I've noticed that too, but I've been having a lot of trouble with Firefox on my work computer. It tends to crash a lot, but it could be the computer
Intel Q6600, MSI P6N 650i, 2x1gb OCZ DDR2 800 RAM, Sapphire Radeon 4870 512mb
1x112gb Samsung, 1x320gb WD, 1x160gb WD
1xSamsung DVD/CD RW drive, PC Power & Cooling 750W PSU, X-Fi Fatal1ty Champion, Logitech Z-560 THX 4.1, NZXT Zero, G5, VW222U 22" monitor
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