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I've been using Firefox since version 1. Been praising it, even tho back in the days was a memory hog and all that, but it did more than any browser. I'm on Win 7 x64, btw.

I updated to 3.6.6 the day it was out, since then, I hate it and for the first time I wanna switch to another browser.

90% of flash videos have this issue: (YouTube works like a miracle)

- when going fullscreen, I cannot click on any controls, no seeking, no switching from fullscreen, volume.. nothing.

- I noticed when I hit ESC to go back to window mode that plugin-container.exe uses lots of RAM and increases CPU usage as well, 20-45%

- I really don't mind the RAM/CPU usage, have 4GB of RAM and 40% ain't much if am not doing anything else, just a Dual Core, just want this to work.

- Flash works perfect on any other browser I tried: Chrome, Iron, IE8, and Opera. Obviously with much less CPU etc... needed.

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So what do you recommend me, besides waiting for the next FF/uninstall Flash.

Can I upgrade to some beta FF directly without having to uninstall extensions ?

I'd switch to Opera just need at least Adblock and stuff similar to ImageZoom extension. Would prefer Iron Browser or ChromePlus.

Back to FF 3.6.6, it's fast for me, that I don't mind, just the flash fullscreen video issue. I know that plugin-container.exe is there to prevent FF itself crash because of an extension failure, the more I click trying to seek video in fullscreen the more RAM/CPU it uses. Then I hit ESC, curse it a lil bit and think to ditch it.

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I apologize if it was a long read.

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Currently the ff 4 beta has a very limited number of extensions that work , might as well consider you won't run it with extensions for the time being .

Try running an older build of firefox . If it isn't broken , don't fix it . Plugin container is in your case flash . The process includes all running plugins ( Adobe Reader , Silverlight , Flash ) , not extensions ( Adblock) .

As for Opera , it comes out of the box with an ad-blocker . Right click anywhere on a page and select block content . Click on the adds and done . With some tinkering ( not so user friendly ) it can do about what ff does .

Look into Chrome as well .

It has something to do with the new out of process mode. I am uncertain why you are having problems but it can be disabled for Flash. Go to "about:config" from your location bar and set the pref "dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll" to false.

It has something to do with the new out of process mode. I am uncertain why you are having problems but it can be disabled for Flash. Go to "about:config" from your location bar and set the pref "dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll" to false.

Thank you very much, sir. :)

That fixed it.

Sorry for the bump, didn't want to start another thread.

FF won't load, but I see the process in the background. I close it, but still same thing, uninstalled it, reinstalled.. all the same. It won't start in Safe Mode either.

It's like it hates me now. :D

By "uninstalled it, reinstalled.." you mean that you made a backup copy of your profile and created a new one in AppData?

If not you should do that.

Used Mozbackup, uninstalled completely, new fresh FF without anything restored still loads in the background. Same "error".

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