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Why doesn't Firefox 5 display an error message when it can't load a website? FF 4 did, but FF 5 does not do this.

  • Vastuseid pole
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I have some websites blocked in my hosts file, and FF 4 would display an error message when I would try to go to one of the blocked web sites. Firefox 5 does not display an error message when one of these blocked sites is accessed, it only displays a blank page. I tried a Stylish add-on for about:blank, but that does not work, either. I would like to see the error message come back to me, so I can at least know what happened. Even if I try to load a page that is not blocked in my hosts file, and perhaps that particular website is down, I would not know anything about it!

I have some websites blocked in my hosts file, and FF 4 would display an error message when I would try to go to one of the blocked web sites. Firefox 5 does not display an error message when one of these blocked sites is accessed, it only displays a blank page. I tried a Stylish add-on for about:blank, but that does not work, either. I would like to see the error message come back to me, so I can at least know what happened. Even if I try to load a page that is not blocked in my hosts file, and perhaps that particular website is down, I would not know anything about it!