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why do i get a link called "load more stories" when in Yahoo news? Nothing happens when i click on it. Other browsers don't have this problem.

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when i go to news.yahoo.com, and i scroll down a bit, i see a link called "load more stories." When I click on that link, nothing happens. but when i use other browsers, that link doesn't appear, and many more stories are successfully shown. A relative of mine tried this, and on HIS machine, he also does not get the firefox "load more stories" problem when he goes to news.yahoo.com . So, the problem is unique to my firefox. Actually, this started happening perhaps a couple two or three weeks or so ago. I use W7 Pro, 64 bit, have huge storage, and 8 Gb of RAM. I would like to know how to correct this. Thanks!

when i go to news.yahoo.com, and i scroll down a bit, i see a link called "load more stories." When I click on that link, nothing happens. but when i use other browsers, that link doesn't appear, and many more stories are successfully shown. A relative of mine tried this, and on HIS machine, he also does not get the firefox "load more stories" problem when he goes to news.yahoo.com . So, the problem is unique to my firefox. Actually, this started happening perhaps a couple two or three weeks or so ago. I use W7 Pro, 64 bit, have huge storage, and 8 Gb of RAM. I would like to know how to correct this. Thanks!

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Hello,

Try Firefox Safe Mode to see if the problem goes away. Firefox Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode that turns off some settings and disables most add-ons (extensions and themes).

(If you're using an added theme, switch to the Default theme.)

If Firefox is open, you can restart in Firefox Safe Mode from the Help menu by clicking on the Restart with Add-ons Disabled... menu item:
FirefoxSafeMode

If Firefox is not running, you can start Firefox in Safe Mode as follows:

  • On Windows: Hold the Shift key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
  • On Mac: Hold the option key while starting Firefox.
  • On Linux: Quit Firefox, go to your Terminal and run firefox -safe-mode
    (you may need to specify the Firefox installation path e.g. /usr/lib/firefox)

Once you get the pop-up, just select "'Start in Safe Mode" Safe Mode Fx 15 - Win

If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode, your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. Please follow the Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems article to find the cause.

To exit Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.

When you figure out what's causing your issues, please let us know. It might help others with the same problem.

Thank you.

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Tried it in Safe Mode. The problem unfortunately is still there.

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Reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to refresh possibly outdated or corrupted files.

  • Hold down the Shift key and left-click the Reload button
  • Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
  • Press "Command + Shift + R" (Mac)

Clear the cache and cookies only from websites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

  • Firefox/Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"

"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:

  • Firefox/Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
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I tried everything. NOthing worked. The last suggestion about removing cookies etc. caused firefox to freeze and would never recover. So, I restored a recent OS image backup, but the problem was still there. I uninstalled firefox, and reinstalled it. The problem went away and everything works as normal.

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More stories is not a link, but a notification message that JavaScript is loading more messages.

Clearing cookies should never cause such behavior, so make sure that you are blocking cookies or other content on those pages.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.

You can remove all data stored in Firefox from a specific domain via "Forget About This Site" in the right-click context menu of an history entry ("History > Show All History" or "View > Sidebar > History") or via the about:permissions page.

Using "Forget About This Site" will remove all data stored in Firefox from that domain like bookmarks, cookies, passwords, cache, history, and exceptions, so be cautious and if you have a password or other data from that domain that you do not want to lose then make sure to backup this data or make a note.

You can't recover from this 'forget' unless you have a backup of the involved files.

It doesn't have any lasting effect, so if you revisit such a 'forgotten' website then data from that website will be saved once again.