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Using cmd-tilde keys on MacBook Pro to change front viewed page no longer works reliably under Tahoe. Any workaround? Also, Firefox sometimes freezes Navigation between programs, and the only way to navigate is to quit Firefox. I'm on Tahoe 26.4 MacBook Pro 2023 M2 Max. Thanks.

suse linux 15.6 firefox 140.9.0esr (64-bit)

An aggressive website can cause "isolated web co" processes to be started. When they hog all processors and memory, the computer besomes unresponsive. Keyboard and mouse freezes up.

Is there a way to limit firefox processes to n-1 processors, leaving 1 processor available for me to kill it ?

I love Firefox and have used it forever. But its memory usage is killing me lately and I'm seriously reconsidering.... PC, Win11, Intel7, 16GB memory. (I'm typing this from Chrome)

I've updated, restarted, but it keeps maxing out and slowing my computer to a crawl. Somebody please tell me there's a fix pending?

Happens daily at random, click on link it opens Firefox to a black screen, fails to load requested page. I close app then click link again and it works perfectly. This is not desktop browser. I empty cache , no change. Any help, Thank You

Have used Firefox for years, always do current updates. Still using Win10. After browsing for a few minutes, hard drive activity increases and the mouse and keyboard become unresponsive, returning very briefly for a second or two, before once again being unresponsive. After 10 min. or so, system returns to normal. This only happens while using Firefox. MS Edge, with all the same extensions, has no problem. Have searched many times, but no useful help is found. Have already un-checked hardware acceleration, and cleared caches, Am ready to give up and switch to Edge. Any help?

I have a problem with 'efficiency mode' in Windows 11. Windows 11 forcefully puts many of Firefox's tasks into efficiency mode marked by green leaves within task manager in processes tab. It doesn't seem to do this to anything else except Steam Client WebHelper. My Laptop is always in max performance mode in all possible settings as it is always plugged in (this does not influence efficiency mode). It slows down performance making things take longer to load and might even break them. If you try to enable efficiency mode on a task it even warns you of this: 'Efficiency mode will lower process priority and improve power efficiency but may cause instability for certain processes. Do you want to continue?' There is no way to permanently disable it. Currently out of 19 tasks 8 are in efficiency after I woke up my laptop from sleep (I have 5 tabs open). Only way to stop it is to manually disable each one by one (right click on each task and disable efficiency mode). But Windows 11 will turn them back on automatically usually within a few seconds (it seems to depend on opening new tabs, reloading them or waking up the PC from sleep mode). From looking it up online there seems to be a way to disable it in browser on Edge and Chrome but that might be something else (I do not use the so I'm not sure). There was a solution for Chrome but it doesn't work on Firefox.

Is there any way this can be disabled permanently through Firefox or Windows 11?

Version 149. After about one day of use, Firefox on Android intermittently hangs for about five seconds, several times per minute. Attempting to select links during this time are ignored and the selection usually occurs after the hang/delay.

The device is a Pixel 5 with Android 14.

Not sure if this is a Firefox or YouTube bug.. it's really annoying and happens quite a few times each day I use my PC.. Is there any solution to this or perhaps reverting the update til this is resolved? I usually wait fo rit to stop lagging or if I'm not patient enough.. I'll just close Firefox entirely and re-open. Thanks.

I recently (within the last month) gotten an update in windows 11 and all of a sudden firefox slows way down and eventually stops doing anything...Any ideas what I can do to get firefox to actually work all the time??? I am using firefox 149.0 and it says it is up to date...

Good morning. I don't know how to describe it well much less grab a screenshot as it happens so quickly. Occasionally when I open Firefox which is always full screen a blank/black smaller browser window opens/appears for a second or so and then the browser opens as normal. It does not happen every single time. It's like on the way to opening the browser takes a step and then activates. The browser is up to date and seems to be working fine. I am attempting to catch a screenshot but as I said it is so quick. I don't know how to describe it any better. If anyone can help I would certainly appreciate it. I have run multiple antivirus, malware and spyware programs and found no issues.

My question is a very obvious one if you look at the two screenshots I've attached. The 'X' to close the Firefox browser keeps disappearing, along with the 'maximize' and 'minimize' options as well. This has been happening for months. The recurrence rate is 50/50 each time I open the FF browser. It's not just an issue with closing or minimizing a page, it also removes the access to my Windows taskbar at the bottom!! Normally, when I move my mouse to the bottom, my taskbar pops up and I can access whatever I need, BUT when the FF browser has NO 'X' at the top corner, my taskbar won't show up at all! This is finally getting on my last nerve!🤦♀

Any knowledge as to why this keeps happening?🤷♀

My FF browser is up to date, as of yesterday. My default search engine is google. My PC is still running Windows 10.....could this be the problem?

Firefox has definitely gone downhill imho. Too many very frequent updates after browser slows down to a virtual standstill. I have seriously been looking at other browsers. What's the story?

I am not sure if you have herd this or not since the newest Firefox update everything is very slow. takes forever to get anything on Firefox especially with extensions enabled. Especially Facebook . Now i am not sure if this is Facebook's fault or if it is Firefox Iam using this version149.0 64 bit. if it is not Firefox have you hear d or seen yourselves about Facebook not loading correctly . Please if anyone knows of either problem feel free to contact me

When I log into Google, my browser freezes. I can't close the browser, can't even restart the computer — and this happens every single time I try to sign into my account, making the browser essentially unusable.

Hello,

I’ve been having a performance problem with Firefox that only happens when I play the Letter Boxed web game from the New York Times.

When I open the puzzle in Firefox (latest version), the letters load fine, but as soon as I start typing, the browser becomes laggy input delays, slow animations, and occasionally the whole tab freezes for a few seconds. I’ve tried the following, but none have fixed it:

Restarting Firefox Disabling all add-ons Clearing cache and cookies Updating Firefox to the latest version Running in Safe Mode

Other websites and games work normally, and the issue only appears with this specific NYT game. It also doesn’t happen in other browsers on the same machine.

System Info: ‑ OS: Windows 10 ‑ Firefox Version: (latest stable) ‑ RAM: 16 GB ‑ CPU: Intel i5

Questions:

Is this a known issue with Firefox and the Letter Boxed game? Are there specific settings (hardware acceleration, graphics) that I should adjust? How can I troubleshoot what is causing the lag within Firefox?

Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,

I’ve been experiencing performance issues while using Mozilla Firefox, especially when working with browser-based tools that handle file processing.

When I try to upload or process larger files (like PDFs), I notice the following:

• Firefox becomes slow or laggy • The tab sometimes freezes temporarily • File processing either takes too long or doesn’t complete • Occasionally I get a “page unresponsive” message

For testing, I used an online tool: [ONLINE EDITOR]

The issue seems more noticeable with larger files or when multiple tabs are open.

What I’ve tried:

• Restarting Firefox • Clearing cache and cookies • Disabling extensions • Testing in Troubleshoot Mode • Updating Firefox to the latest version

The same tasks seem to work slightly better in other browsers, so I’m wondering if this is related to Firefox performance or settings.

Question:

Is there any way to improve Firefox performance for heavy browser-based tasks like file processing? Are there specific settings I should adjust?

Thanks in advance!

is there a way to revert the changes that have been made on ver 149 regarding the scrolling? I'm trying to scroll some really long sites and when I just touch either my magic mouse or my macbook trackpad scrolling jumps to the end. Up to version 148.02 there was no problem. I've check it on 2 machines with macos sequoia and the problem is valid.