Firefox issue- Screen keeps pausing

[JasonMovieGuy]

I have the Imac 21.5- everything is fine but this.

When I'm running Firefox, this seems to happen:

1) When I'm typing blogs like this, every so often there will be a pause and my typing will stop. Then it will work again. It's a 2 second delay, and happens repeatedly.

2) When watching YouTube videos, the same thing happens. The video will be fully loaded, but as it plays there will be 2 second delays during the playback.

Why is this happening? And when I'm running Safari, this is not an issue.

 

[miles01110]

What plugins are you using?

 

[JasonMovieGuy]

What plugins are you using?

What do you mean? I'm confused.

 

[miles01110]

What firefox extensions are you using?

 

[JasonMovieGuy]

What firefox extensions are you using?

I have add-blocker, Xmarks- that's all I know of. But its causing all my browsing to have 2 second delays ever thirty seconds or so. On Safari, internet browsing is smooth.

 

[miles01110]

I have add-blocker, Xmarks- that's all I know of. But its causing all my browsing to have 2 second delays ever thirty seconds or so. On Safari, internet browsing is smooth.

If you disable either of the plugins, does the behavior persist?

 

[JasonMovieGuy]

If you disable either of the plugins, does the behavior persist?

Will that solve the issue? Have you heard of this before on macs? I don't get why this is happening with Firefox and not Safari.

 

[miles01110]

Firefox add-ons create issues all the time. It happens in Firefox and not Safari because Safari doesn't have plugins.

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How about you actually try it before asking more questions? Generally that's a more productive way to go about solving a problem.

 

[JasonMovieGuy]

Firefox add-ons create issues all the time. It happens in Firefox and not Safari because Safari doesn't have plugins.

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How about you actually try it before asking more questions? Generally that's a more productive way to go about solving a problem.

I don't know how to disable the xmarks- there doesn't seem to be an option. Is there any way for me to check what plug-ins I have all together, in case its something I don't realize I have?

 

[miles01110]

I don't know how to disable the xmarks- there doesn't seem to be an option. Is there any way for me to check what plug-ins I have all together, in case its something I don't realize I have?

In FF, Tools -> Add-Ons

 

[JasonMovieGuy]

In FF, Tools -> Add-Ons

Thank you! I disabled the Xmarks and everything seems to be working smoothly again. Ad-Popup blocker still enabled, but the pauses have stopped. I wonder what made it pause with the Xmarks. Thanks again!