Is there a "make firefox work when on digg.com because all of its crappy javascript locks it up, and if I disable javascript then I cant rate comments up or down" tweak?

holymogwai

yes. opera.

i use it since yesterday because i got sick of firefox freezing whenever i start downloading something and such things.

gardene

Firefox only seems to lock/freeze up whenever I open a page heavy in Javascript. It doesn't happen much so I don't worry about it.
@holymogwai: You could try making a gresemonkey script to kill the Java you don't want.

Woodsyx

I have the same issue with diff as HOLYMOGWAI does. Seriously digg, wtf?

phoood

@holymogwai: Digg is painfully slow all around, no matter which browser you use. My solution: I don't browse digg.

The How-To Geek

what if i dont want it to load pages slower and i just want it to work right?

oneshot417

@holymogwai: Something like Rip It Permanently might work. You just take out the bits of the page you don't want.

Solomon

@holymogwai: Try FF3 beta2 it's not as hideously slow as FF2 - but yes, Digg is an example of what happens when someone barfs AJAX on a page.

salmonmoose

@holymogwai: Woodsyx said,

You could try making a gresemonkey script to kill the Java you don't want

Derek

For quick browsing, I heard that Safari on Windows was the best, so I tried it and I did notice it was definitely quicker (at first, but maybe it was placebo effect, because now it seems just as slow as firefox or ie-when ie is not freezing up). I just didn't like the fact that I couldn't find out how to put a "home page" buttin on th ui...

Fierock

I shudder when I think of what happens when I open multiple digg pages at once.

Myles

Digg content that can be safely killed
[Ads1.msn.com]
[edge.quantserve.com]
[www.quantcast.com]
[pixel.quantserve.com]
[advertising.microsoft.com]

Preferably with adblock, or a hosts file.

That's a good start.

ahoier

Slimbrowser has been my browser of choice for many years (latter part of 2001 to be exact)
It utilizes the Trident engine (so it reacts more like IE than Firefox), haven't had an issue, and it seems just about as secure as Firefox has been for me without the bloat (but i still luvs you Fox!).

I was actually just doing a personal project of trying to phase into using only Firefox the other day since it is what I use for my SSH tunnel using SOCKS proxy (Lifehacker you rock!).

I had three things Firefox would need to do before I could swap entirely:
1) Open a new tab when I enter an address into the address bar (Tab Mix Pro worked for me)
2) Close a tab when double click on it (Same as 1)
3) Utilize mouse gestures using left/right to right/left mouse clicks (Again Lifehacker you saved the day pointing out Mouse Gesture)

After doing all of these the browser started to act more like I was comfortable with, EXCEPT it would run horrendously slow while loading a page, and I couldn't switch between two already loaded tabs smoothly (perceptible lag, we're talking a second or more).

With this new tip I think I may test it again, but at this point i'm realizing that i'd rather use a browser with all the functionality built in from install, than have to seek out and install multiple modules AFTER .
Maybe one of these days i'll get around to making a prepackaged variant of Firefox to do what i'd like, but I think it will be unlikely.

If anyone has an argument on why I shouldn't use Slimbrowser please let me know, as it has felt absolutely perfect for me which causes me to think I missed something. (Nuhzzing ez perfect!!! *Intense Glare*)

DWeaver

Great tip, Gmail feels smoother and I can switch tabs while pages are loading.

Jesse S

Doesnt work in firefox linux :(

gsiliceo

@dweaver: there's a reason i won't use slimbrowser: windows only. so... how do you create a pre-packaged firefox?

cetheriel