# I did a Firefox refresh

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-firefox-refresh/769874>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 27, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-firefox-refresh/769874 "2016-10-27T19:12:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-firefox-refresh/769874/1 "2016-10-27T19:12:08Z")

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A refresh puts everything in the default stage. All previous add-ons are gone. Add block, flash block, etc.

Everything runs so much faster. Sure I have adds now, but I love the speed.

Why is this?

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**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-firefox-refresh/769874/2 "2016-10-28T22:53:21Z")

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I was enjoying the new speed. Everything was faster. Keyboarding, loading pages.

But, I kept getting this postage stamp video, encouraging me to visit Mexico. It was on numerous sites, because I could hear it at the same time. But it wasn’t in sync.

Because I like to listen to music, it was a bummer.

Had to add the AddBlock to get rid of it. Before I had AddBlock+ and Flash block. Trying to avoid those as I have found they do slow somethings down.

But now I can see NPR videos without getting the error message.

Life is good.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-firefox-refresh/769874/3 "2016-10-29T06:46:45Z")

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Ublock origin is probably the lightest adblocker. And you don’t need a Flash blocker–go to the Addons (in the three line menu), go to plugins, and then switch Flash to “Ask to Activate”

As for your question? I don’t know. I actually usually reinstall all my addons, and it’s still a lot faster. All I can think is that a bunch of junk builds up over time.