Firefox freezes when I use the bookmarks toolbar.

Since about a week ago, every so often when I click on a bookmark on my toolbar then Firefox will freeze for about a minute before returning to normal.
This happens about every fifth or sixth time I use the bookmarks toolbar and happens both when I left and right click on a link.
It's really annoying - is there anything I can do to stop this?

I am having the same issue, using Firefox 6.02 on a Mac. This is making Firefox almost unusable, please someone needs to find a fix!

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