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I know some of you guys are better at computers than I am, so I'm asking here for any input. I'm having some troubles getting my browsers to be cooperative, and I'm looking for something - anything - to help. (And don't say anything along the lines of "get a new computer" or I will hunt you down and strangle you with your own entrails.)

I'm running OSX 10.6 on a relatively older MacBook Pro. I prefer Firefox because I have Adblock, Flashblock, Ghostery, and RAMback, all of which let me run it relatively smoothly - for the most part. The problem I'm having is mostly trying to use Tumblr - Firefox is updated enough so that tumblr does the "floating box" overlay for new posts, which consistently fucks up because my computer itself just isn't capable of handling it. (Mind, I don't have any other memory-hogging programs open - this is an issue specifically with this feature.) Additionally, it tends to bog itself down and lock up after a few days of having it open.

In order to avoid the tumblr problem, I switched over to Safari, which usually runs a bit smoother anyway because it's a native program, but I've only got Adblock for that, so I have some trouble loading pages with Flash and other non-blockable things. On the upside, it hasn't updated beyond its 10.6 compatibility, so it uses tumblr's (presumably) old posting style, which is a separate page and much easier to work with. The problem with this is that Safari has a tendency to just lock up if I have it open for too long. I don't know what causes it, and it doesn't even do the "webpages aren't responding" thing - it just rainbow wheels at me and makes me wait forever to load even a plain text page.

Presently, I'm forced to use both. I can use Firefox until it locks up, then I use Safari until it does the same, then switch back. But I prefer using Safari for tumblr, but I have to use Firefox for certain necessary sites (some bills I have to pay have sites not compatible with Safari, or at least my version of it). But I can't have both of them open at the same time for too long or my whole computer locks up.

So...at this point, I'm willing to try any legitimate tips or tricks or advice that doesn't involve me buying anything. I have no money and I just want to be able to not have to take ten minutes to do something that should only take two.

wait "a few days of having it open", does that mean you let your computer on for days??

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...Are there people who don't do this?

...There are people who do this? D:

It's a laptop, so yes, when I'm not using it, I simply close it and let it sleep. Because it's an older Mac, I occasionally run Onyx to allow it to do its cleanup processes, but for the most part, nothing suffers from the computer not being shut down completely. I use my computer far too often to take the time to shut it down and boot it up every time I want to use it.

iStat says my computer's current uptime is nearly 28 days. This is typical and isn't the problem. I've always done that, and the problems I'm having with my browsers only just started maybe a couple months ago.

maybe newer updates make the browser eat up more ram, which is apparently a problem with each firefox update, don't know about safari

In a similar boat, older MBP, OSX 10.6, but I only use Safari. My computer still locks up sometimes, but I attribute that to flash and also not turning off my laptop for days (I put it to sleep a lot though).

If you disable Flash in Safari, will it inconvenience you/disable a lot of sites and features you need? I actually don't know, I've never disabled it but I know it can bog down resources. I do know it disables the ability to watch some videos, so if you're okay with watching those in Firefox...

I've also heard the same thing about Java, but again I don't know what it disables if you turn it off. Other than that, I don't know if you can live with just having one browser open at a time? I actually don't use a lot of addons so I can't suggest any beyond what you have, sorry. :(

It might be Flash - it was getting really bad when I had a YouTube tab open in Safari. I was originally advised to get Flashblock for Firefox when I was having trouble with it before, and that's helped, but it also has the option of loading Flash objects manually if I want to. I don't know if Safari will let me do that if I disable it. I don't think it'll kill much - I don't actually use very many sites anymore - but I don't like not having the option to load what I want to, when I want to.

I usually do only have one browser open at a time - the problem is switching back and forth. I constantly have several open tabs relating to whatever project I'm working on. I tried to use SurfOn, which is supposed to let you save your tabs in one browser and open them in another, but the controls on it were so buggy I had to disable it :/

Oddly enough, my partner has a newer MBP running 10.8 and he uses Safari exclusively, and it still constantly locks up on him. I feel like it's less to do with the age of the computer and more to do with the fact that whoever's taken over after Jobs died is doing a shit job at keeping everything running smoothly :( We never had problems with Safari until recently (I just simply preferred Firefox because of the addons).

There's a Firefox add-on called QuickJava which lets you individually toggle Java, Javascript, Flash, images/animations, and cookies on and off.

Hm. I may try that out. Thanks!

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