Sometimes it’s very weird to note that even the famous and mature browser like firefox be so vulnerable to crashes! Yup, sometimes I’ve experienced the crashes when I opened heavy contents web material like PDF files from internet, it hanged and eventually I need to restart the browser. Now, do we need to blame firefox for the crashes or perhaps it could be problems from our own computers? Some people say if firefox still crashes in safe mode then it’s really firefox problem, but if the crashes didn’t occurred in safe mode, then it’s probably due to your computers.

There are couples of reasons why modern browser like firefox experienced crashes. One of the reasons is the addon problems. Yes, since firefox is an open source browser which means that it’s distributed freely over the internet and there are thousand of firefox addon developed by browser developer. Even though most of the addons in Mozilla are tested and approved but the nasty mix of addons could lead to the firefox failures. Two perfectly stable addons could create issues when used in tandem. Likewise there’s list of addons with known problems, so try to use your firefox with these addons disabled.

If you’re experience yourself firfox crashes, then try to take these actions. Note the circumstances when the crashes occurred particularly the likelihood of the crashes such as does it happen randomly or when you execute a particular tasks. If you want to go advance, then try to simulate the crash at will and if it’s really matters of firefox, then file the bugs with relevant information in Bugzilla.

However, you can take some precaution by using stable version of firefox, those who used beta version might highly exposed to the crashes.