Steps:
- In the address bar type
about:config
and press enter. - Accept the risk involved while making changes.
- Search for
mousewheel.acceleration.start
- By default its value should be
-1
which indicates the option is disabled. To enable, change its value to0
by double-clicking on it.
Why?
Comparing to Google Chrome, Firefox has very slow scrolling speed for web pages. It is smoother than Chrome but not just fast enough. So I usually go for the scroll bar, which needs little more effort. Move the cursor to grab that scroll stick and drag the mouse up & down.
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