Spinning beach ball FFv21, mac os 10.6.8, seizes control of my computer every 10 seconds - Im going mad!!

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Im going insane with the spinning beachball on mac when using Firefox v21.
It happens several times per minute with something as simple as choosing the next field on a page or even scrolling down the page using the scroller on the right hand of the page.
Im on a laptop which has os 10.6.8 installed and the laptop has 8gig of ram and a 2.8ghz intel core 2 duo processor.
On previous versions of Firefox I used to get "unresponsive script" warnings with the option to stop it. These warnings would pop up and never give the option to "always stop an unresponsive script AND never take total control of my computer trying to get the script to respond"
There is no option to block the script on the site its coming from.
I did have a block script plug in but no sites work properly if java script isnt enabled.
With Firefox21 I dont get these pop up warnings any more.
I have a lot of tabs open and when the spinning beach ball happens too often I quit firefox and open it again. It remembers my tabs but doesnt load till I click on the tab.
Despite this Firefox will start stalling and showing the beachball spinning only after a few new pages are opened.
It is enfuriating and I dont consider the software to be working properly.
Im wondering has something gottten corrupted in the System Library when firefox installs or if there is a compatability problem with versions of Firefox, my OS10.6.8, Java, Flash?
I can only look at one tab at a time - I WOULD LOVE IF THERE WAS AN OPTION TO
"NOT GIVE ANY RESOURCES TO OTHER TABS WHICH ARENT BEING VIEWED"
I used to use a plug in called Pause All Tabs which was brilliant and gave me back control of my computer. I cant get it for FF21
So what can I do? Use Chrome instead?

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    Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
    Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
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        MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
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        1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
        16 GB RAM Upgradeable
            BANK 0/DIMM0
                8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
            BANK 1/DIMM0
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        Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
        Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
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            Color LCD 1280 x 800
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        OS X 10.10.2 (14C1514) - Time since boot: 0:25:47
    Disk Information: ℹ️
        Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320,07 GB)
            EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
            Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
            Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (47.94 GB free) - 51 errors
                Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
        MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898 
    USB Information: ℹ️
        Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
        Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
            Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
        Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
        Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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        Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
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        [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
        [running]    com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist [Click for support]
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        [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
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        [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
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        JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version
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        Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
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        AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
        Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
        QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
        SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.8 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
        Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]
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        Java  [Click for support]
        MacFUSE  [Click for support]
        Perian  [Click for support]
        Trusteer Endpoint Protection  [Click for support]
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        Auto backup: YES
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            Total number of backups: 60
            Oldest backup: 2012-07-15 01:16:54 +0000
            Last backup: 2015-03-29 19:28:06 +0000
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             3%    WindowServer
             1%    mds
             0%    fseventsd
             0%    distnoted
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        120 MB    Finder
        86 MB    rapportd
        86 MB    WindowServer
        69 MB    mds_stores
    Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
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        2.53 GB    Active RAM
        428 MB    Inactive RAM
        1.66 GB    Wired RAM
        1.04 GB    Page-ins
        0 B    Page-outs
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        Mar 31, 2015, 01:13:05 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Microsoft Error Reporting_2015-03-31-131305_[redacted].crash
        Mar 31, 2015, 01:05:42 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Microsoft Error Reporting_2015-03-31-130542_[redacted].crash
        Mar 31, 2015, 12:24:33 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Microsoft Error Reporting_2015-03-31-122433_[redacted].crash
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        Mar 29, 2015, 01:06:38 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/VLC_2015-03-29-130638_[redacted].hang
        Mar 29, 2015, 01:02:47 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/VLC_2015-03-29-130247_[redacted].hang

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