Gmail has been driving me crazy ever since upgrading to Firefox 1.5, particularly when trying to send a relatively large attachment. One of Gmail’s best features is the ability to send attachments that are up to 10 MB in size, but uploading a file of that size simply takes some time.
Apparently in Firefox 1.5, the time that a script can run for before it is considered to be unresponsive is automatically set to 5 (seconds, it appears). To fix the problem, type about:config into your address bar in Firefox, then in the filter field type “dom.max_script_run_time” (without the quotes). Then double-click on the record that comes up, and set it to something more rational, like 60.
Hat tip to Itchyhands for the solution.
[tags] Gmail, Firefox, unresponsive script [/tags]
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by JAG
03 Feb 2006 at 16:31
Does not work all the time.
by Dale Wisely
09 Jun 2006 at 13:25
Thanks for this fix!
by Nathan Lyle
14 Nov 2006 at 22:03
I was glad to find this out… I’m using version 2.0 of FireFox but was running into the same problem. Though I’m happy I know now another way to tweak the browser, there seems to be a problem with Gmail. I’m getting the “unresponsive script” error when attempting to reply to an email that doesn’t have any attachments. I hit reply and the thing goes catatonic. I will continue my search for a solution for the moment… but I just wanted to thank you for the post.
by Paul Puppo
18 Nov 2006 at 03:21
THANKS!
I was getting so fed up with the sluggish unresponsiveness. I was going to throw my girlfriend’s computer out the window!
by Tracy
19 Nov 2006 at 08:27
Thanks so much for the fix! It was getting to be severely annoying!
by nmcguinn
28 Nov 2006 at 20:37
Yes – I am getting “unresponsive script” error replying to mail in Gmail under Firefox 2 also. Wonder why?
by Alex
05 Dec 2006 at 07:13
i also made the adjustment to 60 seconds and now my computer freezes for a full minute before i get the error message… so i switched back to 10 seconds, that way at least it’s frozen for 10 instead of 60 seconds.. will keep looking for the solution..
by Alex B
19 Dec 2006 at 18:02
I just narrowed it down and fixed it for myself:
I propose that, at least for some users, the interaction between CalGoo and Google Calendar Quick Add is causing the issue.
-Alex
by Alex B
20 Dec 2006 at 22:59
Solution to my previous post:
Get the updated version of the Firefox add-on called Google Calendar Quick Add. Earlier versions of the add-on caused this error.
-Alex
by J.ar
08 Sep 2007 at 16:09
firefox doesn’t even open. i dont know if im suppose to click, stop script or continue for tha actual browser to come up, i’v tried both and either the compter freezes or nothing happens.
by PReDiToR
24 Nov 2007 at 13:29
I found this to be a problem with outdated AdBlock Plus lists. I fixed it by going to the AdBlock Plus Preferences and right clicking the subscriptions, and choosing “update”. Now my mails will open again without having to go to the “basic HTML” setting of Gmail.
by Matt K
25 Nov 2007 at 08:26
Yeah, Adblock Plus was the cause for me as well – I right-clicked and updated the EasyList subscription and now my Gmail works fine.
by Percy
26 Nov 2007 at 09:58
Hey thanks PReDiToR Adblock Plus was the problem thanks for the solution.
Percy
by Meloearth
06 Feb 2008 at 10:17
My about:config into page does not have a filter field.
by Jack Jones & Huckleberry Finn
18 Feb 2008 at 12:32
JODER NO FUNCIONAAAAA