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in 57 when i type its very slow and when I scroll again its ver slow . HELP

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microgolfr1
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I upgraded to Firefox 57 Tue afternoon and now when I scroll or type is very slow to respond (Hangs) .... This is not progress I was better off on 56. PLEASE Fix this, Bob D.

I upgraded to Firefox 57 Tue afternoon and now when I scroll or type is very slow to respond (Hangs) .... This is not progress I was better off on 56. PLEASE Fix this, Bob D.

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hi, thanks for reporting this. can you try if this change can workaround the performance problem?: go to the firefox menu ≡ > options > privacy & security panel and under permissions check the setting to prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser.

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philipp
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hi, thanks for reporting this. can you try if this change can workaround the performance problem?: go to the firefox menu ≡ > options > privacy & security panel and under permissions check the setting to prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser.

microgolfr1
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Well I went back to firefox 56.0.2 tonight as 57 and its Bugs, is a BIG disapointment !!

philipp Nov 16, 2017, 4:20:21 PM hi, thank you for reporting this problem. can you please test if the following steps can fix the performance issue you're seeing in firefox 57?: enter about:config into the firefox address bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named accessibility.force_disabled. double-click it, change its value to 1 and restart firefox once. then please let us know how this goes? 

This Fixed my problem.  Thanks again for your quick response. I hope this helps other folks.  ;)
microgolfr1
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This Fixed my problem. Thanks again for your quick response. I hope this helps other folks.  ;) THANKS Phil

andygro
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I tried this but i think I have a different problem. My Firefox doesn't freeze but for example, I have 50 tabs opened and when I hover over tabs and want to scroll it the full scroll got me to the beginning on previous versions...here only 5 - 6 tabs...same scrolling top to bottom... very little movement up and down... it works as it should in pdf reader or other software. Any solution to that?

yawneko
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I'm on Windows 10 64 bit with a GTX 1070 SLI. Suggested solution fixed the issue on the latest Quantum build, bumping the thread since I'm slightly surprised that the bug hasen't raised any further concern so far.