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I get a loading wheel when I change between tabs.

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wickedmelly
wickedmelly
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Whenever I try to switch between tabs (or create a new tab and load a new search/page) I get this spinning, loading wheel before I can see a page. Sometimes this is immediate and sometimes it takes seconds to show me a single page. I've tried putting Firefox in safe mode AND refreshing firefox. I don't know what else to do. This is stressing me out. Please help!

Thank you for any help given.

Whenever I try to switch between tabs (or create a new tab and load a new search/page) I get this spinning, loading wheel before I can see a page. Sometimes this is immediate and sometimes it takes seconds to show me a single page. I've tried putting Firefox in safe mode AND refreshing firefox. I don't know what else to do. This is stressing me out. Please help! Thank you for any help given.

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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That spinner only means the page is loading. Don't worry about it.

wickedmelly
wickedmelly Question owner
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It is incredibly disruptive, though. Is there nothing I can do to speed up the loading if there is no solution?

FredMcD
FredMcD
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I remember a setting or add-on with the option; Don't Load Tabs Until Selected, but don't remember where.

If the loading only takes a few moments, nothing to worry about.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-slow-how-make-it-faster

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-many-cpu-resources-how-fix

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hangs-or-not-responding