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Weird problems with loading websites in firefox

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I've been using normal firefox but i had some problems with it - sometimes it did load google page and sometimes not entering google through encrypted.google.com worked when normal google.com did not worked everything was working properly on other browsers so i decided to try Firefox Developer Edition seems like google problem is fixed here but here comes another one every time i enter youtube on developer edition, the page loads but when i click on any video it stars to load, but there is spinning wheel forever and it doesn't load i need to wait few minutes and everything is working, but some time later the problem is back and i need to wait again i dont really know whats wrong there is no such problem on chrome for example but i like using firefox and i would like to fix it

I've been using normal firefox but i had some problems with it - sometimes it did load google page and sometimes not entering google through encrypted.google.com worked when normal google.com did not worked everything was working properly on other browsers so i decided to try Firefox Developer Edition seems like google problem is fixed here but here comes another one every time i enter youtube on developer edition, the page loads but when i click on any video it stars to load, but there is spinning wheel forever and it doesn't load i need to wait few minutes and everything is working, but some time later the problem is back and i need to wait again i dont really know whats wrong there is no such problem on chrome for example but i like using firefox and i would like to fix it

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I understand when clicking on a video that something hangs.Hello,

Some problems with Flash video playback can be resolved by disabling hardware acceleration in your Flash Player settings. (See this article for more information on using the Flash plugin in Firefox).

To disable hardware acceleration in Flash Player:

  1. Go to this Adobe Flash Player Help page.
  2. Right-click on the Flash Player logo on that page.
  3. Click on Settings in the context menu. The Adobe Flash Player Settings screen will open.
  4. Click on the icon at the bottom-left of the Adobe Flash Player Settings window to open the Display panel.

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  5. Remove the check mark from Enable hardware acceleration.
  6. Click Close to close the Adobe Flash Player Settings Window.
  7. Restart Firefox.

This Flash Player Help - Display Settings page has more information on Flash Player hardware acceleration, if you're interested.

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