Firefox Quantum does not work well with a PDF open.
I now have Firefox Quantum on my Mac OS 10. When I open a PDF in Firefox, it will often stop responding. The cursor moves but nothing happens. Eventually, maybe after 3-4 minutes, it will respond.
Выбранное решение
It seems to be the extension Ghostery causing the problem. So now when I want the PDF open I will disable Ghostery.
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Go to the Firefox 3 Bar Menu --> Help ? --> Troubleshooting Information Page and take a look in the Accessibility section if accessibility is set to "true" there. if yes, go to the Firefox 3 Bar Menu --> Options --> Privacy & Security panel and under Permissions check the setting to Prevent Accessibility Services from accessing your browser. Restart Firefox
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It was set to "false" already. Thank you.
Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
- switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Appearance
- do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window
I restarted Firefox in Safe Mode. This seemed to do the trick, so I started it with the extensions on in order to turn them off one by one. The weird thing is that the problem has not returned. I will continue to monitor it. If the problem recurs, I will try again. Thank you.
Выбранное решение
It seems to be the extension Ghostery causing the problem. So now when I want the PDF open I will disable Ghostery.
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