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babylonsister

(171,767 posts) Sun Feb 13, 2022, 06:36 PM Feb 2022

I did not know but...firefox truly sucks. [View all]

I installed it on my 'new' laptop and boy, that was a mistake. I liked it 12 years ago, but now it takes forever to load when it does and I am not enjoying this. Can anyone help me find a similar browser that's easy to work with, maybe one I can use as a default without having to set everything up again?

And my next question is what do you do with all your pix? I don't use my phone for anything like FB so am finding it impossible to paste photos from phone to laptop. Is this where clouds come in?

I missed 10+ years of technology, and it shows! Thank you for any help!

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I did not know but...firefox truly sucks. [View all] babylonsister Feb 2022 OP

My photos are stored in Photos for Mac, Ocelot II Feb 2022 #1

I've settled on Edge BootinUp Feb 2022 #2

I think I'm avoiding edge b/c it seems babylonsister Feb 2022 #12

Firefox has always sucked ItsjustMe Feb 2022 #3

There's a firefox spin-off canetoad Feb 2022 #4

Okey doke, given our tech history, I trust babylonsister Feb 2022 #11

Oooohhh. I have been noticing my laptop is slowing but thought it was because it's old. Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #5

never had a problem with firefox nt msongs Feb 2022 #6

Firefox often balks for 5 or 10 minutes before browsing ok. keithbvadu2 Feb 2022 #7

Balks is the word; seems like it can't babylonsister Feb 2022 #10

FF is slow and the updates too frequent bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #8

I switched to Chrome TrogL Feb 2022 #9

I use Firefox pretty much exclusively. I do not have your problems. Earth-shine Feb 2022 #13

Neither do I. I think it works fine. No delays, no startup problems. patphil Feb 2022 #14

Never had a problem with FF. 2naSalit Feb 2022 #18

Me to, with the PC version krispos42 Feb 2022 #19

Yeah. It has become a bloated mess with lots of conflicts. It is damned irritating when hlthe2b Feb 2022 #15

I like Chrome... LuvLoogie Feb 2022 #16

Sorry to hear that you're having problems with FF* Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #17

I haven't had any problems with Firefox. I use it on two large systems, a laptop and 2 smartphones. RKP5637 Feb 2022 #20

No Firefox Does Not Suck LPBBEAR Feb 2022 #21