Firefox 3.0.9 crashes when I *View Page Source*

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:33 am

I updated to the newest FF version 3.0.9 today and whenever I try to check the source code of a webpage FF crash Crying or Very sad

Anyone noticed the same behavior ?

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Whenever I have experienced that kind of behavior I have always found it to be the result of one or more extensions. So, I deactivate all extensions and then add them back one by one to try to find the conflict. You might also try reinstalling FF after clearing your cache and cookies.

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:42 am

I never had such an issue with FF before. Okay I hope I can get rid of this bug with your tips. Thanks.

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:53 pm

I just installed 3.0.9 and it's crashing on me. I thought I already had .9 when I answered your initial post but I was still on .8! Unless you found an answer we are at the mercy of the development team <grrrr>

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:08 pm

Thanks for the heads up, I'll put off installing the new version until the problems fixed.

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:42 pm

Problem: Firefox 3.0.9 crashes when I "View Page Source"
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Solution: Disable HTML Validator
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:00 pm

Yeah I just found it also:

http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:03 pm

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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 am

I use this too often too wait and/or disable Smile

if you disable "highlight lines with errors" in
add-ons->html validator->options it will work again Smile

Worker Joined: Aug 26, 2007 Posts: 236

With later Firefox I had problems with Firebug. Memory leaks and crashes. Windows XP.

Worker Joined: Mar 30, 2009 Posts: 132

im assuming this is with WinDoze o.s.

i have 3.0.9 on linux. and havent had to many bugs.

Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:47 am

No, it's all platforms. But, only if you're using the FF HTML Tidy extension. Read the links above to get the whole picture. The author of the HTML Tidy extension has released an emergency fix that doesn't really fix the FF issue, ie the Browser DOM. But, his fix release disables the line highlighter option which is what you can do manually.

registered · Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:48 pm

3.0.10 is out... I'm still on vacation so don't have my computer with this extension. Just wondering if its now fixed since the fix came out so quickly?