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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
*https://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/hardware-acceleration/

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<!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN"
"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/1.0/menu.dtd">
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<DefaultMergeDirs/>
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Edit: clarity
Last edited by heyitstallchris (2014-07-31 02:02:36)

Firstly, I'll tackle menu 1.
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$ mkdir ~/.config/menus
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<!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN"
"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/1.0/menu.dtd">
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<DefaultMergeDirs/>
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Cheers.
Last edited by Padfoot (2014-07-17 09:42:16)

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Hi there,
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Hope it helps.
Regards,
Blair Deng
Blair Deng
TechNet Community Support

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