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Facebook is now extremely slow using Firefox. No problem with Edge on same computer. This is very recent

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NormL
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After opening Facebook on Firefox. It responds very slowly to paging down or up. Also when typing in a posting it takes a couple seconds for each letter to show up. You can actually get about 3 words typed before the first 2 letters show up. This does not happen on my Ipad or on this computer when using Edge as my browser. This problem is very recent and I have the most updated version of Firefox. Will there be a new update to fix this or should I just start using Edge as my browser?

After opening Facebook on Firefox. It responds very slowly to paging down or up. Also when typing in a posting it takes a couple seconds for each letter to show up. You can actually get about 3 words typed before the first 2 letters show up. This does not happen on my Ipad or on this computer when using Edge as my browser. This problem is very recent and I have the most updated version of Firefox. Will there be a new update to fix this or should I just start using Edge as my browser?

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FredMcD
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What's your computer system and Firefox version?

Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.

  • Clear the Cache and
  • Remove Cookies
    Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to.

Type about:preferences<Enter> in the address bar.

  • Cookies; Select Privacy. Under History, select Firefox will Use Custom Settings. Press the button on the right side called Show Cookies. Use the search bar to look for the site. Note; There may be more than one entry. Remove All of them.
  • Cache; Select Advanced > Network. Across from Cached Web Content, Press Clear Now.

If there is still a problem, Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). While you are in safe mode;

Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar.

Under Advanced, Select General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Poke around safe websites. Are there any problems?

Then restart.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-slow-how-make-it-faster

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-many-cpu-resources-how-fix

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hangs-or-not-responding