My browser hangs when navigating websites. The I/O is especially slow when typing into youtube search bar.
It runs fine in safe mode, but I have when I run it normally, with no addons, it is drastically slow. When typing fast in the youtube search box, random characters appear instead of what I typed.
I thought it was an addon at first, and removed them all. However, I still have an issue. I shared data of my browser, but I am currently writing this in safe mode. I'm not sure if that affects it.
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Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode that temporarily turns off hardware acceleration, resets some settings, and disables add-ons (extensions and themes). If the problem goes away, that tells us one thing. If it does not, that tells us something else.
Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar.
Under Advanced, Select General.
Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.
Type about:addons<enter> in the address bar to open the Add-ons Manager. Hot key; <Control>(Mac=<Command>) <Shift> A)
On the left side of the page, select Appearance. Then select Default.
Then restart.
It appears this issue issue was solved but then a similar issue arose see new question
- Firefox lags, especially when typing, and reinstalling doesn't solve the issue. Any ideas? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1146626#answer-935353