You forcibly updated me to your newest version, and it stops responding every 5-10 minutes. Firefox used to never do this.

Question

You updated me to FF 28 back in April, and that version hung and hung and hung like never before - every 5-10 minutes at times! I rolled back to a prior version, and Firefox was finally usable again.
You forcibly updated me to FF 30 this week, and guess what? Firefox is back to being unstable and unusable.
Why are you forcing updates on me to browser versions that are more unreliable than their predecessors? And why are your newer versions pausing and hanging so often?

Answer 1

'''''[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode Start Firefox in Safe Mode]''''' {web link}
While you are in safe mode;
Press the '''<Alt>''' or '''<F10>''' key to bring up the tool bar.
Followed by;
Windows; '''Tools > Options'''
Linux; '''Edit > Preferences'''
Mac; ''application name'' '''> Preferences'''
Then '''Advanced > General.'''
Look for and turn off '''Use Hardware Acceleration'''.
Poke around safe web sites and see if there is still a problem. Then restart.