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My Firefox menu UI on one use freezes & browser UI freezes when resizing.

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th3g33k3d
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My Firefox menu UI on one use freezes, causing the menus to disappear & browser UI freezes when resizing or making videos full screen then back to normal. Basically this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a37waE9jEOI

My Firefox menu UI on one use freezes, causing the menus to disappear & browser UI freezes when resizing or making videos full screen then back to normal. Basically this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a37waE9jEOI

Chosen solution

Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar. Under Advanced, Select General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Type about:addons<enter> in the address bar to open the Add-ons Manager. Hot key; <Control>(Mac=<Command>) <Shift> A)

On the left side of the page, select Appearance. Then select Default.

Now restart Firefox.

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FredMcD
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox. A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh).

Is the problem still there?

Start your Computer in safe mode with networking. Then start Firefox. Try Safe websites. Is the problem still there?

Starting The Computer In Safe Mode;
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th3g33k3d
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Seems to have fixed it, so does that mean one of my extensions is the cause of my problem? I'm only using " Adblock Plus " & " NoScript " .

FredMcD
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Chosen Solution

Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar. Under Advanced, Select General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Type about:addons<enter> in the address bar to open the Add-ons Manager. Hot key; <Control>(Mac=<Command>) <Shift> A)

On the left side of the page, select Appearance. Then select Default.

Now restart Firefox.