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Firefox hangs in Facebook, especially when going full screen in a game?

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In the last week or so, maybe since installing the new version of Firefox, I have been having problems in Facebook, where it will just crash/hang, especially if I go full screen in a game & I have to command/option/esc to get out. I went in to delete cookies & cache & checked that my plug-ins were up to date & they were fine, except for Java, but since I have a Mac, my Java is updated through the computer. Since this has never caused a problem before, I think it's unrelated. Anyway, does anyone know why Firefox is hanging or crashing all of a sudden in Facebook, especially in games/full screen mode? Thanks..

In the last week or so, maybe since installing the new version of Firefox, I have been having problems in Facebook, where it will just crash/hang, especially if I go full screen in a game & I have to command/option/esc to get out. I went in to delete cookies & cache & checked that my plug-ins were up to date & they were fine, except for Java, but since I have a Mac, my Java is updated through the computer. Since this has never caused a problem before, I think it's unrelated. Anyway, does anyone know why Firefox is hanging or crashing all of a sudden in Facebook, especially in games/full screen mode? Thanks..

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You can try to disable the hardware acceleration in the Flash Player: Flash videos won't play full screen
(don't know if that is possible on Mac)

Flash "Display settings" window: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help01.html