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57.0.3 update created Slow searching, unable to fix it.

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Since the update my 64 computer searches are so slow on 8.1 . I have tried making changes but it has not helped, it is too slow, for an update that is suppose to make it a faster search. Also the search button back and forth motion over and over is very annoying, a spiral is more calming as you wait, and wait, for every site to come up.

Since the update my 64 computer searches are so slow on 8.1 . I have tried making changes but it has not helped, it is too slow, for an update that is suppose to make it a faster search. Also the search button back and forth motion over and over is very annoying, a spiral is more calming as you wait, and wait, for every site to come up.

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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?

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uninstall Firefox. Then Delete the Mozilla Firefox Folders in C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files(x86) Then restart system. Then run Windows Disk Cleanup. (Note: This should be Pinned and run Weekly, If never done below expect 10's of gig's) Then run it again and click the button that says Cleanup System Files. Note: your Firefox Profile is saved. But you should make a back up before you do :

Reinstall with Current Release Firefox 57.0.3 with a Full Version Installer

____________________________________________ To turn off Firefox built-in animations:

Type about:config in the Firefox address bar and hit the Enter-key afterwards. Confirm that you will be careful if the warning intermediary page is displayed. Use the search to find toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled. Double-click on the preference name to toggle its state.

Also set the rest of these to false in the same way:

browser.tabs.animate browser.fullscreen.animate browser.download.animateNotifications alerts.disableSlidingEffect _______________________________________________ USSER CHROME URL'S

https://www.howtogeek.com/334716/how-to-customize-firefoxs-user-interface-with-userchrome.css/ http://techdows.com/2017/09/classic-theme-restorer-userchrome-css-modify-firefox-57-photon-ui.html https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx/issues/1 https://www.accessfirefox.org/Theme-Font-Size-Changer.php https://www.userchrome.org/ https://www.accessfirefox.org/Firefox_Accessibility_Themes.php https://www.userchrome.org/what-is-userchrome-css.html http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserChrome.css https://github.com/axydavid/FirefoxUI/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/wilfredwee/photon-australis https://www.reddit.com/r/FirefoxCSS/ Note not all code in one place.

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.