Firefox 17.0.1 is unbelieveably slow on my 32 bit Win 7 laptop. Prior to this, have not had any problem in years. IE 9 and 10 are fast.. What have you done here

It takes longer to load. Way longer than earlier versions.
Loading web pages is unacceptably slow, even those with no video or flash. I am a loyal and happy FF user for many years on this same laptop and Win 7 Ultimate (32 bit) platform. Till now.
IE and other browsers like Chrome are literally in another ballpark from you. I am very sorry this has happened and hope you will fox it soon...or many of your most satisfied and loyal customers like me will be gone.

I have this problem, too.
FF 17.0.1 (German version) and 32-bit Vista SP2.
FireFox stalls after URL input and "is waiting for URL...", although the sites are online and respond quickly in other browsers.
(In most cases, stall ends after 30...60 seconds, displaying desired URL.)
Moreover, during the "stall" situation: When opening a new tab or switching to an existing tab AND pressing F5 (reload) or input a new URL, the session in this tab stalls also (feels as if it is queuing "behind" the original stalling tab).
Moreover, during the "stall" situation: Firefox produces high CPU workloads (up to 100%), doing nothing (from user's point-of-view) and preventing other tasks on my PC to proceed quickly.
I tried lot of things to solve:
-> deinstall, new download, install new download
-> deactivated Addons and restart Firefox
-> always clear cache and remove cookies when exiting Firefox
Result: absolutely fruitless exercises.
Now I installed FF 16.0.1 which is working perfectly fine.
Looking forward to FF 17.0.2 or FF18 - will try again.
+++ Addendum +++
I am using ZoneAlarm V10 and its firewall. Following a suspicion I again installed 17.0.1 (for testing purposes), deactivated the ZA firewall and activated the Vista firewall. Result: also fruitless. So I again performed fallback to 16.0.1.

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