Firefox load times

Why does Firefox take so bloody long to load??? It's so annoying! I absolutely love Firefox but the load times kill me especially after using Chrome and all of its Goodness. For instance, I launched Firefox on my parents computer to play with something. It was taking so long that I used Internet Explorer (yuck), went to the website, downloaded the file and started the installation program before Firefox launched. AND it wasn't because Firefox was trying to install an update. It's just freaking bizarre. I love Firefox because of all of the extensions. I just hate the launching times. It seems to have gotten slower not faster as they have reported. Or I am jaded with using Chrome so much now.