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This has been bothering me long enough that I figured I'd check to see if anyone else is having the same issue, and more importantly, if there's a fix.

Some websites, like Google Earth or various weather radar sites get so slow that they are unusable in Firefox.

When I load the same sites in Edge, it's blazing fast, as I'd expect.

Even Librewolf chugs on these sites.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS: First, thanks for all the input, guys.

I wanted to say that I've tried a fresh FF profile, and the same slowness happens in Google Earth.

I also confirmed that hardware acceleration is enabled.

This problem isn't on all websites. For example, playing www.slowroads.io actually gives a higher framerate on FF than it does on Edge. So it seems to be that certain websites just suck ass.

Some of you have said that Google Earth on FF works perfectly fine... on linux. At least it seems not to be a FF problem. LOL

EDIT: Opera browser is just as smooth as Edge with G Earth.

POSSIBLE SOLUTION?? Ok, so even though I was able to confirm that hardware acceleration was enabled, and the GPU was active while using FF, and the about:support showed that webrender was enabled, I noticed that on about:config the gfx.webrender.all setting was set to false.

So, I enabled it, and tried again. Google Earth seems much smoother (not as good as edge, but better than before), and Tube Archivist no longer seems to freeze while a video is being played.

Could this be the reason for my issues? If so, why was this option set to false by default?

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[–] stoy 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I just tried it on my home computer with the following specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5600X

RAM: 32GB DDR 4

GPU: nVidia GeForce RTX 3070

OS: Windows 10

C: Drive: 1TB NVMe Samsung 980

Internet speed: 250/250mbit

Screen resolution 2560x1440

It workes fine in Firefox, even while playing a yt video in anonther tab in Firefox, in Edge the performance was the same as in Firefox even without a YT video playing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for that. I've got a Framework laptop, and just looking at their support community, it seems like Firefox has not been playing well for quite a few people, with many citing "choppy" performance, so I'll have a look what they've discovered.

[–] stoy 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Both Firefox and Edge was a bit choppy when zooming in, but nothing bad when panning...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Edge was a bit choppy when zooming in, but nothing bad when panning…

That's interesting. Edge (and Opera) in G Earth are 100% smooth at my monitor's max refresh rate (60 fps).