[Firefox] Screen tearing since latest update? (17.0.1)

Nichtswisser

Is it just me or does Firefox suffer from screen tearing when scrolling since the latest update? (Win 7 64Bit)

Parabola · 12-08-2012, 10:29 | posts: 282 | Location: Northern India

Haven't got this issue, I'm using Firefox beta 17.0 BTW.

As of now I've switched o IceDragon, give it a try, it is based on Firefox, really good. Plus the interface is very similar to Firefox so no getting used to..

Ice Cube · 12-08-2012, 20:27 | posts: 191 | Location: Refrigerator

Well I'm running beta 18.0 and never got that problem.. It could've been a one-time issue. Or is it still happening?

tsunami231 · 12-09-2012, 00:37 | posts: 2,371 | Location: USA

I never had any tearing in any FF build though my uncles AMD/ATI build has tearing in Firefox,

Kaleid · 12-09-2012, 01:55 | posts: 2,023 | Location: Sweden

I've had with 16 and 17. Strangely enough nothing with Win8 (which I don't want to use).

lucidus · 12-09-2012, 02:00 | posts: 3,543 | Location: UAE

It's not just the latest update, I've had it for a long while. Do you use smoothwheel?

tsunami231 · 12-09-2012, 05:37 | posts: 2,371 | Location: USA

Quote:

Originally Posted by lucidus

It's not just the latest update, I've had it for a long while. Do you use smoothwheel?

Been using it forever never had an issue

lucidus · 12-10-2012, 05:23 | posts: 3,543 | Location: UAE

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsunami231

Been using it forever never had an issue

Dunno why but it never felt right for me, even IE9 is smoother but anyway .. I read this on mozillazine while I was searching for fixes for the scrolling.

set in about:config

"general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.durationMaxMS
and
general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.durationMinMS

to 150, and the Lag feeling will be gone."

It's a lot better for me now even with smoothwheel disabled.

dsbig · 12-16-2012, 16:29 | posts: 1,739 | Location: in a house

i always had bad scrolling performance in firefox compared to other browser.

even worse when videos and playing it. half of the video is separate from the other half when scrolling

chrome has great smooth scrolling but then uses more memory and cpu
of course as of writing this task manager is showing 10 chromes running

I only use firefox and internet explorer if chrome wont work with some site

Anarion · 12-16-2012, 21:20 | posts: 9,278 | Location: Finland

Quote:

Originally Posted by lucidus

Dunno why but it never felt right for me, even IE9 is smoother but anyway .. I read this on mozillazine while I was searching for fixes for the scrolling.

set in about:config

"general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.durationMaxMS
and
general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.durationMinMS

to 150, and the Lag feeling will be gone."

It's a lot better for me now even with smoothwheel disabled.

Of course IE is smoother. The hardware acceleration is superior to Firefox.

lucidus · 12-16-2012, 21:39 | posts: 3,543 | Location: UAE

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anarion

Of course IE is smoother. The hardware acceleration is superior to Firefox.

Maybe but I disabled h/w accel on both browsers.

Rich_Guy · 01-08-2013, 14:36 | posts: 6,744 | Location: UK

Ive Never noticed any tearing, just auto-updated to 18.0, which is also fine.

dsbig · 01-10-2013, 16:34 | posts: 1,739 | Location: in a house

sometimes I get screen tear. like watching a video and scrolling. the video doesnt stay solid. it breaks apart.

youtube doesnt do it. but other sites sometimes do.

currently right now, Im stuck using firefox, as my chrome dev version has bugs it.