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Firefox interface lags badly (switching tabs, opening menus) , even in safe mode.

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amacfie
amacfie
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Switching between tabs, playing GIFs, playing YouTube videos, typing text and opening the Firefox menu are sometimes laggy.

For example, sometimes when I click on a tab to view it, there will be a delay of a second before its contents are shown.

I tried Google Chrome and it doesn't have this lag. My computer is pretty powerful.

I tried safe mode, but the problem was present there, too.

I tried clearing the cache, but no luck.

I'm not sure what else to say, so if you would like more information, please just ask! Thank you.

Switching between tabs, playing GIFs, playing YouTube videos, typing text and opening the Firefox menu are sometimes laggy. For example, sometimes when I click on a tab to view it, there will be a delay of a second before its contents are shown. I tried Google Chrome and it doesn't have this lag. My computer is pretty powerful. I tried safe mode, but the problem was present there, too. I tried clearing the cache, but no luck. I'm not sure what else to say, so if you would like more information, please just ask! Thank you.

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I tried this and disabling the Session Manager add-on, and Firefox seems to be back to its usual fast self.

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Matt_G
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Hi amacfie,

Have you looked at our performance troubleshooting section? There is a lot of good information in there that should help.

Hopefully this helps!

amacfie
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Yes, I have.

amacfie
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I tried this and disabling the Session Manager add-on, and Firefox seems to be back to its usual fast self.