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#280297 7-Dec-2020 11:17
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I primarily use firefox and over the past month or so, after some time, on two computers, certain buttons and features won't work without closing firefox entirely and re-opening. The most frustrating one is the Quick Reply button. It "clicks" but nothing happens.

 

I have tried reinstalling firefox, and removing all addons, refreshing it and it's still happening. I am not blaming the site, but I'd really like to know what's making it happen. I can't click send in a PM at the same time it happens.

 

I don't recall the same thing happening in Chrome (don't tell me to just use Chrome I have other unrelated issues with Chrome!).

 

Any ideas?

 

 

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  #2617424 7-Dec-2020 11:30
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Just a test with "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:83.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/83.0"




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  #2617425 7-Dec-2020 11:31
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Posting again, same browser.




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  #2617426 7-Dec-2020 11:32
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By the way, This is a Windows Sandbox instance, with a fresh Firefox install, nothing else on this box.

 




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  #2617428 7-Dec-2020 11:36
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Yeah, it's very random. Usually once it happens, any tab in that Window (I often have multiple FF Windows open with loads of tabs) is affected. Today, opening a new tab didn't have the same issue.

 

This post I had to close the tab and open a new one.

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  #2617430 7-Dec-2020 11:39
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I use Firefox as my only browser and never had any issues. Extension causing this for you perhaps?




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  #2617431 7-Dec-2020 11:40
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networkn:

 

Yeah, it's very random. Usually once it happens, any tab in that Window (I often have multiple FF Windows open with loads of tabs) is affected. Today, opening a new tab didn't have the same issue.

 

This post I had to close the tab and open a new one.

 

 

Since you like to have multiple and loads of tabs, my recommendation is to migrate to chrome. it handles massive amount of tabs far better (long as you have the ram)

 

 

 

Honestly though, it sounds like for whatever reason the JS isn't loading for you.




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  #2617432 7-Dec-2020 11:41
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michaelmurfy:

 

I use Firefox as my only browser and never had any issues. Extension causing this for you perhaps?

 

 

I've removed everything except my password manager which I can't practically remove.

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  #2617433 7-Dec-2020 11:42
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networkn:

 

michaelmurfy:

 

I use Firefox as my only browser and never had any issues. Extension causing this for you perhaps?

 

 

I've removed everything except my password manager which I can't practically remove.

 

 

paranoid firewall doing some filtering? 




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  #2617435 7-Dec-2020 11:44
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I use Firefox and the only issue I've had recently is occasionally not being able to pull a tab out into its own window (not gz related).  Most of the time its fine but then suddenly it won't do it until all FF windows are closed.




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  #2617438 7-Dec-2020 11:51
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Amosnz:

 

I use Firefox and the only issue I've had recently is occasionally not being able to pull a tab out into its own window (not gz related).  Most of the time its fine but then suddenly it won't do it until all FF windows are closed.

 

 

I used to be able to just tear a tab off and drag to another screen, to another FF window, now I need to tear the tab off and let it form it's own window then move it.

 

 

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