Does Flash Crash Your Firefox/Web Browser?

[tdrusk]

I am having a problem with Flash and sites such as Youtube. Gutsy has improved this problem, but it still isn't completely fixed yet. I posted this in the Ubuntu Brainstorm and was told that many people aren't having a problem.

So, anybody who has a web browser crashing on them while using flash please vote here.

If you are using a different browser than firefox, please say so.

EDIT: Since I now know I am not the only one, please go here to fix it.

[sillyxone]

I have the same problem viewing flash movies in FF too, most of the time it happen when the movie is loading and I navigate away from the page.

Never experience the same problem in Epiphany.

I heard that FF3 fixed this bug. I'm in a production environment so can't try FF3 beta daily, just wait and see.

[Iceni]

I've had this problem with opera up till the 9.50 beta. The latest development snapshot fixed this, and I'm happy

[CaptainCabinet]

Firefox sometimes crashes for me while watching videos online. Mainly youtube. So I try to stay away from the site.

[samwyse]

Both Firefox 32-bit and 64-bit hang occasionally with the newest plugin, but in 64-bit you can go and kill npviewer and continue browsing without killing Firefox.

[hyperair]

Check the version of your Flash. Mine's at revision 115. Also, I use the daily build of Minefield, updated at 10.30PM my local time daily and I don't experience any issues with Youtube.

[derekr44]

Mine crashes on Youtube quite a bit, mostly when I navigate away to a different page.

[aysiu]

Mine doesn't crash as often as it used to, but it does crash occasionally. No biggie.

[p_quarles]

I think I recall Flash crashing exactly once since I started using Fluxbox.

And, as someone else mentioned -- using nspluginwrapper in 64-bit Firefox means that you can kill Flash without killing Firefox.

[Bishma]

Every browser on my system crashes without fail whenever there is any flash on a page even after uninstalling and reinstalling everything internet related on my machine.