Firefox scrolling is choppy and lags when link is loading for a long time
I am using the latest version of Firefox Quantum: Version 57.0.4.
Sometimes when I click on a link in the google search results page, the page loading animation shows its loading the page for a long time. if I scroll up and down now, it is choppy and lags. However, when I click on links within actual web pages and if the page loading animation plays for long time, scrolling is fine. I set accessibility.force_disabled to a value of 1 in about:config settings, but this does not fix the problem. It seems like this problem only happens while I am on the google search results page. Also, this choppy behavior occurs even if I turn off autoscrolling and smooth scrolling or even if I turn off smooth scrolling while leaving autoscrolling on. Any ideas as to how to fix this issue. It is annoying. I like Firefox quantum a lot and I don't want to have to switch over to chrome just because of this issue. Any help would be much appreciated. I have included a copy of the trouble shooting info here. Thanks.
Troubleshooting Information:
Application Basics
Name: Firefox Version: 57.0.4 Build ID: 20180103231032 Update Channel: release User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:57.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/57.0 OS: Windows_NT 10.0 Multiprocess Windows: 1/1 (Enabled by default) Web Content Processes: 3/4 Stylo: true (enabled by default) Google Key: Found Mozilla Location Service Key: Found Safe Mode: false
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Firefox Features
Name: Activity Stream Version: 2017.11.07.1100-7f4e3634 ID: activity-stream@mozilla.org
Name: Application Update Service Helper Version: 2.0 ID: aushelper@mozilla.org
Name: Disable JavaScript Shared Memory Version: 2.0 ID: disable-js-shared-memory@mozilla.org
Name: Disable Media WMF NV12 format Version: 1.1 ID: disable-media-wmf-nv12@mozilla.org
Name: Firefox Screenshots Version: 19.2.0 ID: screenshots@mozilla.org
Name: Follow-on Search Telemetry Version: 0.9.6 ID: followonsearch@mozilla.com
Name: Form Autofill Version: 1.0 ID: formautofill@mozilla.org
Name: Multi-process staged rollout Version: 3.05 ID: e10srollout@mozilla.org
Name: Photon onboarding Version: 1.0 ID: onboarding@mozilla.org
Name: Pocket Version: 1.0.5 ID: firefox@getpocket.com
Name: Shield Recipe Client Version: 76.1 ID: shield-recipe-client@mozilla.org
Name: Web Compat Version: 1.1 ID: webcompat@mozilla.org
Extensions
Name: Adobe Acrobat Version: 18.0.4 Enabled: false ID: web2pdfextension.17@acrobat.adobe.com
Graphics
Features Compositing: Direct3D 11 (Advanced Layers) Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: wheel input enabled; scrollbar drag enabled; keyboard enabled; autoscroll enabled WebGL 1 Driver WSI Info: EGL_VENDOR: Google Inc. 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(adapter LUID: 00000000000098d2) EGL_VERSION: 1.4 (ANGLE 2.1.0.dec065540d5f) EGL_EXTENSIONS: EGL_EXT_create_context_robustness EGL_ANGLE_d3d_share_handle_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_d3d_texture_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_surface_d3d_texture_2d_share_handle EGL_ANGLE_query_surface_pointer EGL_ANGLE_window_fixed_size EGL_ANGLE_keyed_mutex EGL_ANGLE_surface_orientation EGL_ANGLE_direct_composition EGL_NV_post_sub_buffer EGL_KHR_create_context EGL_EXT_device_query EGL_KHR_image EGL_KHR_image_base EGL_KHR_gl_texture_2D_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_cubemap_image EGL_KHR_gl_renderbuffer_image EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_KHR_stream EGL_KHR_stream_consumer_gltexture EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture_yuv EGL_ANGLE_flexible_surface_compatibility EGL_ANGLE_stream_producer_d3d_texture_nv12 EGL_ANGLE_create_context_webgl_compatibility EGL_CHROMIUM_create_context_bind_generates_resource EGL_EXTENSIONS(nullptr): EGL_EXT_client_extensions EGL_EXT_platform_base EGL_EXT_platform_device EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle_d3d EGL_ANGLE_device_creation EGL_ANGLE_device_creation_d3d11 EGL_ANGLE_experimental_present_path EGL_KHR_client_get_all_proc_addresses WebGL 2 Driver Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 Direct3D11 vs_4_1 ps_4_1) WebGL 2 Driver Version: OpenGL ES 3.0 (ANGLE 2.1.0.dec065540d5f) WebGL 2 Driver Extensions: GL_ANGLE_depth_texture GL_ANGLE_framebuffer_blit GL_ANGLE_framebuffer_multisample GL_ANGLE_instanced_arrays GL_ANGLE_lossy_etc_decode GL_ANGLE_pack_reverse_row_order GL_ANGLE_request_extension GL_ANGLE_robust_client_memory GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt3 GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt5 GL_ANGLE_texture_usage GL_ANGLE_translated_shader_source GL_CHROMIUM_bind_generates_resource GL_CHROMIUM_bind_uniform_location GL_CHROMIUM_copy_compressed_texture GL_CHROMIUM_copy_texture GL_CHROMIUM_sync_query GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_color_buffer_float GL_EXT_color_buffer_half_float GL_EXT_debug_marker GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer GL_EXT_disjoint_timer_query GL_EXT_draw_buffers GL_EXT_frag_depth GL_EXT_map_buffer_range GL_EXT_occlusion_query_boolean GL_EXT_read_format_bgra GL_EXT_robustness GL_EXT_sRGB GL_EXT_shader_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888 GL_EXT_texture_norm16 GL_EXT_texture_rg GL_EXT_texture_storage GL_EXT_unpack_subimage GL_KHR_debug GL_NV_EGL_stream_consumer_external