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Does this apply when all the major browsers (save IE, though it's been a while) update unobtrusively?
by nosefrog 12y ago
Does this apply when all the major browsers (save IE, though it's been a while) update unobtrusively?
- chc 12y agoI don't see how it has anything to do with how obtrusive the updates are.
- mikeratcliffe 12y agoyou can always go to about:support and click "Reset profile..."
- mynameisvlad 12y agoYes, it would. It's not based completely on performance gains you may see in new updates. Profiles bloat up over time with data (history, cookies, cache, etc) and the bigger it is, the more the browser has to process. So, over time, your browser will slow down. A fresh install of a new browser would result in all this data not existing. If it doesn't have to parse hundreds of megs of files, it'll generally be faster.
- Karunamon 12y agoAll of those things are easily cleared, however. If I do a clear history/cache/cookies in Firefox, there's still a lot of miscellaneous data floating around in my profile, to the point where, last I recall, the Firefox team still recommends you outright dump your profile in case of difficulties.