Speedtest uses flash for speed measurements & adobe has introduced a special protected mode for its flash plugin only for firefox, which might cause slowdowns when there is interference between the following processes (so you might not observe it on IE or other browsers): firefox.exe, plugin-container.exe & FlashPlayerPlugin11.exe - please make sure that norton's firewall or av-engine isn't blocking/sandboxing them in any way. Alternatively you can also try & see if this is making a difference. Shockwave Flash 11.5 r502.
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site. Its really hard to get an accurate speed test meeting in firefox always shows 60 Mbit and in IE it always goes way over 100Mbit. When i tested it 5 times with the new firefox version 18 out of 5 imes it went 1 time over 100Mbit which was a good result of the speedtest. But now its showing way lower agin.
Likz 50, 60 Mbit And if i test it 10 times with IE i get overal the same results. I also noticed the flashplayer from is like hanging its not fluid at all and i updated that aswell.
Just tested it the flashplayer with the speedtest in IE and agin stabile as hell. Nothing like the problems FF is showing me. Its really hard to get an accurate speed test meeting in firefox always shows 60 Mbit and in IE it always goes way over 100Mbit. When i tested it 5 times with the new firefox version 18 out of 5 imes it went 1 time over 100Mbit which was a good result of the speedtest. But now its showing way lower agin.
Likz 50, 60 Mbit And if i test it 10 times with IE i get overal the same results. I also noticed the flashplayer from is like hanging its not fluid at all and i updated that aswell.
Just tested it the flashplayer with the speedtest in IE and agin stabile as hell. Nothing like the problems FF is showing me. Speedtest uses flash for speed measurements & adobe has introduced a special protected mode for its flash plugin only for firefox, which might cause slowdowns when there is interference between the following processes (so you might not observe it on IE or other browsers): firefox.exe, plugin-container.exe & FlashPlayerPlugin11.exe - please make sure that norton's firewall or av-engine isn't blocking/sandboxing them in any way. Alternatively you can also try & see if this is making a difference. Speedtest uses flash for speed measurements & adobe has introduced a special protected mode for its flash plugin only for firefox, which might cause slowdowns when there is interference between the following processes (so you might not observe it on IE or other browsers): firefox.exe, plugin-container.exe & FlashPlayerPlugin11.exe - please make sure that norton's firewall or av-engine isn't blocking/sandboxing them in any way. Alternatively you can also try disabling the protected mode for adobe flash & see if this is making a difference. Hi broken, In light of your post above I have taken the liberty of marking the thread solved with madperson's answer.
Unfortunately Firefox (Windows) has been having problems with protected mode and FlashPlayer for some months now. Turning off protected mode is not ideal, and some users find it a rather difficult procedure, but until and unless a permanent fix is available from Adobe FlashPlayer then it may be necessary to turn off protected mode. You could also consider speeding things up by not using FlashPlayer unnecessarily, maybe considering something like no-script to block unwanted instances. (The click to play feature may also be useful ).
Hi broken, In light of your post above I have taken the liberty of marking the thread solved with madperson's answer. Unfortunately Firefox (Windows) has been having problems with protected mode and FlashPlayer for some months now. Turning off protected mode is not ideal, and some users find it a rather difficult procedure, but until and unless a permanent fix is available from Adobe FlashPlayer then it may be necessary to turn off protected mode. You could also consider speeding things up by not using FlashPlayer unnecessarily, maybe considering something like no-script to block unwanted instances. (The click to play feature may also be useful ). Unfortunately this is most probably influenced by external factors so mozilla can't do much about addressing the issue. I'm not familiar with norton's software, but we had reports that other security software (old versions of f-secure) did intefere with the flash protected mode and cause cause slowdowns when a function named 'enhanced process monitoring' was enabled.
