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Firebug is one of the worst extensions I've seen in terms of performance. Uninstall it and see if there are changes.

Especially since devtools are native in Fx now.

Yeah, it's awful. I also stopped using in favor of the native FF tools. There's https://getfirebug.com/releases/firebug/3.0/ but it's way better to just make the switch.