Hi DH1983SMS, the "Shockwave Flash" plugins is the Flash player. Some sites still use it, but they can't use it without your permission. More info on that: Why do I have to click to activate plugins?

Now about Gmail, what is the message that you get?

You might be blocking "third party" cookies. When a site needs to coordinate across different servers to confirm that you are logged in, that is a potential third party cookie situation. Of course, there are also tracking cookies... Firefox offers a range of settings to help you find the right balance between privacy and sites working as designed.

Some articles on cookie settings that might help:

• Third-party cookies and Firefox tracking protection
• Websites say cookies are blocked - Unblock them

Thank you for your response. I do not how it happened, but accessing my gmail via Firefox unexpectedly started to work again. Font size is a little smaller, however, but is workable and hopefully it will get better soon which would help me a bit.

But most importantly, THANK YOU AGAIN! I plan to retain this exchange to retain you thoughts and suggestions.

Sounds good. Also, you could try zoom to see whether a larger text size works better. Either:

• "3-bar" menu button > + button
• hold down the Ctrl key and tap the + key

Use the - button/key to reduce if it gets too large.

Thanks. I will give that a try.