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bcool
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bcool

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[FireFox] sluggish behavior in 18.0.1

The problem may have coincided with 18.0.1 update? But something just happened which was not at all noticeable in recent versions.

I do a lot of work in Yahoo mail and suddenly working with drafts I notice sluggish keyboard response while I'm composing. Backspace is noticeably slow, and generally working in body of text sluggish. Even the text that I type seems at times to appear at the cursor sluggishly within Yahoo. I'm working in rich text of course.

Don't notice this behavior yet anywhere else. Drives me nuts.

Thanks.

Racerbob
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join:2001-06-24
Webster, NY

Racerbob

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I suggest getting the latest version which is 18.0.2 and seeing how that reacts. Also, in my opinion, it is good to back up, completely uninstall and then install a new version...but that is just me.

bcool
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bcool

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Thanks. Worth a try.
bcool

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bcool

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not vanished but appears to have improved somewhat with 18.0.2

thanks

rolfp
no-shill zone
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join:2011-03-27
Oakland, CA

rolfp to bcool

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to bcool
There's a similar discussion about Seamonkey, which is mostly Firefox code, at Mozillazine Forum. The reporter found Firefox 18 to be sluggish, also. Disabling hardware acceleration appears to make a difference.

bcool
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bcool

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Thank you!! I'll check it out.