GIFs keep crashing Firefox
Whenever I open a larger .gif image file hosted online, Firefox will lag, stop responding, then Windows error box pops up and I have to select "close this program" to exit Firefox.
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Try see this help article:
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Try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox (you need to close and restart Firefox).
- Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
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.
Neither of these solutions work for me. I'm suspecting it's a Firefox problem.
Suluhisho teule
Try see this help article:
None of those solutions seem to work
This is still a problem!!!!!! Very annoying since I frequent reddit, where a sizable portion of posts are gifs that will crash Firefox when I open them!
I solved this by upgrading to Firefox 27 beta. It's supposed to release this month anyway!
Note that installing a beta version will put you on the Beta update channel.
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Firefox 27.0 should be released next Tuesday (Feb 4), so do not forget to install the official release or you will keep receiving updates twice a week (Tuesday and Friday).
Alrighty sounds good. Thanks for the info