Firefox 8 is still freezing at irregular intervals, usually when trying to load a page or a bookmark from the menu

so far when trying to load pages but once when i had the bookmark menu open and tried to scroll down in it the whole thing froze with the menu fixed on top over everything (including other applications), with similar symptoms as before; 40-50% cpu usage, firefox APPEARS to have hung but comes back after a minute or two. except or the single time the bookmark menu was stuck on top, u can just do other things until firefox comes back.

sorry but the issue that was about is said to be fixed in firefox 8 so i assumed this was not the same bug; also i dont know enough about the addon recommended to know if it is secure enough. the firefox browser is used almost exclusively for use with tor (i should have made this clear in the question...DOH!) and if the places maintenance does anything which bypasses tor it kind of obviates the whole point lol. so i am reluctant to use the addon (and if the bug it was working around is fixed anyways according to the blog entry it wouldnt work anyway). i am not techie enough to audit/test places maintenance or file proper bug reports which would also interfere with the work i am supposed to do with firefox anyways. so i guess my question is really more for information, and in the faint hope other ppl may find the answer. thx for reply anyway

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