Hello.
I use Firefox on an computer with Ubuntu, (installed as snap) and have noticed that since the update to version 140, closing a tab causes a noticeable delay … (మరింత చదవండి)
Hello.
I use Firefox on an computer with Ubuntu, (installed as snap) and have noticed that since the update to version 140, closing a tab causes a noticeable delay : that is, upon any action that would close a tab (clicking on the cross, pressing CTRL+w, or middle clicking), there is a delay of about 200 to 300 ms before the tab is actually closed.
However, during this delay, the window still responds to inputs, leading to rather annoying situations. For example, during regular usage, I usually open a great number of tabs. When I am done with browsing, I close them, by repeatedly closing the cross button on the tabs. It used to be that the tab under the cursor would immediately close, then the next tab would slide under the cursor, and I would click again to close that one, etc.
But now, when clicking the cross button, the tab is not closed, and when I click again after a small delay (because of muscle memory), the tab is still there. This cause the two clicks to be treated as a single double-click, which for some reason puts the window in full-screen mode (but only with the snap version; I'm not sure what's going on here).
When using CTRL+w when closing tabs, the delay is still there, but the inputs are correctly handled. If I press CTRL+w three times at the usual rate, I can see the three key presses, then nothing happens for a few instants, then the three tabs close at the same time (i.e. the delay is from input to tab close, not from tab close to other tab close).
This behaviour is completely absent on Firefox (also version 140) on my windows computer.
This delay does not appear when creating tabs, and it does not occur either when closing the window or when closing the last tab in the window (leading to an amusing situation where shutting down Firefox is actually faster then closing a tab). These operation keep going at their previous speed, immeasurably fast to the human eye.
Navigation does not appear to be meaningfully slower than before the update, and the CPU/memory usage is very reasonable.
Curiously, this appears to be a fixed delay. Closing an empty tab takes the same time as closing a very busy one. Closing a tab when there are five takes the same time as closing a tab when there are thirty.
This issue makes browsing feel incredibly sluggish.
Is there a solution for this problem ?
Edit 1 : I have tried to run Firefox in troubleshoot mode, but there was no difference in behaviour.
