Firefox jerky scrolling

mrochester

mrochester

mrochester

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Hi all

I've had this for a long while now, but the new Anandtech website has just tipped me over the edge! When there are pictures or animated elements on a web page, Firefox scrolls past them very very slowly and in a jerky fashion. Checking task manager, one core is being utilised 100% when this happens. I've Googled the problem and I can see a lot of people complaining about the problem, but no one providing a fix.

Has anyone got any idea what the problem is, and how to fix it?

Many thanks
 
I get this sometimes aswell and i've noticed that it happens when I first open firefox and it starts my HDD going crazy. Once the HDD activity stops, the scrolling goes back to normal.

No idea what causes it though :/
 
make sure you have the latest version of ff for a start.

then, try typing 'about:config' into the address bar.

then search for browser.sessionstore.interval and change the value to a much higher number.

i think the problem might be related to firefox taking 'snapshots' every x number of seconds so that it can restore itself on the pages/tabs you were view if there's a crash.
 
I already have the latest version of ff.

What number would you suggest setting the above to? I just checked and its set to 10000 already.
 
Doesnt seem to have made any difference. I just opened ff again after leaving it closed for 5-10 mins while i was afk and straight away my hdd starts going and the scrolling was jerky again.
 
mrochester said:
Hi all

I've had this for a long while now, but the new Anandtech website has just tipped me over the edge! When there are pictures or animated elements on a web page, Firefox scrolls past them very very slowly and in a jerky fashion. Checking task manager, one core is being utilised 100% when this happens. I've Googled the problem and I can see a lot of people complaining about the problem, but no one providing a fix.

Has anyone got any idea what the problem is, and how to fix it?

Many thanks
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Does it happen it any other browser? If so, reinstall graphic drivers.
 
Hi

If you haven't already tried this, have a look in FF under Tools/Options/General/Browsing and untick auto and smooth scrolling (you may need to restart FF for the changes to take affect).

Also, if you have a wheel on you mouse, go to Control Panel/Mouse/Wheel and set the number of scroll lines to 4 or whatever you prefer.

Hope this helps.
 
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