Firefox opens blank frames/dialogs

Hello,
I've a problem that sometimes the dialogs I open in Firefox are blank or the buttons are blank. It's quite hard to describe IMO, so I've made some screenshots: http://oi44.tinypic.com/rjfbkg.jpg
It gets fixed if I restart my browser, but it's quite annoying to do so every time.
For example when I installed the add-on that gets troubleshooting information, there wasn't an install and cancel button, but they were blank. The install button also didn't work and I had to restart my browser.
Thanks in advance!

Try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.
*Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
This can also be a font problem that the font tables in Firefox somehow get corrupted if it sometimes works and then stops working.
If it happens then you can do a font test to see if you can identify not working (corrupted) font(s).
*http://browserspy.dk/fonts-flash.php?detail=1

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