FireFox issues with PH
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Continuing from my thread about PH seeming slow...
It all seems to be down to FireFox.
I'm using the most up to date version (1.5.0.9), and have now installed FasterFox to no avail.
Symptoms include huge delays while page doesn't appear to load. Keep hammering refresh, go off and do something else, come back, try again, and it just loads straight away.
Similar problems when posting - "post reply" button greys out when clicked, but nothing happens. Refresh a few times, and the button ungreys. Click it again and no problem.
When loading a page it often hangs while trying to load adverts. Again, they will never load of their own accord, you need to keep trying to reload the page.
It does it on all the systems I have here (2 desktops, 2 laptops, all running XP).
I think it also did it at my dad's (different internet connection although same ISP) but I couldn't swear to it now...
But I have been using IE 6 and IE 7 on various machines over the last couple of days without any problems.
Seeing as it appears to be FF/PH that has the clash, is anybody else experiencing this? Started suddenly about 6 weeks ago.
It's driving me nuts and I am having to consider going back to II
It all seems to be down to FireFox.
I'm using the most up to date version (1.5.0.9), and have now installed FasterFox to no avail.
Symptoms include huge delays while page doesn't appear to load. Keep hammering refresh, go off and do something else, come back, try again, and it just loads straight away.
Similar problems when posting - "post reply" button greys out when clicked, but nothing happens. Refresh a few times, and the button ungreys. Click it again and no problem.
When loading a page it often hangs while trying to load adverts. Again, they will never load of their own accord, you need to keep trying to reload the page.
It does it on all the systems I have here (2 desktops, 2 laptops, all running XP).
I think it also did it at my dad's (different internet connection although same ISP) but I couldn't swear to it now...
But I have been using IE 6 and IE 7 on various machines over the last couple of days without any problems.
Seeing as it appears to be FF/PH that has the clash, is anybody else experiencing this? Started suddenly about 6 weeks ago.
It's driving me nuts and I am having to consider going back to II
Edited by nicecupoftea on Wednesday 3rd January 21:02
I'm using Firefox (don't know what version, how do I find out?)
The only problem I have is that the page seems to get knocked off before it's connected, and it says something like "the page could not be found, or could not connect to server". After hitting refresh a couple of times, it finally loads up.
The only problem I have is that the page seems to get knocked off before it's connected, and it says something like "the page could not be found, or could not connect to server". After hitting refresh a couple of times, it finally loads up.
PetrolTed said:
I develop PH in FF so most issues are in IE which I sometimes forget to test in.
Good man, the rightness of firefox makes it a superb development browser, I use it for that too, as well as general browsing (via Linux/Mac). Also IMO IE sucks (as do Msft), I always use PHP+Apache on the server side for several major reasons, haven't needed to run windows at all for ages
One tip: Firefox's tabs seem to generate a huge number of cookies with PH that sometimes seem to get their wires crossed. If you:
1) Close all PH tabs
2) go to the preferences/options menu and find all the pistonheads cookies
- delete them ALL,
3) Go to and login to PH again
things tend to work a whole lot better..
Globulator said:
One tip: Firefox's tabs seem to generate a huge number of cookies with PH that sometimes seem to get their wires crossed. If you:
I sometimes have problems with Google remembering my preferences i.e. opening searches in a seperate tab, only looking for stuff written in English, etc. Could that be the same problem?
Mrs Trackside said:
I sometimes have problems with Google remembering my preferences i.e. opening searches in a seperate tab, only looking for stuff written in English, etc. Could that be the same problem?
You can but look and see: check out which cookies you have that were deposited by google and see what you think. Sorry I do not know anything about Google's use of cookies.. Globulator said:
Mrs Trackside said:
I sometimes have problems with Google remembering my preferences i.e. opening searches in a seperate tab, only looking for stuff written in English, etc. Could that be the same problem?
You can but look and see: check out which cookies you have that were deposited by google and see what you think. Sorry I do not know anything about Google's use of cookies.. I've got Google cookies stored, but when it doesn't work properly and I try to re-set my preferences, it tells me I have don't have cookies stored
NiceCupOfTea said:
Sorry to report that it has just hung on an ad again - wiped all my PH cookies and spent the next 5 minutes trying to get PH to load. Periodically came back to refresh, and then all of a sudden loads as if there's no problem.
OK: Hanging on Ads. Possibly a DNS lookup error: browsers can pause if it takes too long to get the correct IP address resolved from the name given on the page being loaded. I suggest you double-check all of the DNS settings from the ISP, perhaps check the router is setup properly and maybe reboot the router/modem as it may be caching DNS requests.
Also try Opera, and see how that handles the page loads so you can compare browsers on the same machine, internet connection etc. If Opera also has trouble, it's not the browser..
Mrs Trackside said:
I've got Google cookies stored, but when it doesn't work properly and I try to re-set my preferences, it tells me I have don't have cookies stored
Just to confirm you opened the list ('view cookies') and deleted them?
Shutdown and restart Firefox and check again (before you visit Google) just to check you/FF deleted them all properly first.
1.5.0.9 here too and nary a problem (if anyone developing against it doesn't have the Developer toolbar or Firebug installed, I'd suggest seeking them out, forthwith - very handy extensions).
I'd guess there's no auto notification to upgrade as it's not a point release, but a whole new version.
I'd guess there's no auto notification to upgrade as it's not a point release, but a whole new version.
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