While Google Chrome is the leading browser on both desktop and mobile, Mozilla Firefox remains the runner-up on PCs across the world.

And there's a very good reason with this, as Firefox remains a super-reliable browser that's pretty much the only real option to Chromium, generally, and Google Chrome, particularly.

One of the issues that I've seen people hitting occasionally concerns what can be best referred to as a screen flickering online.

Everybody uses YouTube these days, either frequently or occasionally, therefore it goes without saying the smallest issue wearing down the internet video platform is frustrating, as you would expect.

In the case of Firefox, probably the most common problems is this screen flickering which makes videos online unwatchable.

While it's pretty difficult to determine the reason for the bug, mostly because it could be not the same as one device to a different, oftentimes, it's the recording drivers the ones responsible. And because it often takes too much time before new drivers are published to solve such issues, there's an easy flag in Firefox that may assist you to cope with potential screen flickering online.

First and foremost, it's important to realize that doing this doesn't be certain that the screen flickering is finished, but it's one workaround that's worth trying, that's without a doubt.

Then, because it involves disabling hardware acceleration, you should revert the changes once your video drivers are updated, at least to check if the problems are fixed.

To disable hardware acceleration in Mozilla Firefox, here's what you ought to do.

Launch the browser and ensure that you're running the latest version of Firefox - you should check Softpedia's Firefox page to be sure that your version isn't outdated.

Then, in the address bar in Firefox, type the following command to access the flags screen:

about:config

Click yes when prompted because you "understand the risks" of having fun with the more advanced configuration settings of Mozilla Firefox, and then in the search box, search for the next flag:

layers.acceleration.disabled

By default, this option may come enabled (true) in Mozilla Firefox, so toggle it to false to disable it.

You're going to need to reboot Firefox to check on for changes on YouTube, so make sure you save your valuable work prior to doing this. Restart the browser after which check out YouTube to see if the screen flickering still happens.

If it doesn't, then this is pretty much the workaround, and the only thing you can do at this time is to wait for updated drivers out of your manufacturer.

There are more problems that could cause screen flickering in Firefox, and perhaps, they may be associated with the operating-system that you're running.

For instance, when i explained many months ago, Google Chrome users also experienced screen flickering on YouTube as well as on other websites because of Windows Slideshow, a built-in Windows 10 feature that somehow interfered with the settings of the browser. Disabling the automatic color selection on Windows 10 was the workaround if so, so ensure that you check your OS settings when searching for a way to fix the screen flickering.

One way to determine if the problem is related to the browser or not is to see if the screen flickering happens in other applications as well. If you're on Windows 10, you can test loading a YouTube video in Microsoft Edge, which will come pre-installed in the operating system. When the same concern is experienced regardless of the browser, you can try installing a mature version of the graphics drivers.