Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.

• Clear the Cache and

• Remove Cookies
  Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to.

Type about:preferences<Enter> in the address bar.

• Cookies; Select Privacy. Under History, select Firefox will Use Custom Settings. Press the button on the right side called Show Cookies. Use the search bar to look for the site. Note; There may be more than one entry. Remove All of them.
• Cache; Select Advanced > Network. Across from Cached Web Content, Press Clear Now.

If there is still a problem, Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). While you are in safe mode;

Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar.

Under Advanced, Select General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Poke around safe websites. Are there any problems?

Then restart.

Did you post from Safari on an iPhone or did your desktop Firefox lie to the forum about its identity??

(I'm referring to the information in Question Details > More System Details next to your question on the right.)

jscher2000 said

Did you post from Safari on an iPhone or did your desktop Firefox lie to the forum about its identity?? (I'm referring to the information in Question Details > More System Details next to your question on the right.)

I'm not even sure how to go about having firefox lie about the identity, though I can't deny I'm curious to find out how that would work.

As to the details, yes, I'm writing this from iphone, since I'm not at home right now.

FredMcD said

Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.

• Clear the Cache and

• Remove Cookies
  Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to.

Type about:preferences<Enter> in the address bar.

• Cookies; Select Privacy. Under History, select Firefox will Use Custom Settings. Press the button on the right side called Show Cookies. Use the search bar to look for the site. Note; There may be more than one entry. Remove All of them.
• Cache; Select Advanced > Network. Across from Cached Web Content, Press Clear Now.

If there is still a problem, Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). While you are in safe mode; Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar. Under Advanced, Select General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration. Poke around safe websites. Are there any problems? Then restart.

Thank you! :) You have no idea how relieved I am that it wasn't some sort of configuration or a settings change I accidentally made. I will try what you suggested. Hopefully it will help. It's been going on for days now and it's just so vexing.

edeniz001 said

I'm not even sure how to go about having firefox lie about the identity, though I can't deny I'm curious to find out how that would work.

There are extensions that send a different or random user agent string to websites. There's also a setting that sometimes becomes corrupted and can do that. There's more about the setting in this article: How to reset the default user agent on Firefox.

jscher2000 said

edeniz001 said

I'm not even sure how to go about having firefox lie about the identity, though I can't deny I'm curious to find out how that would work.

There are extensions that send a different or random user agent string to websites. There's also a setting that sometimes becomes corrupted and can do that. There's more about the setting in this article: How to reset the default user agent on Firefox.

Thank you! I will read it, looks quite helpful. :) But if you don't mind me asking, what advantage does it have? Privacy? I mean, I can understand wanting to conceal IP addresses for privacy's sake, but does changing user agent string really grant that?

There usually is not an advantage to lying about your browser or system, but sometimes sites serve different content to different browsers and it can help in those cases.

Thank you for clarifying. :)

jscher2000 said

There usually is not an advantage to lying about your browser or system, but sometimes sites serve different content to different browsers and it can help in those cases.