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    firefox 4 beat 6 problems

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Iolas, Oct 1, 2010.

  1. Iolas

    Iolas Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is anyone else experiencing massive amounts of blinking/flashing when using firefox 4 beta 6? It works fine in safe mode, but not in normal.

    My first guess was the graphic acceleration stuff that used the gpu, but it happens on both the integrated and discrete cards on my R1.
     
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    c3Rhcno Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had this problem as well, I used to love firefox and it was the only browser I ever used but I had to switch to chrome because I just couldn't use it...

    EDIT: Well I just reinstalled firefox then to test it out again with the new drivers I have and it was horrible, so I looked at the GPU monitor and it said firefox was using the GPU, so I changed the settings to make it so firefox used the integrated graphics and logged off, it was a bit better, as in it didn't flash and blink but it was very choppy and laggy, it's a shame really
     
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  3. Iolas

    Iolas Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well it is still beta, I guess I'll keep using 3 on my laptop until another release of it.

    BTW, Firefox 4 Beta 6 works great on my desktop.
     
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  4. Iolas

    Iolas Notebook Enthusiast

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    I like firefox because I can sync bookmarks, passwords, open tabs, etc...between my desktop and laptop. I'm not sure if any other broswsers do all that..I could be wrong though.
     
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    Xmarks..... But only till Jan 2011 which is Shame as it's rally good
     
    sagman76, Oct 1, 2010
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  6. Iolas

    Iolas Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah, I'm using the firefox sync by mozilla currently.
     
    Iolas, Oct 1, 2010
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    Yes, it is only in beta I guess, I will switch back to it immediately when the stable release comes out
     
    c3Rhcno, Oct 1, 2010
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    Well you could disable hardware aceleration.

    I also changed the settings on the nvidia panel so firefox use the IGP and it is working fine.
     
    Jmb0, Oct 1, 2010
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