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Current version laggy

zapbuzz
Making moves

Just updated to latest firefox now its slow to launch and lags on loading every webpage so what happened? Also on windows 10 and 11 with taskbar auto hide launching firefox still prevents taskbar from showing when mouse hovers over it and thats been for years now and is ANNOYING!

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siffemcon
Contributor

Try these one at a time, checking after each.

Go to FF menu > Help > More troubleshooting information > click 'Clear startup cache' button on the right > restart FF

Clear the browser cache:
- press Ctrl-Shift-Delete (Mac: Cmd-Shift-Delete)
- set 'Time range...' to 'Everything'
- untick all items except 'Temporary cached files and pages'
- clear, then restart FF

See what happens in Troubleshoot mode (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/diagnose-firefox-issues-using-troubleshoot-mode#w_how-to-start-...). If it works better, see 'Turn off hardware acceleration' below. If that doesn't help, in normal mode disable all your add-ons > re-enable one at a time and test. If you have a lot of add-ons, disable half of them. If the problem still exists, re-enable them, disable the other half, and narrow it down in a similar fashion.

Via the address bar, go to about:config > search for accessibility.force_disabled > change the value to 1 > click check mark > restart FF

Turn off hardware acceleration:
- go to FF Menu > Settings and enter 'hardware' (no quotes) in the search box
- uncheck 'Use recommended performance settings' > uncheck 'Use hardware acceleration when available'
- restart FF

Disable Efficiency mode: in about:config, change dom.ipc.processPriorityManager.backgroundUsesEcoQoS to false > restart FF

Disable VPN if you're using one

Change proxy settings: FF menu > Settings > search for proxy > click Settings button > try the other settings

Change DNS settings: FF menu > Settings > search for dns > try the other settings including another provider

Re the taskbar: known old bug with no solution yet. Try this:

Type about:config in the address bar > press Enter

- click 'Accept the risk and continue' if that appears

- search for widget.windows.fullscreen_marking_method > change the value to 0 or 1

Make sure to click the check mark if there is one after making the change.