Need a faster Firefox for slow PC, CPU intensive sites like Facebook are too slow.
I have a twin core 2.0GHz laptop with 8 GB RAM, and opening big groups in Facebook makes CPU stick to 100% and at times downloading the page is frozen. It takes anything … (read more)
I have a twin core 2.0GHz laptop with 8 GB RAM, and opening big groups in Facebook makes CPU stick to 100% and at times downloading the page is frozen. It takes anything from a minute to 3 to completely load such pages. I know Facebook is bloatware and I should get a faster laptop.
I have tried every solution here and elsewhere, if you did too and found something not already here please respond. Thank you.
Firefox
New about:config settings for smooth scrolling.
It is just a very good suggestion: general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.durationMaxMS 150 and general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.durationMinMS 100 make FF's scrolling much better… (read more)
It is just a very good suggestion: general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.durationMaxMS 150 and general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.durationMinMS 100 make FF's scrolling much better. With the default settings Firefox looks very laggy. It's very important to make browser's interface much smoother. I think this is the main case why Chrome has much more users now. This settings should have been changed just when Quantum was released to show more performance difference "before/after".
Right-click icon on Taskbar - I delete 'Frequent' list items, but they re-appear minutes later. What to do?
For the Taskbar FF icon, I manually delete the Frequent list, one by one. Minutes later they reappear, not immediately, but soon after. Or I use CCleaner to clean those… (read more)
For the Taskbar FF icon, I manually delete the Frequent list, one by one. Minutes later they reappear, not immediately, but soon after. Or I use CCleaner to clean those out, but again they reappear soon after.
Top bar and scroll bar unclickable
After a system reboot this morning, the scrollbar is unclickable (wheel based scrolling works). So is everything to the right of the address bar on that toolbar in fulls… (read more)
After a system reboot this morning, the scrollbar is unclickable (wheel based scrolling works). So is everything to the right of the address bar on that toolbar in fullscreen mode (in non-fullscreen mode, the buttons for bookmarks and add ons work, the hamburger menu does not). So are the minimize, maximize, and exit buttons on the window in full screen mode (in non-fullscreen mode, the minimize and maximize work, exit does not). Whatever is the right most tab in my list cannot be clicked. Right clicking any of these things brings up a menu with a single option- copy. The app is unusable in this state.
I have tried restarting in safe mode, this didn't fix anything. The only addons I have are noscript and adblock+.
Why is offline site or cached data stored in Roaming portion of user profile?
Why is Firefox offline site data or cached data stored in the Roaming portion of the user profile instead of the Local portion? For anyone using roaming profiles this i… (read more)
Why is Firefox offline site data or cached data stored in the Roaming portion of the user profile instead of the Local portion? For anyone using roaming profiles this is a horrible design because it syncs 10,000+ junk files out to their roaming profile location on the server.
The specific folder is C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\PROFILENAME\storage. Why isn't this storage folder located in the Local portion of the AppData folder, who wants all of this garbage following them around from computer to computer when using roaming profiles?
Sorry. We’ve locked your account.
I keep getting this message when log in on another device. Few other devices have no issues, but one (my phone) has this always. I use that log in and password on other… (read more)
I keep getting this message when log in on another device. Few other devices have no issues, but one (my phone) has this always. I use that log in and password on other devices without any issues. But on two others is same story every time when I would like to sync. Please, someone, remove my email from a blocked list, etc.. it's working fine when using same credentials on other devices. magistrate@usa.com Email me if I have to do something else. Thanks
windows 10 links not working
In Windows 10 LTSB, Firefox does not appear to be fully setting up as default browser. Gives a "There was a problem sending the command to the program." error whenever a … (read more)
In Windows 10 LTSB, Firefox does not appear to be fully setting up as default browser. Gives a "There was a problem sending the command to the program." error whenever a link is opened with it. Link opens, though.
when I restart my mac book I have to resync everything and it takes forever to load browser plus asks for password
If I shut down the macbook pro loading firefox takes forever loading and then asks for login password etc, This does not seem right but I don't know what settings need to… (read more)
If I shut down the macbook pro loading firefox takes forever loading and then asks for login password etc, This does not seem right but I don't know what settings need to be changed.
Why Firefox not displaying all the image srcset attribute source?
I'm playing with the image responsive HTML tag (srcset and sizes attribute) and noticed that when on Firefox, it only displayed one source in SRCSET attribute but when in… (read more)
I'm playing with the image responsive HTML tag (srcset and sizes attribute) and noticed that when on Firefox, it only displayed one source in SRCSET attribute but when in Google Chrome browser, all the image source is displayed on SRCSET. Why is that? is this some bug on Firefox? I'm using the latest version of Firefox 68.0.1 (64-bit).
