For no reason, "Firefox is not responding", get blue spinning wheel, screen freezes, fades out- Comes back after a little bit.

When in Firefox, for no apparent reason the screen freezes and a blue spinning wheel appears. I have to wait while it says that Firefox is not responding. Then the blue wheel disappears and the screen is back. This has also happen, even when not attempting to do anything such as scroll down or click on anything.

Does http://blog.bonardo.net/2011/09/30/is-your-firefor-freezing-at-regular-intervals help?

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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) and later
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