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After installing 56, Firefox hangs, is slow, jerky, videos and games don't work. Hate it. HELP.

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Even typing this question, firefox hangs and spins. Now that 56 is installed, no matter what I do, response is delayed. Facebook is jerky. Videos don't play. Game sites are useless as nothing loads. This is MISERABLE!! What fresh He!! is this? What has happened to my favorite browser? Help pages don't help. Anybody out there who can help? [typing this message was excruciating slow, every action gets the spinning ball]

Even typing this question, firefox hangs and spins. Now that 56 is installed, no matter what I do, response is delayed. Facebook is jerky. Videos don't play. Game sites are useless as nothing loads. This is MISERABLE!! What fresh He!! is this? What has happened to my favorite browser? Help pages don't help. Anybody out there who can help? [typing this message was excruciating slow, every action gets the spinning ball]

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I'm on a MAC Sierra OS and a screaming-fast FIOS connection BTW.

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Sorry to hear. Try https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hangs-or-not-responding and https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-slow-how-make-it-faster more https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-extensions-themes-to-fix-problems?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes and https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode might as well : https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration Try No Hardware Acceleration and https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-common-audio-and-video-issues & https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-video-audio-problems-firefox-windows

Plus your Flash is out of date, please update Flash released yesterday https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Direct link scans current system and browser Note: Other software is offered in the download. <Windows Only>

https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ Step 1: Select Operating System Step 2: Select A Version (Firefox, Win IE . . . .) Note: Other software is offered in the download. <Windows Only>

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

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