Is Your Computer or Web Surfing Running Slow? Maybe it's the Browser.
By Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
Midland, Michigan
July 2, 2016 1:25am CST
Normally I use Chrome for my main browser, but for the longest time I have shockwave player crashes even after updating. Yesterday it took forever to go through a few notifications and then try to comment on different posts. It gets old after a while because I only have certain time-slots with which to mylot. I can't put it down for a bit and come back later because I'm probably working one job or another later.
Today, I shut my chrome browser down completely and decided to try firefox again. Goodness, should have done this long ago. I've gotten a pop up that says the Adobe, (shockwave) flash player is disabled as it's outdated, but otherwise it loads quickly, allows me to respond or comment easily, and I can actually get things done in the time I've set aside to spend here.
Maybe the update I thought I got from Chrome was still an old update, I don't know, but I think I'll be using firefox again for a while until it starts having issues.
Has anyone else switched browsers when one begins slowing down? And here, I thought it was my computer.
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18 responses
@Mike197602 (15504)
• United Kingdom
2 Jul 16
I use chrome and it's fine for me.
Is it just here where chrome was slow or other sites too?
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Jul 16
Wherever I am usually. Mostly here, but it affects facebook too. Those are the two sites I have opened up most of the time.
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@Mike197602 (15504)
• United Kingdom
2 Jul 16
@MarshaMusselman No idea then.
I'd say it may be your connection although if the speed improves using another browser that isn't the case.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
4 Jul 16
@MarshaMusselman The Adobe shockwave flash player tends to crash periodically even after it get updated. It's that which causes the slowness most times. When that has no issues, then the site I'm visiting has no other problems and things move along faster.
@succeednow (1632)
• Singapore
2 Jul 16
Sometimes it could be due to a virus or viruses. It may be a good idea to run a anti-virus or a cleaning program to see if there's any other bug that's slowing down your computer besides the browser.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Jul 16
The rest of my computer works fine at present, and I have a good virus detection program running all the time. I do need to renew my malwarebytes program, but I'm trying not to download anything that would bring that type of thing in right now. Thanks for the ideas though.
@succeednow (1632)
• Singapore
2 Jul 16
@MarshaMusselman Yes, one needs to be extra careful about downloading any software especially those that purportedly says it's good for removing malware when they are actually malware out to steal info or cause problems to your PC.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Jul 16
@succeednow Yes, I know there are bad ones out there, but the one I had before is one my computer specialist recommended. It worked great, but I've not had the extra funds to renew it yet this year.
@psanasangma (7910)
• India
2 Jul 16
Yes sometimes happen to me too.... What I do most of the time is check the extension and remove the un necessary application, and clear the history or cookies. this makes run faster again
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@psanasangma (7910)
• India
3 Jul 16
@MarshaMusselman Sometimes happen,,, I struggle a lot with this too.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Jul 16
I've done that quite often in the past, but when time is short, switching over to firefox is much easier. Now this morning it's running quicker again on chrome. Why it's bad one day and not every day the same is hard to fathom.
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
4 Jul 16
Firefox used to use the shockwave player too and crashed somewhat just not as often as chrome might, but recently it said that player was outdated. It looks like it's working fine without it.
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
5 Jul 16
I tend to stick to the same one on all my sites at least until it begins having issues. Usually it takes me some time to remember to try a different browser when one of them is acting up. Sometimes I need to reboot my computer and that takes care of it. I have cleared my cache and browsing history before too, but when it's an issue with the flash player, nothing I do helps much.
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
2 Jul 16
I switched to crome from Firefox for this exact reason. Maybe I need to look bck at ti again since I prefer Firefox.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Jul 16
I think they each have the problems any given day. Today, Chrome is working for me again, but firefox may be just a tad faster. But, I've had firefox crash in the past just like chrome will, so who knows.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Jul 16
I always thought that IE was the worst browser to use since most of the viruses are made for that one, but maybe they've upped their watchful eye for that more.
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
2 Jul 16
there are two things i know why your computer is slow.1.somebody is connected to your internet that's why it becomes slow.
2. is your computer is old and need to buy a new one
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Jul 16
Most people can't buy a new computer every few years. Mine is older but not that old. It runs windows 7 currently. We have several in the family that uses the same line via the wifi, but even then, there are good days and bad days and not always when others are online at the same time, so I don't think that's it.
@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
2 Jul 16
I did that many times when I was using my desktop. I also deleted my browsing history every now and then and it helps to load faster. Now I'm Using my iPad mini with the Safari browser. So far it's good and loads faster always.
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