Firefox cranky with extensions?

[JadeNB]

I am a devoted Firefox user who has just switched to a Mac. I am running Tiger on a Powerbook, and of course the first thing I did was to download and install Firefox. It runs just fine as long as I use it in `out-of-the-box' form, but for me Firefox isn't complete without a small suite of extensions (Adblock and Tab Mix, in particular). These extensions work fine for me under Windows and on a Solaris system I also use, but, on this computer, I find that after a while Firefox acts really strangely (address bar is always blank, right-clicking displays a truncated context menu ...). The only solution I can find is to delete my profile and start over. A friend of mine also has the same trouble, so I don't think it's just stupidity on my part. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Randman]

Some extensions are Windows only.

Give Safari a try. FF is nice on Windows but Safari, especially Safari 2.0, is better and faster on OSX.

 

[Satcomer]

Plus if you want to use Firefox (it is slower than the first Mozilla browser Camino) then use the Firefox G5-optimized Firefox.

Now I really like Camino. I like it so well I use CaminoKnight to download the nightly builds. Camino is just a browser that is easily the speed demon of all the Mozzila browsers. It does this by being written in the native OS X language, Cocoa.

 

[twister]

It's not adblock as I have that installed, so maybe the tab one? Try disabling the extensions and see if that helps any. I use firefox all the time on two different Macs and have no issues.

 

[JadeNB]

Although I don't think this is what was causing the misbehaviour (I even got it with just Adblock installed), it turns out Tab Mix is a Windows- and Linux-only extension. I am trying it now with Tab Preferences and undo close tab instead.

Thanks for the suggestions. I will give Camino a try.

 

[twister]

Each browser has their good features. No one will ever have them all. If Camino had extensions, it'd be awesome. But it never will.