Firefox on multiple computers and platforms has been slow over the past month or so.

I first noticed that Firefox was slow on my personal computer.
I thought that it was in relation to the "cookie clicker" window that had been open for months on end running 24/7 on my computer.
But I then noticed it on my work computer. I think it happened around the v26 update.
I am an "IT Guy".. or something.. a network administrator.. I work on dozens of computers a week..
I just setup a "new" computer at work last Friday.. It is not a "fresh install".. it is a ghost image of a Dell Optiplex 780 for a few years ago. I updated Firefox by going to .. "help" -> "about firefox".. It is slow on that computer too.. 3.0 ghz c2d with 4gb ram..
Either way.. I know I sound like a high maintenance, whining bitch.. but, firefox takes a few seconds to open a new window...
I have switched a lot of things to chrome (becuase I know longer care about the old shit where they were tracking my data and browsing habits etc..).. becuase it is faster..
I hit ctrl+N in firefox. shit was slow.. i go to chrome and do it.. 5-7x faster.. in my rough, not completely sober experience..
What I used to do, is click the firefox icon in my "quicklaunch" bar..
here is what I do in windows 7.. I unpin all icons from the start bar. i create a custom toolbar called "quicklaunch" and I put the icons in it.. just like windows xp, or maybe ME edition, or maybe windows 98 with Plus! or something like that..
Not only do I create a quicklaunch on my own computer.. I put it on a hundred other people's computers a year.. Because they don't like change and want things to work how they used to work.... and because I think I am right...
So... I click on the firefox icon in my quicklaunch.. and it takes a few seconds to open ( i can count to 6, but it is probably 2.7 seconds or something)... it doesn't sound like a big deal.. but i grit my fucking teeth when it happens..
i click on the chrome icon in my quicklaunch.. and it does "something" immediately. to reassure me..
so, i am only ranting because, A. i am under the influence of alcohol, and B. because (since I under the influence of alcohol, i have a slightly inflated sense of self worth or something, that makes me thing something will take the time to read this)..
but.. reading it, vs, deciphering it and passing it along to someone who can do something about it..
and shiiiiit.. those people probably already know what is going on and why.. for all I know.. google is fucking with you right and forcing to you make changes that slow your browser down because of some guy a firefox fucked someone's daughter at google...
haven't given up on firefox.. but, my conspiracy is spinning in my head now.. and I am going to have to go to the last browser i used before firefox.. Opera. hahah.. fucking opera.. it does work.. and is decent, right? the other browsers stole the tabs idea from them, right??

Unfortunately, those so called amazing improvements you reference haven't changed much when it comes to the browser freezing on startup when it's being opened. 278,228K memory using when not doing much. Have a couple of small plug-ins but probably not much compared to most FF users.

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