On Sunday, 16 September 2018 12:32:53 BST gevisz wrote: > вс, 16 сент. 2018 г. в 11:09, Dale : > > Mick wrote: > > > On Sunday, 16 September 2018 08:19:30 BST gevisz wrote: > > >> пт, 7 сент. 2018 г. в 19:05, Mick : > > >>> On Friday, 7 September 2018 16:32:40 BST gevisz wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Something else I came across causing FF crashes here, was a bug with > > >>> profile- sync-daemon (recent thread of mine refers). I don't know if > > >>> you > > >>> use psd, but I wasn't aware of this psd bug when you posted about your > > >>> problems. I only mention it now as another thing to check next time > > >>> you > > >>> have FF crashing on you. > > >> > > >> Thank you for additional information. > > >> > > >> I have read in this mailing list (may be it was your thread) that using > > >> profiles in firefox is another source of crashes. So, I do not use > > >> profiles, and now hope that it means that I do not use psd as well. :) > > > > > > Ah! No, they are too different things. > > > > > > I have not read anywhere that the use of multiple user profiles causes > > > FF to crash. Perhaps some addons may do. > > > <> > > > > I have nine Firefox profiles here. Any problems I have had have turned > > out to be a bad add on. Sometimes I turn off auto update and new > > Firefox doesn't like old add on. > > Probably, you meant that problems with old add ons arise when firefox > auto update is turned on. If so, I do agree. > > > It is rare that I have Firefox crash. > > Unfortunately, even a rare Firefox crash has long standing consequences. :( > > > It may get slow at times but it keeps chugging along. Generally I have > > four or five profiles running and sometimes even more. I use different > > profiles for different tasks with different add ons. I've noticed that > > the more add ons one has, the slower it tends to get. I sort of spread > > them out a bit. > > If multiple Firefox profiles do not increase the probability of its crash > any more, than it is a good news because they are really useful. > > Anyway, I still afraid to use them so far. I also have more than one profiles, with different/no addons and configurations and have not experienced any crashes on my PC. -- Regards, Mick