- Scrolling on sites is jerky as hell.
Typing out comments is so so slow that I can type the full comment and then sit back and wait for Firefox to 'type it out'.
Switching tabs can take seconds, whereas before it was instant.
Google Images takes forever to scroll through, before it was smooth as anything
If I hover my cursor over say the back button, it takes 5s for it to recognise the cursor is there and that I've clicked it.
Same with closing tabs. It takes seconds for the 'x' to register being clicked.
Slugglish Firefox after latest update
- Azagoth
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Slugglish Firefox after latest update
Everything used to be smooth as abutter, but Firefox applied an update now things are terrible.
- therube
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Re: Slugglish Firefox after latest update
> Firefox applied an update
What update was that?
Check (Windows) Task Manager & see if you might not have a rogue, hung firefox.exe process laying about?
If not, then is (your running) firefox.exe eating a high number of CPU?
What update was that?
Check (Windows) Task Manager & see if you might not have a rogue, hung firefox.exe process laying about?
If not, then is (your running) firefox.exe eating a high number of CPU?
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
- malliz
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Re: Slugglish Firefox after latest update
Anti Virus / Security software?
What sort of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.
"Terry Pratchett"
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- Azagoth
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Re: Slugglish Firefox after latest update
Don't know what update it was. It auto-applied when I fired Firefox up. As for Task manager, there's only one instance of Firefox running. That's acting weird though, just sitting here with this one tab open the CPU usage for that single Firefox instance is constantly fluctuating between 5% and 33% and it's using 500MB of RAM.therube wrote:> Firefox applied an update
What update was that?
Check (Windows) Task Manager & see if you might not have a rogue, hung firefox.exe process laying about?
If not, then is (your running) firefox.exe eating a high number of CPU?
- DanRaisch
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Re: Slugglish Firefox after latest update
malliz wrote:Anti Virus / Security software?
- Azagoth
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Re: Slugglish Firefox after latest update
Don't have any AV or security software installed or running, so it's not that.
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Re: Slugglish Firefox after latest update
Maybe THAT is why you are suddenly running slow. You got a virus. LOLAzagoth wrote:Don't have any AV or security software installed or running, so it's not that.
Do you often feel that you must be from another planet, or wish you were?
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Re: Slugglish Firefox after latest update
(One does not need A/V to surf safely, or for any reason, necessarily.)
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
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Re: Slugglish Firefox after latest update
You'll find many folks that would disagree with that statement, a majority of them previous victims of malware.(One does not need A/V to surf safely, or for any reason, necessarily.)
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Re: Slugglish Firefox after latest update
That's a statement of authority from one who doesn't know how to find out which version of Firefox they are running.therube wrote:(One does not need A/V to surf safely, or for any reason, necessarily.)
Do you often feel that you must be from another planet, or wish you were?
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Re: Slugglish Firefox after latest update
Hey I am having the same problems i have version 54.0.1 and it is almost unusable every website takes close to a minute to load and always lags on the tls handshake...is that something new? its really frustrating... i have run virus and malware scans and reset firefox and nothing helps...any recommendations?
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Re: Slugglish Firefox after latest update
Security software?
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Re: Slugglish Firefox after latest update
Windows Defender......I dont think its a virus chrome and edge work completely fine.DanRaisch wrote:Security software?
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Re: Slugglish Firefox after latest update
Perhaps, perhaps not. A virus will often impact the default browser on the system. So, depending on which of the three browsers is default, one might be effected while the other two would not be.I dont think its a virus chrome and edge work completely fine.
But I was not suggesting a virus was involved. Security programs can cause performance problems if they are not properly permitting the application to access the Internet. See this article to make sure that Defender is set to allow Firefox to do so -- https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/win ... 2fdd716a2f
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Re: Slugglish Firefox after latest update
I've been observing (and living with) this phenomenon for at least a year. The only reason I still use Firefox (or any Mozilla product for that matter), is a variety of third-party add-ons which I find useful. I just spent about 20 minutes posting a message to a website, only to see Firefox disappear, leaving their "We're embarrassed..." crash message. Another factor which may be impacting its performance is the exponentially increasing problem of background processes by advertisers and invasive data trackers, which hobble the browser's ability to perform its primary functions. Although Mozilla bills itself as a 'non-profit', the owners of Mozilla are constantly seeking out new ways to monetize Firefox and Thunderbird for their personal gain, at the expense of end-users. In short (IMHO), Mozilla has become almost as bad as Microsoft ever was in this regard. I'm actively considering alternatives.Azagoth wrote:Everything used to be smooth as abutter, but Firefox applied an update now things are terrible.
I've tried safe mode, a new blank profile, resetting Firefox, cleaning out cookies and the cache but it's still the same - sluggish as hell. It's at the point where Firefox is basically unusable as a web browser. I know it's not the computer as Chrome works just fine and this is my fast gaming system.
- Scrolling on sites is jerky as hell.
Typing out comments is so so slow that I can type the full comment and then sit back and wait for Firefox to 'type it out'.
Switching tabs can take seconds, whereas before it was instant.
Google Images takes forever to scroll through, before it was smooth as anything
If I hover my cursor over say the back button, it takes 5s for it to recognise the cursor is there and that I've clicked it.
Same with closing tabs. It takes seconds for the 'x' to register being clicked.