Firefox 4 hangs when Goole or gmail is opened

Today i downloaded Firefox 4 but having issues as firefox hangs
When i try to open '''Goolgle or gmail''' using the page loads but its unresponsive. The gamil page will load with the cursor blinking at the user name but i cannot enter anything.
I can neither switch between tabs
The tab which was opened google/gmail tab says its still loading....
I dont know if this is the issue with any other website i havent tried many...
what is causing this issue i had to move back to using Firefox 3.6 for getting gmail or google to work

Under Windows 7:
Actually it looks like the dom.storage.default_quota wasn't the fix, it was how I started the browser.
If I start Firefox from the program icon / shortcut / taskbar icon, I get the hangs even with dom.storage.default_quota value increased.
Starting firefox via a .bat file I use to run more than one Firefox instance stops the hang / hour-glass:
@echo off
set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1 start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Firefox\firefox.exe" -ProfileManager set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=0
This works with dom.storage.default_quota at default 5120
To run more than one instance of Firefox you need multiple copies/installs of Firefox - you can't run multiple instances of the same .exe/install at the same time.
For this problem, just run the .bat on your single install of Firefox.
==> I tried adding -no-remote to a shortcut as below, but that didn't work...
It looks like there is a command-line switch for this now, like -ProfileManager
-no-remote
That can simply be set in your shortcut:
Target: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -ProfileManager
-no-remote
I haven't checked to see if this problem /fix is needed under Linux / Mac OSX
Odd, the .bat using MOZ_NO_REMOTE causes the problem to go away, but adding the -no-remote on the shortcut doesn't help - still get the hang / hour-glass.
For now using the .bat is a usable work around, but a better solution is needed.
Scott

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