Subj : FF 52.8 v 52.9 /hardware acceleration OFF
To   : Ed Vance
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Apr 22 2020 22:26:51

On 4/21/2020 4:34 PM, between "Ed Vance : August Abolins":

 EV> I got ESR 52.9.0 after I clicked the Help tab and then click
 EV> the About Firefox option and clicked the Button to check for
 EV> Updates a VERY LONG time ago.

I'll stick with 52.8.   There was probably a good reason why I still have 52.8


 EV> Firefox often Crashes on me and what I was doing vanishes
 EV> from the screen and the Mozilla Crash Reporter window comes
 EV> on the screen. I just click to tell it to Restart Firefox
 EV> again.

For me, that happens more often on my Win7 pc and the newest FF.  I don't remember the last time FF 52.8 on XP crashed on me.


 EV> Many Times - Because I have Many Tabs opened - Firefox will
 EV> be real slow loading pages.

How many is many?  It may be prudent to keep that number lower.


 EV> Lately I have been clicking the Crash Reporter button to see
 EV> the Details of the Crash and then I Click in that area and
 EV> press Alt - A and then Alt - C to Copy what's in there.

 EV> I have looked at those text files some but haven't been able
 EV> to learn what caused the Crash from reading what I saved.

I don't bother going that far.  So far, most sites are cooperating well.


 EV> I'm a Man not a Cat, so curiosity can't kill me from trying
 EV> to understand what's what in this here computer.

One thing I learned that would cause a problem was allowing FF to use hardware acceleration.

Since turning it off, FF 52.8 has been a fine performer.

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