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is anyone experiencing screen flicker when entering a search or moving mouse pointer towards results on google search page?

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hotrod99
hotrod99

I have a new medion laptop and have version 4 of firefox installed and am noticing that when conducting a search from tool bar (google) my screen flickers after pressing the enter key or when I move my mouse pointer towards the google results. I do not get the same problem when using either internet explorer or google chrome, suggesting that either firefox or one of its plug ins is to blame! I carried out the same search for the word Apple all using the google search engine preference.

Interested to know if anyone can help

I have a new medion laptop and have version 4 of firefox installed and am noticing that when conducting a search from tool bar (google) my screen flickers after pressing the enter key or when I move my mouse pointer towards the google results. I do not get the same problem when using either internet explorer or google chrome, suggesting that either firefox or one of its plug ins is to blame! I carried out the same search for the word Apple all using the google search engine preference. Interested to know if anyone can help

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Xircal
Xircal

Try running Firefox in Use Troubleshoot Mode in Firefox. If it functions properly in that configuration, then one of your add-ons is the culprit.

JohnInPS
JohnInPS

Excellent suggestion to disable Add-ons. The problem on my system was the "Optimize Google" add-on. I went to the add-on's home page and it's defunct, so we can't expect updates that will fix the problem. So I deleted it from my system and everything is rosy.