Firefox

[jennyjoan]

Know this should be in Tech but I'm having problems with Firefox and actually having general problems with trying to get onto sites.

Last night I lost my cursor completely and had to go back to "wired" mouse and take off the wireless mouse.

Is there anything wrong.

[Zacs-Master]

Maybe some of the advice you received before would be of help:
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Question1660766-2.html#answer-12018658

[jennyjoan]

thanks Zacs - for the reminder - when I went in to my History and I had thousands and thousands of sites opened from November 2019, have deleted and it seems to have quickened up a bit. I hope.

[SlackAlice]

Nothing to do with Firefox, it's your mouse battery probably

[jennyjoan]

no Alice - the battery is fine and it definitely has quickened up.

[jennyjoan]

I deleted "everything" and so I have had to "log in" to some of the sites so far - ie passwords - but I have them saved and anyway most of them have the same password.

[CrapAtCryptics]

This is not related to the browser you use. Go to device manager and remove the palm pad driver. Then ask it to search for new items and it will reload the driver again. It may be that there is a more up to date version on the manufacturers site.

[aelmpvw]

deleting five months history will quicken it up, i bet that took a while?

[CrapAtCryptics]

the above assumes you have a laptop

[jennyjoan]

it did Ael - but then I went to History, (clear everything - like I don't know what I'm doing) but cleared the heap - it deffo has helped.

[jennyjoan]

no laptop, just the old fashioned monitor and independent keyboard - which I love - I will never buy laptop, ipads, or whatever the latest fad is - love me oul mucker LOL, I type too quick as I was a copy typist/manager for 40 years, and on the very old fashioned keyboard which had the heavy keys - I achieved 72 wpm.

[jennyjoan]

^^^ think I was a bit of a bum there