I'm going nuts here and having to use Opera as Fierfox has gone completely insane...I've tried posting this topic twice already and given up...

 

I can't load any sites properly in firefox anymore - the results are so haphazard.

 

This is what the WDF looks like:

http://dev.my-igloo.net/wdf/firefox/wdf_wrong.jpg

 

See these links showing screenshots of my site refresh after refresh:

http://dev.my-igloo.net/wdf/firefox/wdf_01.jpg

http://dev.my-igloo.net/wdf/firefox/wdf_02.jpg

http://dev.my-igloo.net/wdf/firefox/wdf_03.jpg

http://dev.my-igloo.net/wdf/firefox/wdf_04.jpg

http://dev.my-igloo.net/wdf/firefox/wdf_05.jpg

http://dev.my-igloo.net/wdf/firefox/wdf_06.jpg

 

It's just mental and any site I visit is the same!

 

If I want to edit my blog I get this popup:

http://dev.my-igloo.net/wdf/firefox/wdf_07.jpg

 

and get that also if it suddenly decides it doesn't like a PHP extension.

 

How can I fix this???

I've not changed any settings within firefox for ages and just don't understand why it's suddenly gone nuts!

it looks like it's haphazardly loading the css file content. As when I use the web dev toolbar and click on edit css, it shows the css files loaded but has no content in some of them, then on refresh content within the CSS files appears.

 

I'm close to tears as I don't uderstand what is going on with it.

 

I have uninstalled it and re-installed it twoce now with no difference what so ever.

 

I NEED TO FIX THIS ASAP as I've got a ton of work on at the moment!

 

Anyone got any ideas?

Sorry can't think of anything at the moment. Maybe formatting your PC could be an option or maybe uninstall your current version, then install an older version and test. If it works, uninstall the older version and then reinstall the new version and test.

 

Other than that I can't think of much mate.

Have you tried installing an earlier version of firefox? Possibly a bug in current version?

A less drastic option than reformatting the PC might be to export your Firefox bookmarks, then uninstall it, delete all Firefox profiles on your computer (I can't give you a path since I don't know if you're on a PC or Mac), then reinstall. When you run it for the first time, import your bookmarks to your shiny new profile.

 

In other words, profile corruption can do this sort of thing sometimes.

Are you sure you don't have anything checked on the web dev toolbar such as disable images?

 

If not, I would do what andy recommended.

 

EDIT:

 

Just saw your second post... Nevermind.

Andy - I'm on PC where do I delete the FF profile?

Didn'thave my computer switched on over the w/e so just getting round dealing with this now.

I want to eradicate all traces of FF then re-install it as new and see if that fixes the issue.

OK, after you export your bookmarks to somewhere safe (desktop perhaps?), go to:

 

c:\documents and settings\(your_username)\application data\mozilla\

 

You'll see a "firefox" folder in there. After uninstalling Firefox, rename this folder to "firefoxbackup".

 

Then reinstall. If all goes well you should never touch this folder again, other than to delete it, but I'd leave it there for a while until you're sure everything is OK.

 

NB. You may need to set "view hidden files" on if you can't see the application data folder.

when I'm uninstalling so I check the box that says 'Remove my firefox personal data and customisations' - surely that's my profile? If I check that box then it will delete my profile, so why don't I just do that and not bother with the folder as you suggest? I didn't check this option before when uninstalling/reinstalling.

Ah yes, forgot about that option. Yes, that will do the same thing.

I've uninstalled - but didn't check that option re presonal data. I then renamed the firefox folder to firefoxbackup. I then reinstalled the latest version of Firefox and still have the same issue.

 

Damn!

 

Looks like somthing else is the problem then!

Think I might just wipe my computer this week and start from scratch!

I just uninstalled again and installed an older version of FF - same problem, nothing has changed.

What is going on?????

Not sure to be honest. The popup issue seems more like a mime-type thing (where the browser or even your host is mangling its mime-type handling). However I've just loaded your site in Fx and refreshed a few times using CTRL-F5, sometimes it's slower than others but it always loads perfectly in the end.

 

What result do you get in IE7, Opera and Chrome? (for the refreshes and the PHP handling)?

Well I'm using Opera at the moment and finding it weird to get used to - I much prefer Firefox. Everything loads fine in Opera. I don't use chrome, don't even have it installed. IE7 never gets used for browsing either, but stuff loads fine in that too.

In that case I'm afraid I'm stumped. It's not your host, (because other browsers are fine), it's probably not your PC (because presumably other PHP websites aren't behaving like this), so it's either your Firefox or your website code (and I can't think of any HTML or CSS that would make it behave like this).

 

I don't think I can help further, other than to say that you could always try another firefox uninstall, then make sure both your profile and the firefox folder in c:\program files are gone, then use some kind of registry cleaner to remove any firefox entries from the registry, then reboot, then reinstall. I don't know if it will help though. If it doesn't, you may have to rebuild your PC from a fresh XP install.

 

I don't think trying earlier versions would make a difference. I'm on 3.0.7 (which I think is the current version) and it's behaving fine with your site (and every other site I visit).

Ok, go here and follow the instructions to completely remove firefox.

 

(I'm assuming you have a backup of all your stuff first!).

 

If that doesn't work, post back here and we will try some other things.

Thanks for pitching in Meshach, but you didn't include the link...

Thanks for pitching in Meshach, but you didn't include the link...

 

lol oops.. I think a link would help!

it's not just my site that acts weird in FF it's all sites - so it's definitely something wrong with the FF configuration, so if Meshach could include a link that'd be great

thanks for the link - I've just done a complete uninstall and did everything on the list. I then installed the latest version of FF and guess what - SAME ISSUES!

 

I give up - I have no idea what the problem is now - I thought the complete uninstall stuff with deleting all the stuff in the registry too would fix it.

thanks for the link - I've just done a complete uninstall and did everything on the list. I then installed the latest version of FF and guess what - SAME ISSUES!

 

I give up - I have no idea what the problem is now - I thought the complete uninstall stuff with deleting all the stuff in the registry too would fix it.

 

So did I..

 

I will have a dig around and see what I can come up with ASAP.

 

Web Designer/Developer without Firefox == Disaster

Question:

 

Does firefox look right in safe mode?

 

Go to Start>All Programs>Mozilla Firefox>Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode)

UPDATE: I have uploaded my prefs.js file here.

 

Put that file here:

 

C:\Documents and Settings\[your name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[randomstring].default\

I tried it in safe mode a whole back and had the same problems.

Just downloaded your .js file - made no difference.

I've got a ton of work on, but I'm got to postpone it until next week and spend the next couple of days backing up my files and stuff and then I'm going to wipe the PC and start from scratch. It needs doing and hopefully after that things will return to normal.

 

Thanks for all your help.

I hope you find a fix, this happened on our other pc, where FF randomly stopped loading all background images from the css. I never found a fix, but the pc died about a week later so, i suppose it didn't matter much to me.

 

But websites like ebay are unusable when this happens, it's a pain. I tried everything from fresh installs, to older versions of FF, nothing worked.

maybe I need to hurry with the wiping of this PC in case it dies on me!!!

I've got a ton of work on, but I'm got to postpone it until next week and spend the next couple of days backing up my files and stuff and then I'm going to wipe the PC and start from scratch. It needs doing and hopefully after that things will return to normal.

 

Thanks for all your help.

 

 

Aw..... Sorry I couldn't be of any help.. That's stinks.

 

Well, I guess re-installing would be the best solution.

 

 

Good luck.

maybe I need to hurry with the wiping of this PC in case it dies on me!!!

 

 

You might want to try the official Firefox channel on irc.mozilla.org.