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text gets 'thinner' (like cleartype is turning off) when scrolling

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eltouristo
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just now (12-18) switched to windows 10, from 7 (hate 10 far more than win7, of course)...Have to use cleartype now even though I do not in win7. Don't know if problem is related to cleartype..I guess I could turn it back off to test but you can't save it's settings (just one of a million things to hate)..anyway... problem is when scrolling in Firefox, text appear to get 'thinner' as if cleartype is turning off or something, just when scrolling, this is very distracting, as it a sort of mild 'blinking' affect. Anyway, thanks and happy holidays.

just now (12-18) switched to windows 10, from 7 (hate 10 far more than win7, of course)...Have to use cleartype now even though I do not in win7. Don't know if problem is related to cleartype..I guess I could turn it back off to test but you can't save it's settings (just one of a million things to hate)..anyway... problem is when scrolling in Firefox, text appear to get 'thinner' as if cleartype is turning off or something, just when scrolling, this is very distracting, as it a sort of mild 'blinking' affect. Anyway, thanks and happy holidays.

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cor-el
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You can try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.

Close and restart Firefox after modifying the setting for changes to take effect.

You can check if there is an update for your graphics display driver and check for hardware acceleration related issues.