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Second time asking for help: Firefox "hangs" for 30-60 seconds the first time I open it on my MacBook Pro. Am running Firefox 148.0 (aarch64) on Mac OS Tahoe 26.3.1. This has been going on for three months. Have tried uninstalling Firefox and using AppZap to erase my Mozilla profile from the Mac -- rebooting the Mac -- and re-downloading a fresh copy of Firefox. I shut the Mac down for about an hour, rebooted, and Firefox launched right away. But the next time I launched Firefox on reboot, it "hung" again. Spinning beach ball for about 45 seconds before it then opened its default page at open. I do not run a VPN, and disabled some Safe Browsing "features" of Intego Virus Barrier.I tried to eliminate any other third-party extensions from my Firefox that might cause the delay. Am attaching an image of the extensions Firefox currently uses on the Mac. I absolutely <loathe> Safari, but can't have my Mac use Firefox as a default browser if it "hangs" on first launch. One last thing. Early on in the process, I tried deleting my Mozilla Firefox User Profile, but Firefox refused to start because it couldn't find a profile to launch with. So did not go there on this last attemt. Thanks in advance.

I'm elderly,so bear with me. Firefox very often slips off the screen or simply vanishes.Often it disappears to a thin,gray line at the bottom. Can't open a document and have Firefox available,too. I'm 84....are my fingers worn out? Dave P.

If I am on a website that is still loading in Firefox and want to change to another URL, then Firefox does not stop loading the old page. Once I click the "X", then it loads the new URL webpage. Shouldn't it stop getting data from the old URL the instant I load a new URL?

I love Firefox and NEVER use Safari. I thought something had happened to my MacBook Air, stuck space bar or maybe even a virus? BUT the space bar issue doesn't occur when I use Safari. The issue is this: I will use Firefox (for everything). All of a sudden, the space bar becomes "engaged" and my text starts scooting across with spaces between it. I can hear it "stutter" a sharp sound each time it lurches along. I can then open up a word doc and the thing follows me there. Or when trying to close an unsaved word doc to prep for closing the computer. I restart the computer and to begin with, the spacebar issue is resolved but before long (sooner and sooner) it begins again to the point that I am restarting my computer now within about five minutes. I have uninstalled and re-installed Firefox to no avail. BUT, I can use other programs without problem as long as the problem hasn't already begun again, via Firefox. What on earth? I am now stuck using Safari... I have the most recent Firefox installed. I just re-installed the program a second time, yesterday. I don't want to open the program or I'll end up turning it off and on again and lose all of this but it was updated as of yesterday but I keep up on all the updates, all the time. It's been going on...about 4 weeks? But it started with occurring maybe once a week, then once a couple days now to the place it is multiple times to constant, during a day. I cannot use Firefox until this is resolved. Thank you for whatever help you can offer. I've run the diagnostic /first aid stuff to no avail through my utilities.

Hi, for about the last week (23 Feb 2026) when watching videos in my Firefox Browser, there are short stutters. First noticed in Youtube, so looked for updates to UBO and other extensions. Then noticed the same thing in BBC iPlayer and my4 streaming. It also happens when watching my media via Plex in the browser. It is not my network bandwidth or speed.

When I watch media via my Plex app or videos on VLC media player, there is no stutter.

I have included a link to logs recorded in Firefox profiler as suggested by someone on Reddit. firefox_profiler_2March26 https://share.firefox.dev/4b4moC0

I don't know if this is caused by a Firefox update, a Windows update. Laptop: Asus ROG Flow X16 (2023); Intel i9-13900H, Intel Irix Xe; NVIDIA RTX 4070 (mobile) Firefox 148.0 (64bit)

All drivers up-to-date. Please let me know if the link does not work - my first time trying to upload a link from profiler.

Thanks all.

I've noticed in the last few days that I'm periodically losing keyboard character input on sites following the update to the latest version - 148.0 (64-bit) I thought it might be a power issue with my WiFi keyboard and swapped out the batteries but the issue has persisted and I haven't experienced it when testing in Edge and nor have I seen it when using Excel or Notepad++ which I use regularly. Keyboard input actually froze for 4-5 seconds in inputting the last sentence. The problem is presenting on a number of sites - e.g. Reddit and YouTube. I do use the Ublock Origin extension but have been doing so for quite some time. I did report an issue with the mid screen search bar a few days ago and believe that is to be corrected in the update of 10th March. Is this also a known issue with the update?