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Sluggish performance in Windows 8.1

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kop48
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I'm observing very sluggish performance in Firefox on my Surface Pro using Windows 8.1 RTM. I can't quite track down what's going on, but some startups take as much as 10-12 seconds. Additionally, the overall browser performance is sluggish.

I've tried running in Safe Mode and it's still quite slow.

I'm observing very sluggish performance in Firefox on my Surface Pro using Windows 8.1 RTM. I can't quite track down what's going on, but some startups take as much as 10-12 seconds. Additionally, the overall browser performance is sluggish. I've tried running in Safe Mode and it's still quite slow.

Chosen solution

There is (on Nightly) a version of firefox for Metro

SEE: How do I launch Firefox for Windows 8 Touch?

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user633449
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Have you tried using Firefox nightly? It's quite a bit better on Windows 8, http://nightly.mozilla.org/

kobe
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Chosen Solution

There is (on Nightly) a version of firefox for Metro

SEE: How do I launch Firefox for Windows 8 Touch?

  • kinda unstable
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duplicate

Modified by kobe

kop48
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Ok, tried running Nightly. Still seeing VERY poor performance.

Modified by kop48