Firefox Incompatibility Issue with Google Products
I’m a regular Firefox user on my PC&iOS&Android devices. Today I had a problem which I had before but I did not have time to write/report this.
I’m having problems downloading only on “Google Drive”
I could not download any files today in an urgent situation but you will be surprised when I tell you how did I download the file that I need? Even I was using IDM addon to catch downloads on Firefox still I could not download but problem was Google’s itself. I successfully downloaded the file that I need by using “Chrome” Chrome works perfect when you use it with Google’s own products (MyActivity, AccountsGoogle, Drive, YouTube etc.). The thing I want to say is Google is forcing users to use Chrome. Why did I fail while downloding on Drive while using Firefox? A question to Google. Thanks.
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Isisombululo esikhethiwe
Allowing the cookie googleusercontent.com, the site works in Firefox. ;-))
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From looking at the tags, I cannot tell what operating system you are using, what version of Firefox, and could you provide screenshot of any error messages?
I logged into my Google Drive and tried to download a file and I saw was some info in bottom left corner of the browser when I click download, but I could not find the file and there was no indication from the browser that that anything was downloaded. Interesting... ;-))
As you can see from the screenshots, Firefox indicates the download when I used my OneDrive and the 2nd screenshot shows nothing was downloaded from Google drive. I guess this is why I rarely use Google drive. ;-)
My daily driver is Linux, but let me go see how Google drive behaves in Windows.
Okulungisiwe ngu jonzn4SUSE
I love Fedora ^^^It occurred on Windows 8.1 PRO x64 just clean installed today and latest firefox just downloaded today by using Internet Explorer lol! :D
3rd party cookies may be your issue. I was able to get the site to work allowing all cookies.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1312393#answer-1374796
Okulungisiwe ngu jonzn4SUSE
Isisombululo Esikhethiwe
Allowing the cookie googleusercontent.com, the site works in Firefox. ;-))
Okulungisiwe ngu jonzn4SUSE
Thank you so much for your time. I fixed it by allowing all cookies. Privacy concerns. :)
I like control and block all 3rd party cookies and only allowed the google cookie needed to get the site to work. You can google privacy concerns about allowing all cookies. ;-))
I was using "Strict mode" at the time I write this. Now I set it to just "standart"
Privacy and protection comes with little problems. It's not unexpected.
One day I will switch to Tails. lol.
