Firefox 1.5 Special Report: Trouble scrolling

Several users report various issues with scrolling up and down pages after upgrading to Firefox 1.5. Some report that scrolling movement is erratic or jerky.

Another issue is that many users -- primarily those running Firefox 1.5 under Mac OS X 10.3.9. -- can no longer use their "Page Down" or "Page Up" buttons to scroll through pages.

In version 1.0.7, the scrolling function worked properly. In this version 1.5, there are problems:

In many cases, these scrolling problems will only occur after the user has recently accessed a page containing Java content. The solution -- albeit inconvenient -- is to quit then re-launch Firefox after viewing pages with the problem-triggering content.

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