BBCiplayerdownloads won't work with Firefox 68
Since updating to Firefox 68.0 I have been unable to download programmes using BBCiplayerdownloads. The software works in all other respects and will play already downloa… (read more)
Since updating to Firefox 68.0 I have been unable to download programmes using BBCiplayerdownloads. The software works in all other respects and will play already downloaded programmes. When attempting a new download, I get the error message in the attached image. I am presently running Firefox 68.0.1 and have tried running it in safe mode (all add-ons disabled) and still have the same issue. I am not aware of anyone else having the same problem but am at a loss as to how to progress.
I had a hunch and tried another browser, which worked - so the problem is somehow related to Firefox.
Thanks for your help.
Firefox bounces in Dock once and won't open
I have macOS Mojave, and to my recollection Firefox worked a month or so ago. Now, it bounces in the Dock once, looks like it tries to open, and then quits. I've tried ch… (read more)
I have macOS Mojave, and to my recollection Firefox worked a month or so ago. Now, it bounces in the Dock once, looks like it tries to open, and then quits. I've tried changing profiles, looking for fbplugin issues, reinstalling, deleting settings from Application Support folders, and nothing fixes this problem. Any thoughts, y'all?
Upgrade to Firefox68 from Firefox54 - lost tab bar & address bar options; customization doesn't help
So, I finally bit the bullet and installed Firefox68. But nothing works as expected and I can't find anything in the options to help me. Main problems at the moment: My … (read more)
So, I finally bit the bullet and installed Firefox68. But nothing works as expected and I can't find anything in the options to help me.
Main problems at the moment: My address bar in Firefox54 shows lots of options. They disappeared when I upgraded. In Firefox54, when I open multiple tabs, they open on their own "line". In Firefox68, all I see is a "floater" with one tab. I want all my tabs to show at the "bottom". (I use tabmixplus).
I have tried to upload images but it just "circles and circles"
So let me try to describe Firefox54: Top line: oldstyle menu (File, Edit .....Help) Next line: address bar search bar pocket googleoptions home ...... Next line: bookmarks Next line: Prefbar Bottom line: open tabs
Firefox68: Top line: old style menu (File, Edit, View, ...) Next Line: address bar & search bar and that silly 3bars to show the menu. (everything else has disappeared) Next Line: bookmarks (all OK)
That's it. Even when I load multiple tabs, all I see is a tab that "floats" over the address bar & if I open multiple tabs, they seem to partially "hide" behind the menu area so I can vaguely see them behind the bookmarks & address bar - which is very disconcerting
Poor multi-tab user responsivness is caused by primitive FF multi-tasking/ threading.
Could this note be referred please, to the FF programming manager? First my congrats on FF overall of course, to you and your many volunteers. But I notice a large phil… (read more)
Could this note be referred please, to the FF programming manager? First my congrats on FF overall of course, to you and your many volunteers. But I notice a large philosophical programming problem which you might consider.
This problem mostly shows with multiple tabs open. Web servers certainly are slow, and many pages' Html etc poor. This all results in lots of delays such as reported during:
Waiting for () Read () Transferring data from () Performing a TLS handshake to () Connecting to ()
These display the moving "working" dot in the left of the affected tab title. And less often, "(not responding)" in FF's title bar, which eventually gets cleared automatically.
I have reviewed all 17 screens, and a number of the individual results, from today's FF forum search of:
169 results for (not responding) for Firefox
None address the lack of prioritized co-operative multi-tasking/ threading, DURING such delays as "Waiting for ()". During such a necessary wait, it is very slow at best, e.g. for a user to switch tabs. Even to one which is ready for display.
Responsiveness to user input should be the top multi-tasking priority. Tab switching. Rendering/ display of the foreground tab. Scrolling that down. Tab closing by user!, and "X" to STOP a page from loading -- give those user clicks priority. Let's not have to wait 10 seconds for a right-click to open its option box. Let the other busy tabs finish up their work, overlapped in the background priority-wise.
This could be done now, but perhaps it would be difficult for volunteer programmers. Worse case might require a custom replacement, for the effective TCP part of the default vanilla TCP/IP stack. However I suspect a lot could be fixed short of that, with the correct management encouragement and guidelines. At least if the continuous motion of the "busy dot" indicator in the tab title is a task, just change that to something like just gray-ed out while busy.
