Comments on: Help computer. Stop all the javascriptin.

Help computer. Stop all the javascriptin.

cavalier — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:38:26 -0800

FireFox. MetaFilter. A script on this page has stopped responding, do you want to stop the script, debug the script, or cry. Anybody else seeing this on Firefox 2.x?

Only started occuring the past few weeks for me. Happens regardless of the site (Ask, MeFi, MeTa). I pulled all my addons out and tried a new profile. Still busted. Any recent changes to the script? I'm not too good at reproducing it yet. It's not happening every time, but it doesn't seem like a memory issue -- I get it sometimes when I have freshly opened the app, and sometimes only after I've had several tabs open.

By: marxchivist

marxchivist — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:49:52 -0800

That was happening to me a few weeks ago using Firefox 2.something. I bought a new computer, using the same version of Firefox and it doesn't happen anymore. That's not the ONLY reason I bought a new computer.

By: yeoz

yeoz — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:28:38 -0800

Metafilter: Not the ONLY reason I bought a new computer.

By: merelyglib

merelyglib — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:31:24 -0800

I get that whenever I load a monster thread. I usually just get annoyed and tell it to stop the script. Never had it happen anywhere other than metafilter, though.

By: Plutor

Plutor — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:35:40 -0800

Debug the script. Then tell us which one it is.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:38:09 -0800

No.

By: tallus

tallus — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:03:47 -0800

I noticed on a couple of occasions on start up when the long boing thread was round. Mind you I'm kind of surprised the street lights didn't dip when that thread was loading.

By: heatherann

heatherann — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:18:07 -0800

I have never seen this, and I run Firefox 2.x on Windows and OSX.

By: sageleaf

sageleaf — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:30:50 -0800

Never seen it on MeFi, but I work with a script-heavy page which triggers that error frequently. Usually it's because the connection has slowed, not because there's anything wrong with the script. The script doesn't complete in the time FF is allowing, so you get that dialog. It clears if I just wait. We should both take a look at this.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:33:51 -0800

i see it once in awhile, here, there and the other place - i don't know if it's a real problem, though

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:56:47 -0800

Happened every time I tried to load the BoingBoing thread, FWIW.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:12:24 -0800

I got it yesterday on some random thread.

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:16:12 -0800

cavalier: FireFox. MetaFilter. A script on this page has stopped responding, do you want to stop the script, debug the script, or cry. Anybody else seeing this on Firefox 2.x?

Ah, that problem. I've found that if I just go ahead and cry for four or five hours, everything ends up okay.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:20:48 -0800

Being a non-nerd, I have been puzzled by that script thingie, but I figures it was just Mr. Gates punishing me for using Firefox.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:21:50 -0800

Bill made me write 'figures' instead of 'figured'.

By: quin

quin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:00:42 -0800

I've found that if I just go ahead and cry for four or five hours, everything ends up okay.

As an emotional cripple who is incapable of human emotion, this option isn't available to me. But I've discovered that if I make someone else cry for a couple of hours, I get to feeling pretty good.

Wait... what were we talking about again?

By: JHarris

JHarris — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:41:34 -0800

I've never had this problem with Metafilter, but sometimes it shows up in Gmail. Gmail also likes to make Firefox completely seize up, frequently, for a good half-minute, even in the most recent versions.

By: Plutor

Plutor — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:07:38 -0800

It sounds to me like you guys just need more cybermegs™. I'm not using all of mine; Paypal me ten bucks and I'll email you some.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:18:36 -0800

happens all the time to me on Firefox 2.0.0.14 on WinXP at work. never seen it on Firefox 3.0.1 on Ubuntu Linux at home.

By: dg

dg — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:25:01 -0800

I have seen this a few times, usually when I am on the train (unreliable connection).