Facebook slow on Firefox? It is for a lot of other people too. If you’ve tried the standard troubleshooting procedures such as creating a new profile, deleting “parent.lock” files, and most of the other things you run across using Google, check to see if you have the Skype browser extension installed. After three days of slow Firefox and a near WAF (wife acceptance factor) revolt which would have resulted in a browser switch to Internet Explorer, catastrophe was averted by simply discovering and disabling the Skype extension.
Skype is still usable after this change, however, you’ll loose the number highlighting that the extension provided.
To resolve, in Firefox, click Tools, then Add Ons, then scroll down to the Skype plug-in. Click the Disable button, and then restart Firefox. Updates to the Skype extension in the future may resolve this annoyance.
Back to enjoying the Firefox goodness and an IE free household (wipes sweat from brow…)