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Firefox can't control META timelines

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Why is it Firefox can't control META timelines. Both Facebook and Instagram jump down several posts while scrolling.... I was going to blame it on META till I found this doesn't occur with Chrome or Edge. Firefox is my preferred browser due to the many addon's available.

Why is it Firefox can't control META timelines. Both Facebook and Instagram jump down several posts while scrolling.... I was going to blame it on META till I found this doesn't occur with Chrome or Edge. Firefox is my preferred browser due to the many addon's available.

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About 4-5 versions ago Firefox developed a problem where runaway scrolling can occur on Facebook. I stopped reading those threads, so I don't know the status of fixing it. In case it helps, here's a link to run a search for facebook scroll threads during the past 6 months:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/search/?w=2&all_products=1&q=facebook scroll range:question_updated:gte:now-6M/M

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How about a link directly to the resolution????

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It hasn't been resolved.

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It's not a META issue.... It's a browser domain issue... The code writers at Chrome have it handled... But I like Firefox... Wish Firefox would hire Chrome code writers....

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I think the issue occurs when the "viewport" -- the visible part of the page -- is shorter than a certain height. That is affected by screen resolution and zoom level. You could try zooming out (hold down Ctrl and tap the - key once to reduce zoom to 90%) and see whether that helps. Of course, if the text becomes too small to read, that doesn't really help...