Firefox freezes during typing on social media
Hi,
Ever since a system update about a month ago, Firefox has been freezing when I type in social media / forms boxes (i.e. Facebook, Linked in, and even this box). It normally hangs for around 20 seconds before returning to normal. Has anyone else had anything like that? Any thoughts. Obvs the system update seems like a possible culprit, but it doesn't seem to happen on Microsoft Edge. thanks for any suggestions, Matt
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Is this with all websites/pages, some, a few?
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