Yahoo + Firefox = a bad match?

[Jericho]

Lately Firefox locks up on me, far too often, when accessing my Yahoo email, which I do often. It's the newer Yahoo ads, I think, that seem a bit more memory intensive than they used to be.

This happens on my home computer AND on my work computer (I should mention both are behind the times a bit in regards to RAM but do ok otherwise).

On I.E., something I hadn't used in ages, I don't have a problem.

I think today I give up on Firefox, something I championed and recommended to others, until I have better luck with the Yahoo pages. So many lockups is just too frustrating.

I was wondering if others have had any problems with this or with the newer versions of Firefox in general? I should note I run the more recent version, and always update when prompted.

I would say I'm just having bad luck, but on two computers in two different buildings?

[PrntRhd]

Symptoms are usually due to extensions, but we need to know what version you were running.

[mjc]

I don't have a problem on Yahoo, but then I usually use AdBlock to block all the Yahoo ads, manually.

[pop pop]

Firefox 3.5.2 running with NoScript, I have no problem with accessing Yahoo mail. However, lately, the last two months or so, Yahoo has been annoying with sneaking pop-ups through when clicking on main links--mainly Sports. If it isn't a pop-up, it opens a new tab to an advertisement. DrudgeReport used to be the worst that way, now Yahoo is.

Firefox almost never locks up. It did once in a while due to the age old memory leak, but 3.5 has indeed improved on that issue. Of course, I'm also now running a quad core with 6 Gb of RAM, so there's plenty there.

[nedah]

Running Firefox 3.0 wth NoScripts I cannot login to my Yahoo Groups. My username and/or password is always rejected but switching to IE7 allows login. This is an irritation but I have now learned to use IE if I am going to visit a Group.

[PrntRhd]

PopPop,
Firefox v3.5.2 update also automatically disables Microsoft's One-Click "extension" (installed without asking) with the latest .NET SP1 Microsoft Update.
No big deal except Microsoft did not write the "extension" with a working Uninstall button for XP users, and the One Click idea is to allow software to be loaded automatically--just like MS' Active-X. No reports of exploits but it does cause a possible security hole to be opened.

Windows 7 users are reporting the extension uninstall button does work for Firefox in that OS.

Nedah,
I have learned I must use IE for some sites simply because of the way the site software is written.

For instance my wife and I own a major brand refrigerator that may have a bad relay that caused a safety recall (could cause the compressor to overheat and caused 78 fires), the recall site software was written in such a way that the service appointment could not be made using Firefox, even though it did show as on the recall list in Firefox.