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My version of Firefox is sooo slow in response. I'm using OSX snow leopard. Should it take 3 or 4 seconds to switch tabs? it didnt use to. And loading hotmail pages is worse. This compares to previous years when it was the fastest browser out there

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Mac mini 2.1 Intel core 2 duo 1.83ghz Mac OSX 10.6.8 FIreFox 9.0.1

Mac mini 2.1 Intel core 2 duo 1.83ghz Mac OSX 10.6.8 FIreFox 9.0.1

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Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.

See "Basic Troubleshooting: Make a new profile":

If that new profile works then you can transfer some files from the old profile to that new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.

See: