Firefox "Pauses" upon opening (any site)

Ok - the problem I am having since I upgraded to Firefox 5 is the following:
I open firefox (normal or safe mode) with & without addons / plugins - and when it is loading my home page (google) or any page I make my home page...
It will pause for a couple three seconds.
Example:
I open firefox
Browser opens and I click a link in my toolbar
I see the button depress - to show I have clicked it
Firefox pauses for a couple of seconds
Firefox decides it will work now and takes me to my site.
Before I upgraded to FF5 I had no issues whatsoever.
I would open my browser click a link and as fast I could humanly move my mouse to click that link was as fast as my browser responded.
I want that back.

Hello,
Try disabling graphics hardware acceleration. Since this feature was added to Firefox, it has gradually improved, but there still are a few glitches.
You might need to restart Firefox in order for this to take effect, so save all work first (e.g., mail you are composing, online documents you're editing, etc.).
Then perform these steps:
*Click the orange Firefox button at the top left, then select the "Options" button, or, if there is no Firefox button at the top, go to Tools > Options.
*In the Firefox options window click the ''Advanced'' tab, then select "General".
*In the settings list, you should find the ''Use hardware acceleration when available'' checkbox. Uncheck this checkbox.
*Now, restart Firefox and see if the problems persist.
Additionally, please check for updates for your graphics driver by following the steps mentioned in the following Knowledge base articles:
* [[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems]]
* [[Upgrade your graphics drivers to use hardware acceleration and WebGL]]
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