Flash crashing in firefox 32

Question

After upgrading to Firefox 32 flash is crashing frequently causing the browser to hang. I went into about:config and set browser.disk.cache.enable to false and this seems to have resolved the issue. Why does this resolve the issue and seem to improve Firefox performance?

Answer 1

Crashes or other problems with certain multimedia content in Firefox (such as Youtube videos and Flash animations or games) can often be resolved by performing the steps in these Knowledge Base articles:
* [[Flash Plugin - Keep it up to date and troubleshoot problems]]
* [[Flash 11.3 crashes]]
* [[Flash 11.3 doesn't load video in Firefox]]
On Windows Vista and above, you can disable Flash protected mode by following the instructions on these pages:
* http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1018071#TemporaryWorkaround
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash#Disabling_Protected_Mode_in_Flash_11.3
(See [http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2012/06/inside-flash-player-protected-mode-for-firefox.html this Adobe blog post] for technical details about Flash protected mode.)
For recent updates for Adobe Shockwave Flash, please update your version to 14.
Please refer to the security updates [http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-18.html and Adobe Security Bulletin] for more information.
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<!--[version 13]Please refer to these security issues [http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-13.html and Adoble Blog post] for more information on the security update. -->
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-Ryanbart