You might want to try setting ProtectedMode=1 again and experiment with your norton settings - in case there is an options to whitelist certain applications from in-depth scanning/sand-boxing/etc please add firefox.exe, plugin-container.exe (located in the mozilla firefox program folder) & FlashPlayerPlugin11.exe (located in C: Windows SysWOW64 Macromed Flash) to this list. Unfortunately this is most probably influenced by external factors so mozilla can't do much about addressing the issue. I'm not familiar with norton's software, but we had reports that other security software (old versions of f-secure) did intefere with the flash protected mode and cause cause slowdowns when a function named 'enhanced process monitoring' was enabled.
You might want to try setting ProtectedMode=1 again and experiment with your norton settings - in case there is an options to whitelist certain applications from in-depth scanning/sand-boxing/etc please add firefox.exe, plugin-container.exe (located in the mozilla firefox program folder) & FlashPlayerPlugin11.exe (located in C: Windows SysWOW64 Macromed Flash) to this list. I had this problem to since 11.3 came out. 11.2 worked fine.
So here's how Google Chrome stacks up against Mozilla Firefox. I tested my internet speeds both on the popular SpeedTest.net and on Google's speed test, and both browsers showed similar. BTW, OOKLA also has a HTML5-based tester at beta.speedtest.net. Work now on current Fx. Just another example of how pathetic Mozilla has let Fx become. I don't have anything other between firefox and anything else on this PC.
As the op said, ie was fine and ff results on were half speed, all over the place, choppy and unreliable. I have just turned protected mode to 0 and it's same as ie now, nice and smooth and 127Mbit down, nice and steady.
I found that demonstrates the problem I had. I have microsoft security essentials. Disabling didn't do anything. Here is a strange thing though, I was using fraps (screeen recorder) to record what happens when I upgraded flash to a version higher than 11.2 and while fraps is running, the result was fine, just like ie.
Exit Fraps and the problem returns. Q) what is Fraps doing to make flash work in protected mode?
I had this problem to since 11.3 came out. 11.2 worked fine. As the op said, ie was fine and ff results on speedtest.net were half speed, all over the place, choppy and unreliable. I have just turned protected mode to 0 and it's same as ie now, nice and smooth and 127Mbit down, nice and steady. Here is a video I found that demonstrates the problem I had.
I have microsoft security essentials. Disabling didn't do anything. Here is a strange thing though, I was using fraps (screeen recorder) to record what happens when I upgraded flash to a version higher than 11.2 and while fraps is running, the speedtest.net result was fine, just like ie. Exit Fraps and the problem returns. Q) what is Fraps doing to make flash work in protected mode?
Google Chrome has one major feature that Firefox doesn't. Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider My web browser of choice is Google Chrome, but I'm always on the hunt for a better browser. After all, it's the app I use most often on pretty much any computer. If a browser can perform faster and more efficiently than Chrome, I'd absolutely consider it.
Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, makes some pretty enticing claims about its browser, such as that it uses 30% less RAM than Chrome, which is particularly interesting. That means Firefox might not slow down my computer as much as Chrome does when I have a ton of open tabs. Another tasty claim is that Firefox loads websites faster than Chrome. I tried Firefox to see how well it stacks up against Chrome. My web browser of choice is Google Chrome, but I'm always on the hunt for a better browser. After all, it's the app I use most often on pretty much any computer. If a browser can perform faster and more efficiently than Chrome, I'd absolutely consider it.
Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, makes some pretty enticing claims about its browser, such as that it uses 30% less RAM than Chrome, which is particularly interesting. That means Firefox might not slow down my computer as much as Chrome does when I have a ton of open tabs. Another tasty claim is that Firefox loads websites faster than Chrome. I tried Firefox to see how well it stacks up against Chrome. My web browser of choice is Google Chrome, but I'm always on the hunt for a better browser. After all, it's the app I use most often on pretty much any computer. If a browser can perform faster and more efficiently than Chrome, I'd absolutely consider it.
Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, makes some pretty enticing claims about its browser, such as that it uses 30% less RAM than Chrome, which is particularly interesting. That means Firefox might not slow down my computer as much as Chrome does when I have a ton of open tabs. Another tasty claim is that Firefox loads websites faster than Chrome. I tried Firefox to see how well it stacks up against Chrome.