Firefox locks up and I have to end task and restart firefox

firefox locks up and I cant click anywhere and get it to respond or close. the only way i can correct this it to control alt delete and then end task. then restart firefox. It happens frequently and does not matter if i am searching the net with google or reading articles on Drudge

Thanks for the report. This is a known issue in Firefox 4 beta on the Motorola Droid, and we don't have a solution yet. More details at: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=602252

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