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Why does scrolling appear choppy in Firefox 4?

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After upgrading to Firefox 4, I've noticed a huge change in the way pages scroll. All pages scroll in a slow and choppy manner, regardless of the settings I use. I've tried turning Smooth Scrolling on and off, and I've done a clean install too. I could live with the way it was in 3.6 but it is now incredibly annoying and almost unuseable.

After upgrading to Firefox 4, I've noticed a huge change in the way pages scroll. All pages scroll in a slow and choppy manner, regardless of the settings I use. I've tried turning Smooth Scrolling on and off, and I've done a clean install too. I could live with the way it was in 3.6 but it is now incredibly annoying and almost unuseable.

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Start Firefox in Use Troubleshoot Mode in Firefox to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).

  • Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.

In Firefox 4 Safe mode disables extensions and disables hardware acceleration.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
cjkoop
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Yes, this ended up being the problem. My extensions were fine but hardware acceleration had to be turned off. Everything is running smoothly now.