* '3-bar' menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons

(3) If the preference is bolded and 'user set' to true, double-click it to restore the default value of false - you still can use it in private windows as long as is set to its default value of true (2) In the search box above the list, type or paste track and pause while the list is filtered Click the button promising to be careful. (1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. If you turned on anti-tracking for regular windows, that needs to be turned off using a different approach: This article has more information on where to find that setting on the Options page for private windows: What happened to Tracking Protection? Or you can turn off the anti-tracking feature as a test. You can use that icon to make a temporary exception for the site. When anti-tracking is activated, a new shield icon should appear on the left end of the address bar. That kind of filtering could be confused with an ad blocker. One of the headline changes in Firefox 42 is adding a tracking blocker in private browsing windows. '3-bar' menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons.You can review your extensions on the Add-ons page. Or switch browsers and try to see if your speed comes back.Usually it would be an extension. Check to see if your email speed comes back.ģ. Create a second user in firefox and do not load up any add-ons. Delete all your history, cookies and cache in FF and turn off Adblock, see if this gets you anywhere.Ģ. There are complaints all over the Yahoo help pages, with most starting off pointing at something happening since FF11 came along.ġ. Finally I also tried opening in alternative browser (Chrome), and did not have the problem, and is running Adblock Plus (beta). When I add in Adblock, slows to a crawl.īut when I choose to disable Adblock for, Yahoo speed comes back, fast, but not as fast as no Adblock. However, when I use a FF user that is completely clean, no add-ons, Yahoo comes back full speed. Click something, wait up to 30 sec to receive a response. Suddenly email has slowed to the point of almost being unusable.

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