IE7 and Facebook freezing

I've had my HP DV5T with IE7 for about six months. I regularly get "not responding" errors on IE7, and have since day one.

About four days ago, IE7 began crashing every time I tried to load Facebook. I've updated Flash and Java, have tried clearing cookies, etc. It does it probably 90% of the time, locks up and has to be forced closed. It occurs whether there are other IE windows open or not, but usually allows you to use the other windows.

Any ideas what might've happened? I'm starting to get really angry, frankly. But switching to Firefox is not ideal.

 

What's wrong with Firefox?

It'll import your data from IE on it's first run. Same for Google Chrome.

 

I spent about a week trying Firefox on my work computer. I found that it messed around with fonts and font sizes on some of my favorite Web sites, in a way that meant things read funny, are either too big/small, etc. I ended up getting annoyed with it and bagged it. I also found that Firefox really bogged down sometimes, worse than IE, in a way that made using multiple programs difficult.

 

Are you sure you're giving it enough time? Ever since "new Facebook" debuted, Facebook has become very resource-intensive, and it's very common for it to cause temporary freezing on not-top-of-the-line computers now. They have improved it a lot since September, but it's still pretty far from ideal. In September, my CPU at 600 MHz took 44 seconds to open a Facebook page - which meant a 1.8 GHz Core 2 would take about 15 seconds. During that time, my web browser - any web browser - would effectively be frozen. Increasing the CPU clock rate affected how long the browser was frozen for proportionately.

Assuming it's not just Facebook causing trouble, you could try the Internet Explorer 8 Beta. If you are running XP, uninstalling IE7 and reinstalling it is also an option. IE6 probably would seem antiquated if you're used to IE7, though. Chrome, which is very fast, and Opera, which is leading-edge with features in addition to being fast, are other good options. Maxthon is another browser you may like; it's based off of IE. I haven't tried it myself, so I can't tell you much more about it. My user title and avatar should tell you which my favorite is, but you'll find advocates for all options here.

If all of those browsers have similar bogging-down issues, the issue is probably somewhere with your Internet connection. I know someone whose computer disagrees with Firefox, and mine doesn't like IE7, but if no browser solves the problem the browser probably isn't the problem.

 

There is a problem between IE7 and FLASH that neither Microsoft nor Adobe are attempting to fix....

You can manually uninstall Flash using the Flash uninstaller and hope it comes out better when Flash reinstalls.

You can try resetting your browser (TOOLS > INTERNET OPTIONS > ADVANCED > RESET button

I find this tends to smooth things out for a while until you reinstall flash, and then it goes to pot again. I now refuse to install Flash in IE

 

I dont see a reason why a tech savvy person mite wanna use IE7 other than as a backup browser.

Chrome, Opera, Firefox, Safari all are better than IE7.

 

As part of university I joined Facebook - and have got less information on it than on NBR
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a) the software is absolutely horrid - any forum works faster - i.e. the actual Facebook software is inherently flawed
b) Opera - used that for quite a while, it loaded slower and slower, I got fed up with it...
c) IE7 - faster than Opera on Facebook, still slow...
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My question is - why would any body want to give a company free rights to market and sell personal details? That's what one does with Facebook...
(I may close the account ... who knows... I don't need it - NBR is more important )

But back to Facebook - it just doesn't work well...

 

Sorry Noc, but that is the kind of arrogant, techno-superior attitude that just irritates a lot people of people in forums like this.

Every time someone posts, "I am having a problem with program "A" we get a slew of unhelpful responses from people who say, "A" sucks, use "B"--and no matter how knowledgeable the person saying it is, it comes off like "You are a moron because you aren't as smart as me."

I know that is not what you intended, but that is how it reads to a person who is frustrated with a problem.

People use what they are comfortable with. Short of standards compliance, there is no quantifiable way to judge one browser over another that doesn't come down to choice. Do I want my browser to load faster or display a page slightly faster? Do I like my bookmarks or favorites? Do I want to a appear counter culture or conservative.

And when it comes to compliance with the latest Acid 3 test, really, does it matter which browser displays it better or does it matter that IE is used by 95 percent of the world and no matter how much WWW3 complains, it is the defacto standard and nothing WWW3 says or does can change that?

I'm not bashing you in particular. As a matter of fact, I am using Firefox to type this (and to be fair, Firefox is on Version 3 and newer, while IE7 is 3 years old, so preferring firefox to IE7 is like comparing a 3-year-old car to a one-year-old car), but posts like that are kind of insulting and not up to par with your usual stuff.

A computer forum like this is many things--it is a social gathering point, true, but it is also a way to get help. If people cannot help, they should just not post in a thread like this.

Again, not a bash at you--you do a lot around here and help many people--I just needed to get that off my chest and I figured you're a good person to highlight this particular aspect of forum posting habits because you are a cut above the "Firefox rocks! IE sucks!" kind of poster I think you understand where I am coming from.

btw--here is that flash uninstaller I referenced earlier

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157

 

I'm not lookin' to cause trouble here. But for some of us, Firefox is imperfect for other reasons. I tried it, on some of the Web sites I visit most regularly it really messed with fonts and font sizes, I decided to abandon it.

Anyway, it seems I'm not the only one experiencing this problem with IE and Facebook. While I'm no believer in Yahoo forums, all these people seem to be having the same problem: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090208132048AA7EgcO.

Oddly enough, I have had this problem only on my laptop with IE7. My work computer with IE6 has been fine with Facebook.

Hopefully they'll fix it...

 

did you try what I suggeste?

Also, clean your web cache

 

IE8 RC1 is better.

 

rescale with ctrl-+ / ctrl-- to fix it. it saves the setting per domain name (page).

if that doesn't help, mark this domain to be run in ietab after you installed that addon. so you can use the ie-engine for the parts where you may need it.

i nowadays have 0 pages that don't work or work better in firefox than in ie. facebook runs very fast and does not result in any freezing.

 

Please use firefox. it is much better and I am having no problem using facebook or any other website.

 

Did both. Didn't fix it.

 

Did you try it on firefox?

 

Please consider the possebility that the OP does not want to use Firefox.

Also, Firefox is a resource Hog in terms of RAM... so is Opera and it has another flaw (if it warns you about closing with that little notice - that part disappears and Opera doesn't terminate)

 

I stopped using IE7 for the same reason. Lots of crashes with Flash filled web sites.

 

Tools > manage add-ons

select and disable shockwave flash object

Just see if that makes a difference