a warning

[summer_skin]

If you have the add on Foxmarks on your computer I'd strongly recommend not updating to it right away. I had my computer on for a couple days and had a lot of intensive programmes running so I had to restart to make my computer stop lagging.

When I did I had updates for my add ons, easy peasy. One of them was for Foxmarks that is now going by X Marks or something now.

HOLY SHIT. When I tried to load my tabs after it took forever. The pages never continued to load and wouldn't let me stop it and I couldn't scroll down the page or use my computer without tremendous lag. It adds a "page info" icon to your address bar and then tells you all the links listed on the page or links that are relevant to your interests based on what's on the current page, idek.

Then, when I tried to switch between the two windows I have open it would keep jerking me back to the main one. I couldn't even open my add on window up to uninstall it; it kept minimizing everything else and taking me back to the main window. I had to close FF and do a search for the files on my computer and delete them from there to make it go away.

So, yeah. I don't know if other people have had problems with this add on or not but I wouldn't use it for now or update until the thing starts working or gets exorcised or something. I don't even know why I need it, honestly, since I don't use my laptop THAT much. Everything goes on Delicious, anyway.

Comments

[seedyapartment.livejournal.com]

eek, that does not sound pleasant. I choose my ff add-ons carefully. I've never tried that one, though, but it seems useful. Like, if it would actually work right.

[summer-skin.livejournal.com]

It worked great up till today when I updated and it switched to something new. I didn't really use it but it was nice to have, just in case, you know?

[diner]

Weird - I have Foxmarks, and now X Marks and my computer's fine but I'll definitely keep my eye out, thanks for the warning. :)

[sorchasilver.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I got the email from them about switching from Foxmarks to Xmarks for their new "discovery" features and I was not happy. I am not updating it, and from what one of their reps at Get Satisfaction said, it should be possible to keep using Foxmarks indefinitely. I hope!