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Opening pages that end in .gif makes Firefox not respond. Viewing .gif files inbedded in webpages are 100% fine

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Dartkun
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Hello, my Firefox has been having problems for the last couple of days.

If I view an animated gif on a web page, the thing loads just fine.

If I open up a page such as

http://i.minus.com/ilk8dsFwElcqy.gif

My Firefox is will freeze, get Not Responding. My Firefox.exe CPU Usage (Task manager) will spike up to 50%. After about 5 seconds, the .gif will load and everything will work just fine.

I tested with all add-ons off in safe mode. No luck.

I tested with an all-new profile. No luck.

I tested it with a saved .gif that was opened via Firefox. No luck.

I tested the same .gif in Chrome and it loads just fine.

Is there anything you guys could recommend me trying? It's not really a devastating bug since everything can still be viewable (eventually) but I wouldn't mind it getting fixed.

Hello, my Firefox has been having problems for the last couple of days. If I view an animated gif on a web page, the thing loads just fine. If I open up a page such as http://i.minus.com/ilk8dsFwElcqy.gif My Firefox is will freeze, get Not Responding. My Firefox.exe CPU Usage (Task manager) will spike up to 50%. After about 5 seconds, the .gif will load and everything will work just fine. I tested with all add-ons off in safe mode. No luck. I tested with an all-new profile. No luck. I tested it with a saved .gif that was opened via Firefox. No luck. I tested the same .gif in Chrome and it loads just fine. Is there anything you guys could recommend me trying? It's not really a devastating bug since everything can still be viewable (eventually) but I wouldn't mind it getting fixed.

Chosen solution

Try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.

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Dartkun
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Just tried a fresh install of Firefox. No luck

cor-el
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Chosen Solution

Try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.