Firefox quantum 65.0.2 uploads are all of a sudden extremely slow
I noticed a few months back that Firefox quantum 65.0.2 (64 bit) uploads are extremely slow. A 186kb image that is uploaded instantly in Chrome or Firefox developer edition (65.0b11 64 bit) takes about 30-45 seconds in quantum, a 900kb image jumps to 14% when I hit upload, then super slowly climbs up by 2%-4% at a time, finally finishing the upload 3 minutes later, and by the time the upload finishes the google captcha I entered has expired and it tells me to retry the upload. The same 900kb image uploads in 2 seconds on chrome and firefox dev. Also some websites like twitch.tv are super slow to load, not even a video stream, the homepage takes about 20 seconds to load, then another 30 seconds for the video to start playing, while the site loads and starts playing the homepage video within a few seconds on chrome and firefox dev. I've tried everything, launching firefox in safe mode, reinstalling firefox and trying with no plugins, switching between system proxy settings and no proxy. Is there anything else I can try? Super annoying having to launch chrome every time I need to upload something.
Thanks
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That means one of the other programs on your system may be causing the issue.
As a test, disable your protection programs.
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link}
A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?
FredMcD said
Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?
Just tried doing that again, and nope it didn't fix it.
Start your Computer in safe mode with network support. Then start Firefox. Try Secure websites. Is the problem still there?
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Linux+Safe+Mode Starting Any Computer In Safe Mode; Free Online Encyclopedia
This download manager works separately from the browser. The browser tells it what to download, and off it goes.
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org It is a powerful modern download accelerator and organizer for Windows and Mac.
FredMcD said
Start your Computer in safe mode with network support. Then start Firefox. Try Secure websites. Is the problem still there? http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Linux+Safe+Mode Starting Any Computer In Safe Mode; Free Online Encyclopedia
This download manager works separately from the browser. The browser tells it what to download, and off it goes.
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org It is a powerful modern download accelerator and organizer for Windows and Mac.
When starting in safe mode the problem is gone (the 900kb image uploads instantly).
Chosen Solution
That means one of the other programs on your system may be causing the issue.
As a test, disable your protection programs.
FredMcD said
That means one of the other programs on your system may be causing the issue. As a test, disable your protection programs.
Removed everything from startup, killed every process in task manager besides stuff that wouldn't let me terminate it like csrss.exe, dwm.exe, winlogon.exe, etc. and the problem is still there.
Any idea why the problem only occurs on regular Firefox but not for Firefox Developer Edition?
I called for more help.
I figured it out, it was my firewall (NetLimiter) limiting the output on firefox.exe to 5KB/s and even when the firewall process wasn't running, the service was still running in the background after startup. I think I enabled it to test the limit feature and then just forgot about it lol
Thanks for your help FredMcD!
Glad to help. Safe Surfing.
without a real proxy a going to sys proxy has no effect.