Firefox 3.0 crashes

Aargh! Not now!

I'm planning for a trip, and the new Firefox 3.0 crashes on me. I don't have the time today (or the inclination) to follow all the heretofore unpublished tricks to forestall problems with a supposedly stable, wonderful, alternative to Internet Explorer.

In Firefox's defense, it is an open-source and non-profit browser project. And its previous iterations have been stable and so much more user-friendly than Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

From the the How To Geek:

Troubleshooting Problems with Firefox 3 Crashing or Hanging

With all the fanfare surrounding the release of Firefox 3 and the setting of a new world record for downloads, the fact that many people are having problems with Firefox instability seemed to get lost in the shuffle… so I decided to write up a list of troubleshooting methods that might help solve your problems.

There's a number of reasons for Firefox 3 crashing, which could include any of these, or be something else:

* Incompatible or Buggy Extensions
* Buggy Plugins
* Upgrading an Old 2.x Profile to 3.0 (using a fresh profile works best)
* Spyware/Viruses
* Compatibility Problems with XP
* Video Card Drivers (Make sure you are not using old drivers)
* Tablet PC Incompatibility
* Sneezing loudly

You'll have to read through the article and go through the steps that might apply to you… the last, and potentially best, option is to completely uninstall Firefox and remove all your profile folders, and then install it again, which we've covered below.

The rest of the article here.