GL_NV_fence GL_NV_pack_subimage GL_NV_pixel_buffer_object GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_EGL_image_external GL_OES_EGL_image_external_essl3 GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture GL_OES_depth32 GL_OES_element_index_uint GL_OES_get_program_binary GL_OES_mapbuffer GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8 GL_OES_standard_derivatives GL_OES_texture_float GL_OES_texture_float_linear GL_OES_texture_half_float GL_OES_texture_half_float_linear GL_OES_texture_npot GL_OES_vertex_array_object WebGL 2 Extensions: EXT_color_buffer_float EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic EXT_disjoint_timer_query OES_texture_float_linear WEBGL_compressed_texture_s3tc WEBGL_debug_renderer_info WEBGL_debug_shaders WEBGL_lose_context MOZ_WEBGL_lose_context MOZ_WEBGL_compressed_texture_s3tc Direct2D: true DirectWrite: true (10.0.14393.1198) GPU #1 Active: Yes Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 Vendor ID: 0x8086 Device ID: 0x0116 Driver Version: 9.17.10.4459 Driver Date: 5-19-2016 Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igd10umd64 igdumd32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32 Subsys ID: 1854103c RAM: Unknown
Diagnostics AzureCanvasAccelerated: 0 AzureCanvasBackend: Direct2D 1.1 Azure
Modified by swifty4343
All Replies (6)
Please 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 :
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer
Reinstall with Current Release Firefox 57.0.4 with a Full Version Installer
Please after the above : go to the Firefox 3 Bar Menu --> Options --> Privacy & Security panel and under Permissions check (put a tick in the box) the setting to Prevent Accessibility Services from accessing your browser.
Monitor in Task Manager. Should stay below 2 gigs. If excessive then do below and monitor and change if need to...Test and go up again , go back down, it will eventually get a zone you and it can live with.
Go to the 3 Bar Menu then Options --> General --> Performance and untick everything. change the recommended size lower then see how it runs. Note: 1 = No Multiprocessor = slow again. Try 2 Restart Firefox after making these changes please.
Note : Hardware Acceleration is for Video Card, Monitor to see if remain off or to turn back on.
Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.
Hi. I did everything as you instructed, but I am still experiencing the scrolling problem. This problem does not happen with the chrome browser though. What else can I do to to fix this?
I read that if I set the settings attribute "layout.frame_rate.precise" in the about:config settings to "enable" it may solve choppy scrolling problems, but I don't see the "layout.frame_rate.precise" attribute in the about:config settings. I only see the "layout.frame_rate" attribute and it is set to the value "-1". Do I have to play around with this attribute? If so, what should be its value? It would be a shame to have to switch back to the chrome browser because of this issue with Firefox. Any further help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
My Computer Specs:
Intel Core i3-2328M CPU 2.20GHz 8GB RAM Integrated Intel HD 3000 Graphics Card 280GB SSD Hard Drive
Modified by swifty4343
Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
- switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Appearance
- do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-extensions-themes-to-fix-problems
Current Firefox releases have multi-process windows enabled. You can look in "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) to see the current multi-process state.
- "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" -> "Application Basics":
Multiprocess Windows
Web Content Processes
You may see three or more Firefox processes running.
- one process for the main Firefox thread (user interface)
- one or more content processes set via dom.ipc.processCount
Options/Preferences -> General -> Performance ->
remove checkmark: [ ] "Use recommended performance settings" - one process for the compositor thread (Windows;graphics)
Try to set the number of content processes to 1 to see if that work better (less memory and better response).
cor-el said
Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
- switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Appearance
- do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-extensions-themes-to-fix-problems
Current Firefox releases have multi-process windows enabled. You can look in "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) to see the current multi-process state.
- "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" -> "Application Basics":
Multiprocess Windows
Web Content ProcessesYou may see three or more Firefox processes running.
- one process for the main Firefox thread (user interface)
- one or more content processes set via dom.ipc.processCount
Options/Preferences -> General -> Performance ->
remove checkmark: [ ] "Use recommended performance settings"- one process for the compositor thread (Windows;graphics)
Try to set the number of content processes to 1 to see if that work better (less memory and better response).
I followed your instructions to the Tee also, but no luck. Am I out of options?
If did not do my answer then possibly.
Then there is no solution to this. Can someone out there help? If not, I will have to go back to using chrome. I appreciate everyone's help. Thanks.