Firefox loses all charakters after disabling an add-on
Im am using Firefox 29. When I disable the add-on "antialasing tuner" [1], firefox becomes unusable, it loses all charakters. See here: http://s1.directupload.net/images/140612/e3iu9l8x.png
How can a disabled add-on cause this? The Problem is, the add-on does not work with firefox 30, so I have to disable it, but then firefox becomes unusable. What can I do?
[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/anti-aliasing-tuner/
Chosen solution
I have found a part of the problem.
If I set
gfx.content.azure.enabled
to false, the charakters are gone.
As I can see this setting is used to disable the anti-alasing for the font in firefox. Is there another way to disable the antialasing? The text in my firefox looks with antialasing quite washy.
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This looks as if it would be useful but do not use it until someone with particular experience is happy to verify it; and they may supply an alternative. http://www.quicklyuninstall.com/article/Quickly-Uinstall-Anti-Aliasing-Tuner-11.08.18.01.html Your system details actually show Fx 24.6. Is that a different computer?
I am unshure to do that. Maybe the instructions cause the same problem as simply disabling the add on. And then my profile is completely lost.
Regarding the 24.6, I went back to the LTS Version until I know what to do.
Chosen Solution
I have found a part of the problem.
If I set
gfx.content.azure.enabled
to false, the charakters are gone.
As I can see this setting is used to disable the anti-alasing for the font in firefox. Is there another way to disable the antialasing? The text in my firefox looks with antialasing quite washy.
I meant
gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.rendering_mode
The thing is, I have deactivated cleartype on my windows and I also don't want anti-alasing in my firefox.
Try to create a new Boolean pref on the about:config page via the right-click context menu with the name layout.paint_rects_separately and set the value to true and leave hardware acceleration enabled.