My experience is with much headroom: CPU (50%), memory, disk, and network bandwidth, per Task Manager. NO McAfee. Mainly just ZoneAlarm taking 30% of that CPU 50% usage. This is not a problem with start-up delay. And delays within only one open tab are necessary, of course. Cheers
why is Firefox no longer recognising Lets Encrypt SSL Certificates?
As of a few days ago SSL certificates served on Bluehost are not being recognised as secure in Firefox browsers. They were until very recently. All I can see in the Fir… (read more)
As of a few days ago SSL certificates served on Bluehost are not being recognised as secure in Firefox browsers. They were until very recently.
All I can see in the Firefox Community Support is stuff relating to versions +TLSv1 +TLSv1.1 +TLSv1.2 needing to be updated to SSLProtocol -ALL +SSLv3 +TLSv1.2?
Doesn't really help me as I can't tell a host how to run their servers! Or is there any other exp;anation?
How do I fix this? My weblinks saved to my Windows PC do not open to the webpage but to a print prompt
For instance, saving a webpage from either Firefox or Google Chrome (same problem with both, but NOT with IE), when I highlight the link, it says (at the bottom of the fo… (read more)
For instance, saving a webpage from either Firefox or Google Chrome (same problem with both, but NOT with IE), when I highlight the link, it says (at the bottom of the folder where the link resides), "Internet Shortcut." but instead of opening into my default (Firefox) brower, it opens to a Print prompt, as if I commanded the link to print. There is no right click option to OPEN WITH when I right click on one of these corrupted links. This is really a nuisance. What can I do to fix it?
Firefox tab freezes when watching online videos.
2 Updates ago Firefox was fine now Firefox's tab with video in it crashes. Here is what is happening: 1. Open a website and start streaming a video. 2. I also play World … (read more)
2 Updates ago Firefox was fine now Firefox's tab with video in it crashes. Here is what is happening:
1. Open a website and start streaming a video. 2. I also play World of tanks on my second monitor. 3. After sometime Firefox's Tab where video is playing freezes and the only thing to do is to close it. BUT all other tabs are ok and responsive. I have updated Flash player, but I don't need it to watch videos where I am watching them.
This problem started to occur since about 2 updates ago, I never had such problem before. I tried watching videos on different sites, in Safe Mode, I refreshed the Firefox, I re-installed the Firefox, I updated/uninstalled Adobe Flash, I disabled the Hardware Acceleration, Firefox still freezes. Same problem is happening with Chrome and MS Edge, but for some reason OPERA works fine.
Please help me to troubleshoot this problem.
Thank you.
I am trying to change my Secondary Email and Getting this error Your email was just returned. Mistyped email?
Hello i am trying to add my secondary email address in firefox accounts, "Your email was just returned. Mistyped email?" Even i tried with different emails but still gett… (read more)
Hello i am trying to add my secondary email address in firefox accounts, "Your email was just returned. Mistyped email?" Even i tried with different emails but still getting the same error. I am sure this is firefox bug
Firefox renders text incorrectly.
This is a 2019 bump to https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1221476 . Firefox renders text incorrectly. It uses DirectWrite, which is incorrect, it should use GDI … (read more)
This is a 2019 bump to https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1221476 .
Firefox renders text incorrectly. It uses DirectWrite, which is incorrect, it should use GDI to render text. In all the next updates please immediately rewrite the Microsoft Windows renderer sourcecode to render all text with GDI.
resize menu and extension boxes
When I'm using FF in my laptop (extended monitor view), the boxes/panes for the MENU and extensions are showing in a minimized format (i.e. the MENU will show only > S… (read more)
When I'm using FF in my laptop (extended monitor view), the boxes/panes for the MENU and extensions are showing in a minimized format (i.e. the MENU will show only > Sign in to Sync and > Content Blocking - 2 rows only), so I have to scroll down to see the other options.
If I move FF to one of the 24' Monitors, the MENU open as a whole (from > Sign in to Sync to > Exit). Even my extensions like dark Reader will show the entire box when displayed in the monitor.
I noticed that my laptop is using a display scale of 125% by default, but If I change it to 100%, it will show the MENU and other extension boxes as a whole. The problem is that 100% is hard to work/read.
Is there a config to stop the resizing of the MENU and the extension panes?
Info: Lenovo T470 - resolution 1920 1080 (Scale and Layout 125%) Monitor HP V244h - resolution 1920 x 1080 (Scale and Layout 100%)
thanks!
Possible to use Windows Hello as the Master Password to secure Logins and Passwords?
Now that Firefox supports Windows Hello, is it possible to use this feature as the "Master Passwords" to secure the saved logins/passwords?