FF v28 loads very slow even on a screamingly fast brand new PC, hardly anything loaded on the OS. Patched Win7 640-bit and still slow.
IE10 and Chrome load uber fast, but FF takes forever.. even disabled everything and it still loads slow.
Chosen solution
SUCCESS!! I figured it out... At least in terms of getting the performance to match IE & Chrome's launch start-up time.
In Options > Advanced > disabled (unchecked) the option: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
Odd this would affect it since I have a fast machine AND a GeForce 760 GTX video card with current drivers.
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Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.
You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:
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- MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware
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I'm no noobie to this.. I know how to support software issues. Done all the usual optimizations and chrome and IE load ultra fast..Firefox white screens for a few seconds when launched before it loads it's homepage. Even switched home pages, no change. Google is the home page, so there is almost nothing to slow it down .. everything points to v28 is just slowly built.
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Application Basics ------------------ Name: Firefox Version: 28.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:28.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/28.0 Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days --------------------------------- All Crash Reports Extensions ---------- Important Modified Preferences ------------------------------ browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 6 browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20140314220517 browser.startup.homepage: https://www.google.com browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20140314220517 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 28.0 dom.mozApps.used: true extensions.lastAppVersion: 28.0 gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1396276631 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf plugin.importedState: true plugin.state.npgoogleupdate: 0 plugin.state.npnv3dv: 0 plugin.state.npnv3dvstreaming: 0 privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true storage.vacuum.last.index: 0 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1396276631 Graphics -------- Adapter Description: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Adapter Description (GPU #2): Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 Adapter Drivers: nvd3dumx,nvwgf2umx,nvwgf2umx nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um Adapter RAM: 2048 Adapter RAM (GPU #2): Unknown Device ID: 0x1187 Device ID (GPU #2): 0x0162 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.16492) Driver Date: 3-4-2014 Driver Date (GPU #2): 9-13-2012 Driver Version: 9.18.13.3523 Driver Version (GPU #2): 9.17.10.2857 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 10 Vendor ID: 0x10de Vendor ID (GPU #2): 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: false AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d AzureContentBackend: direct2d AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 JavaScript ---------- Incremental GC: true Accessibility ------------- Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0 Library Versions ---------------- NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.3 Version in use: 4.10.3 NSS Expected minimum version: 3.15.5 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.5 Basic ECC NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.15.5 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.5 Basic ECC NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.15.5 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.5 Basic ECC NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.15.5 Version in use: 3.15.5
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It is possible that your security software (firewall, anti-virus) blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.
Remove all rules for Firefox and the plugin-container from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full, unrestricted, access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
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Added to firewall and set to allow/enabled -- no improvement.
Disabled firewall and then launched firefox again, still no improvement.. IE & Chrome are like so fast they are almost instantly loaded.. its only firefox that has a blank white screen delay in loading up to the home page. All three browsers are set to open home page google but only FF load slowly.
Chosen Solution
SUCCESS!! I figured it out... At least in terms of getting the performance to match IE & Chrome's launch start-up time.
In Options > Advanced > disabled (unchecked) the option: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
Odd this would affect it since I have a fast machine AND a GeForce 760 GTX video card with current drivers.
Thanks It worded for me.