Firefox has been in recent weeks. Granting that it's likely improved in the interim, but I'm a little wary of putting it back on the hard drive.

Re: Chrome

[ed-rex.livejournal.com]

I run Ubuntu Linux, so I can't speak to how Chrome performs on a Mac.

[duncanmac.livejournal.com]

I'm having no real problems with Firefox, but I *am* running an up-to-date version under WinXP. The biggest headache I have had is that the overall memory on the laptop I use is too small; there have been times (usually when Windows or my anti-virus decides to do a download) when *everything* else goes off to lunch for a while. [I do remember having hanging issues with older versions of Firefox; one of the upgrades seem to have effectively fixed that under Windows.]

I wish you luck with fixing that issue.