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How can I disable the scroll 'deceleration' that occurs when reaching the bottom (or top) of a page?

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I-miss-the-old-Firefox
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In previous versions of Firefox the mousewheel scrolled pages up or down at a constant rate.

This behavior was changed causing the scrolling speed to decelerate as the end or beginning of a page is reached. This introduces extra delay when rapidly navigating web pages.

I there a way to disable this feature?

Also, what PROBLEM is being solved by this feature?

In previous versions of Firefox the mousewheel scrolled pages up or down at a constant rate. This behavior was changed causing the scrolling speed to decelerate as the end or beginning of a page is reached. This introduces extra delay when rapidly navigating web pages. I there a way to disable this feature? Also, what PROBLEM is being solved by this feature?

Réiteach roghnaithe

hello, you can easily disable smooth scrolling in firefox/tools > options > advanced > general.

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philipp
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Réiteach Roghnaithe

hello, you can easily disable smooth scrolling in firefox/tools > options > advanced > general.

I-miss-the-old-Firefox
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Thanks, that eliminated the delay.

The smooth scrolling was nice (and fast), but the delay was annoying. I prefer 'snappiness' over aestheics...

cor-el
cor-el
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There are a lot of general.smoothScroll.* prefs on the about:config page to set the smooth scrolling behavior, but I don't know if there are docs about these and which apply to your question.

I-miss-the-old-Firefox
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It's unclear how to use those about:config items and I wasn't able to find any documentation. Tried fiddling with some of the values anyways, but no luck.

Maybe someone can add a general.smoothScroll.decelerationDisable option :)

uzza
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How can I disable said Firefox scroll 'edge behaviour' (scroll 'deceleration' that occurs when reaching page bottom (or top)) without turning off smooth scroll? In other words, how can I revert scroll behaviour to version 12 or lower? I cant find any general.smoothScroll.* options related to this.