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MasterJedi
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06 Mar 2011, 11:20 pm

thanks for looking

I'm using Firefox 3.6.15 and some sites are doing this:

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07 Mar 2011, 12:53 am

If you have the NoScript add-on some sites may get upset at not being able to run scripts and then come out garbled.


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07 Mar 2011, 1:49 am

hehe nice word, embiggen - "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man"



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07 Mar 2011, 9:49 am

MasterJedi wrote:
thanks for looking

I'm using Firefox 3.6.15 and some sites are doing this:

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I sometimes get that here on WP, and a "Refresh/Reload" takes care of it.


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07 Mar 2011, 1:09 pm

That means the stylesheets and other external files for the web page haven't loaded properly, usually the result of a faulty connection. I get that problem all the time when I'm on my family's network (even though I use Chrome and Opera, not Firefox), so I use the neighbors' network.


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07 Mar 2011, 4:43 pm

how do I fix it?

reloading doesn't help.


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08 Mar 2011, 6:41 am

MasterJedi wrote:
how do I fix it?

reloading doesn't help.


Could be anything.

What happens when you use Internet Explorer?



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08 Mar 2011, 9:31 am

MCalavera wrote:
MasterJedi wrote:
how do I fix it?

reloading doesn't help.


Could be anything.

What happens when you use Internet Explorer?


want to know what I had for breakfast?

In other words, it doesn't matter. I don't use IE. I use FF.


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08 Mar 2011, 10:34 am

MasterJedi wrote:
MCalavera wrote:
MasterJedi wrote:
how do I fix it?

reloading doesn't help.


Could be anything.

What happens when you use Internet Explorer?


want to know what I had for breakfast?

In other words, it doesn't matter. I don't use IE. I use FF.

Well, try it in IE or Chrome or something. That at least will tell us if there's something wrong with Firefox, or if the problem lies elsewhere.


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08 Mar 2011, 11:21 am

works fine with IE.


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08 Mar 2011, 12:05 pm

Then something's wrong with Firefox. Try clearing the cache and reloading.


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08 Mar 2011, 1:59 pm

still doing it.


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08 Mar 2011, 2:16 pm

StevieC wrote:
hehe nice word, embiggen - "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man"


It's a perfectly cromulent word.


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08 Mar 2011, 4:36 pm

Did you try Orwell's first tip above. If so, then try to disable other add-ons that your Firefox may have installed.



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08 Mar 2011, 5:01 pm

Orwell wrote:
If you have the NoScript add-on some sites may get upset at not being able to run scripts and then come out garbled.


I completely missed this one. That or I saw noscript and thought it was something I don't have or use but then I tried disabling adlock thinking it deals with scripts and turned it off for weather.com. Worked but now there are ads aplenty.


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08 Mar 2011, 5:12 pm

Hm... adblock plus has usually been very good about not messing up page loads for me. Which filter list do you use?


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