Firefox doesn't display pages properly since Update 57
Hello, Firefox Community.
After upgrading to Quantum, a lot of websites have been loading quite poorly, as the attachments show. Before I did not encounter this problem.
I've figured out that duplicating the page until it loads correctly works, but it's a tiresome measure and it doesn't address the issue. Switching browser is not an option for me, so I was hoping I could find a solution since I can't think of anything else.
This happens in Facebook, Google Search, Gmail, Gaming communities (World of Tanks site)
What I've tried to fix it:
Clean installation - I thought it had fixed it at first but it's happening again.
>Disabling/removing addons - No effect.
>Downgrading - Decided to update back due to security concerns.
>Look online for others with the same problem - None of the suggestions worked.
But nothing seems to be working... I'm not a programmer of any sort.
Could somebody guide me? Thank you in advance and have a good week.
Modified by WindSplitter1
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Hi, that is what we are here for. There appears to be an issue that only affects users who have turned off cleartype font rendering within their windows settings. So a workaround for the moment would either be to turn cleartype back on or disabling hardware acceleration in Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/performance-settings
If that does not solve the issue Please Refresh but do this 1st: Delete your Cookies and Cache and TEST.
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
then
TEST....... If no issues then Extensions which need to be added back in 1 at a time and tested ..... Or it is your Profile : Make a new one and test ...:
If is your Profile :
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
Note: Any customization will revert back to default, you will also need to reinstall Extensions.
Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.
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Hi, that is what we are here for. There appears to be an issue that only affects users who have turned off cleartype font rendering within their windows settings. So a workaround for the moment would either be to turn cleartype back on or disabling hardware acceleration in Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/performance-settings
If that does not solve the issue Please Refresh but do this 1st: Delete your Cookies and Cache and TEST.
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
then
TEST....... If no issues then Extensions which need to be added back in 1 at a time and tested ..... Or it is your Profile : Make a new one and test ...:
If is your Profile :
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
Note: Any customization will revert back to default, you will also need to reinstall Extensions.
Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.
Hi WindSplitter1, two footnotes to the above:
Does the missing content fill in if you adjust the zoom one tick -- hold down the Ctrl key and tap either the + or - key? If that works, then the "no ClearType" problem is most likely your issue.
If you use the workaround, please note: after turning off hardware acceleration, you need to exit Firefox and start it up again before the change takes effect.
To Pkshadow and jscher2000.
Thank you for both insights! Turning off HW acceleration seems to have solved the problem,
Page loading is slower but that's a price I'm more than willing to pay.
Thank you very much! :D