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Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by daniel, Apr 28, 2010.

  1. daniel

    daniel Cat Lovers Against the Bomb

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    I am using Firefox 3.6.3. A few minutes ago I was here on Prius Chat, with several tabs open to different threads, when suddenly, and without apparent input from me, all text in the open window turned to little empty rectangular letter-size boxes. I looked at the other tabs, and they were all the same. Images were okay, but the text was gone. A refresh made no difference.

    I quit and re-launched the program, and now all is well.

    Just thought I'd put that out, so if it happens to anyone else you'll know you're not the only one.
     
    #1 daniel, Apr 28, 2010
  2. TonyPSchaefer

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    ▌▌▌▐ ▀ ▄ ▌ ▐ ▀ ▌ ▄ ▐▐▀▌▐▄ ▀▌.
     
    #2 TonyPSchaefer, Apr 28, 2010
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  3. Darwood

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    Stupid Firefox...
    My website displays perfect on IE, but the drop downs don't work on Firefox. I can fix it so it does, but then it makes it look goofy on IE.

    grrrrr....
    Most our clients are MS shops, so Firefox isn't nearly as important.
     
    #3 Darwood, Apr 28, 2010
  4. Boo

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    I've had issues with Firefox on PCs (but not Macs) since an update (don't remember the number) last winter. Lost my auto pager add-on. Freezing. Noticeably slower to boot up than IE. Noticeably slower than before in all functions.
     
    #4 Boo, Apr 28, 2010
  5. mgb4tim

    mgb4tim Noob

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    my drop downs work with firefox...
     
    #5 mgb4tim, Apr 28, 2010
  6. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    Sounds almost like a display driver issue, but if everything else works...
     
    #6 hyo silver, Apr 28, 2010
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    My only issue with Firefox, which I use at home, is that links often do not work.

    They just don't. I click, nothing happens.

    In IE, they work. Go figure.

    I'll stick with FF for most things, though.
     
    #7 Rae Vynn, Apr 28, 2010
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    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    I also find differences between Firefox on Windows and Firefox on Linux. Some sites will work with the Windows version but not the Linux version. So much for the idea of web browsers being compatible.

    Tom
     
    #8 qbee42, Apr 28, 2010
  9. TonyPSchaefer

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    Are you talking software or user? :p
     
    #9 TonyPSchaefer, Apr 29, 2010
  10. qbee42

    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    Hmmm, you raise a good point.

    Tom
     
    #10 qbee42, Apr 29, 2010
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    Might be AdBlock, sometimes it has the HAL persona take over ("I can't let you do that, Dave").:eek:
     
    #11 KayakerNC, Apr 29, 2010
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    Firefox has its quirks. It likes to hoard cpu cycles. Yesterday, it was up to 90%, according to Task Manager -- when I could get TM to finally start. Nothing's perfect.
     
    #12 dtuite, Apr 30, 2010
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    As a consulting engineer, my advice is this:

    Heavy

    Drinking

    That will be $18,321.46 please
     
    #13 jayman, Apr 30, 2010
  14. TonyPSchaefer

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    I was going to pay you but I spent all my money on booze.
     
    #14 TonyPSchaefer, Apr 30, 2010
  15. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    I tried heavy drinking a couple of times way back when, and it made me feel worse, not better. Any other suggestions? :D

    Oh, and as a pretence for keeping this on topic, Safari seems to work just fine.
     
    #15 hyo silver, Apr 30, 2010
  16. qbee42

    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    The browser, or an exotic trip to Africa?

    Tom
     
    #16 qbee42, Apr 30, 2010
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