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Firefox is often jerky and slow to respond

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LukasSA
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the most important results of this are a failure to scroll and that the "find in page" function will not recognise some of the letters typed into it. I will type "hello" and "hll" will appear in the find bar

the most important results of this are a failure to scroll and that the "find in page" function will not recognise some of the letters typed into it. I will type "hello" and "hll" will appear in the find bar

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FredMcD
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} While you are in safe mode; Press the Alt or F10 key to bring up the tool bar. Followed by;

Windows; Tools > Options Linux; Edit > Preferences Mac; application name > Preferences

Then Advanced > General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?. Then restart.

cor-el
cor-el
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
LukasSA
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Thanks! It was the 'liquid words' extension, fyi

FredMcD
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It's great you found the problem. Please mark your last post as the solution. This way others looking for help will see how you fixed the problem.