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screen flickering on laptop(ONLY) when havigating trouout pages on website

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iglika_h
iglika_h
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I have to deploy web site/app, but flickers badly on laptops: refresh screen from top to bottom.Works nice on desktop. All outer browsers perform very well in laptop and desktop. only firefox on laptop cause screen flickering. please help

I have to deploy web site/app, but flickers badly on laptops: refresh screen from top to bottom.Works nice on desktop. All outer browsers perform very well in laptop and desktop. only firefox on laptop cause screen flickering. please help

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ARMAN KHAN
ARMAN KHAN
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hello iglika_h,

follow the steps:

1) Clear all cookies, site data and cache

  • Click the menu button. and select Options.
  • Select the Privacy & Security panel and go to the Cookies and Site Data section.
  • Click the Clear Data… button. The Clear Data dialog will appear. ...
  • Click Clear.

2) Reset the Zoom of the web pages:

  • ctrl+0.
  • manual control zoom in zoom out :
  • click 3 horizontal lines top right on browser screen.
  • click zoom + or -;

3) Reset the minimum font size

Type the address about:preferences in the address bar and hit Enter.

Scroll down to Fonts and Colors and click on Advanced…

Change the value of Minimum font size to None.


4) Reset the page style of the web page

Press ALT while keeping the Firefox browser open. This will display the traditional Firefox menu on the top of the window.

Select View > Page Style > Basic Page Style

Restart the Firefox browser and check if the issue is resolved or not.

Thank you!

iglika_h
iglika_h Question owner
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Hello, I did follow steps as you described. I did it 3 times. Flickering still exist in same way as it was before. Is there something else I could try?

cor-el
cor-el
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You can try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.

Close and restart Firefox after modifying the setting for changes to take effect.

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 -> Themes
  • do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window
iglika_h
iglika_h Question owner
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suggested steps did not solve flickering.