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    Firefox scroll lag

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by MrX8503, Aug 11, 2009.

  1. MrX8503

    MrX8503 Notebook Evangelist

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    Anyone else experience this?

    I got my first mac (mbp 13") and I love it, but I'm a firefox user. Everytime I do two finger scroll, the browser lags. Its pretty annoying.

    Also when I'm typing fast, the browser can't display the text fast enough, and I'm not even a fast typer.
     
    MrX8503, Aug 11, 2009
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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    same on windows side after last update :(
     
    Xirurg, Aug 12, 2009
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  3. Luke1708

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    weird. FF is supposed to be the best. anyways, i use safari on os x and internet explorer on windows.
     
    Luke1708, Aug 12, 2009
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  4. TNWoodwright

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    I got the same problem. right now as I type. Every time I upgrade FF it just gets worse. I have 2gig ram and its still uses 100% cpu. But it does the same thing with Camino and Safari sometimes.
    I wonder if it doesn't have something to do with the ISP not bouncing back fast enough. Just a wild a guess
     
    TNWoodwright, Sep 10, 2009
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  5. MrX8503

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    I just updated firefox today, I'm guessing it just came out.

    But it seems like my scrolling issue is fixed, can't really tell yet.
     
    MrX8503, Sep 10, 2009
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    I haven't seen that problem in many years.
     
    mmoy, Sep 10, 2009
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  7. Paul

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    I've always had issues with this in OS X. Some websites are worse than others. Joystiq ( www.joystiq.com) is particularly bad.
     
    Paul, Sep 10, 2009
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  8. MrX8503

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    This problem just came about. It happened when you updated firefox. Not the latest one currently, but the one before that.

    I think it seems to be fixed now. I'm using OSX btw.
     
    MrX8503, Sep 10, 2009
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    I haven't had this yet, hope I missed it!
     
    pjshots, Sep 10, 2009
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    Does anyone know how to get FF to shut down without crashing or keep i from using so much memory. i was abig fan but I hate this thing now
     
    TNWoodwright, Sep 10, 2009
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  11. tenderidol

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    What version of FF are you guys running? I am on 3.5.2 and have zero problems (using Leopard still).
     
    tenderidol, Sep 10, 2009
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  12. MrX8503

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    I'm on version 3.5.3

    I think 3.5.2 was the one with lag. Really annoying.
     
    MrX8503, Sep 10, 2009
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    Can you describe your system in more detail? Is it Firefox 3 beta 5? Ubuntu? Does it scroll poorly on sites like Gmail, but works fine on other sites?


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    josephmethew, Sep 12, 2009
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  14. doh123

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    My Firefox doesn't lag scrolling at all... I'm not sure what version i was on, but i just had it update itself to 3.5.3 and it still works fine. On a Macbook Pro 15" using the 9400M at the moment with OSX 10.6
     
    doh123, Sep 12, 2009
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  15. Tinderbox (UK)

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    I dont have any scroll lag, but i have noticed that it takes the bookmark icons at least twice as long to populate when you first load firefox on os-x than it does under firefox under Xp/bootcamp.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Sep 12, 2009
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  16. doh123

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    bookmark icons? where? mine seem to load instant, but not sure I'm looking at the same thing.
     
    doh123, Sep 12, 2009
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