Danger-Mouse Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 I have a strange situation atm. Internet is working fine because I'm on here using Opera but I can't connect to any sites using Firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 I am using Firefox and all is working fine, do you have another browser? IE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgsontour Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 By far the easiest way is to uninstall it along with all addons, then update and restart your pc AND router then after that re-install from a reputable source ( to troubleshoot it may take you far, far longer ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted July 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, old'un said: I am using Firefox and all is working fine, do you have another browser? IE? Yeah I'm on here using the Opera browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 to start with I would just restart your computer and see what that does, Firefox may not of loaded properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted July 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, old'un said: to start with I would just restart your computer and see what that does, Firefox may not of loaded properly. Yeah tried all that, rebooted PC, restarted router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy1950 Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 Just logged on to 3 sites to check that all is ok, which it is. Try a reboot as suggested. FB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted July 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 Working again now. When I tried to uninstall FF it gave me the option to refresh it and that seems to have done the trick. Cheers for the suggestions guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westward Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 I've just quit using Firefox after around 12 years. Back then it was fast, crisp, and lightly loaded. Today it's sluggish, top heavy and bloated. And on my fully updated Win 10 system, page loading gets slower and slower and slower to the point at which some loads just give up. I then have to do a complete reboot or a network reset to get Firefox back to it's normal lumbering operation. I'm now using the latest iteration of Edge and it's a revelation, just like Firefox once was. Page load is at least 3 times faster and I don't have to do the full reboot thing twice a day as it doesn't clog up like Firefox. My only complaint - shared by many others - is the ridiculous location of the favourites button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 I have been with Firefox (on a Mac) for a long time and have (touch wood) no problems and it has decent add blockers which is a help. I can only compare with Safari, against which it is quicker on most sites. Certain things (presumably in the way pages are constructed) can occasionally give it a bit of trouble - one example being the copious video clips our local paper (Glos Echo as was) includes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westward Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 Adblock Plus is an easily installed standard extension for Edge. It could be that my AMD based system just doesn't get on with Firefox, but I'm not willing to use Chrome because Google is too intrusive and I dislike Safari on the wife's iPad, so I had a look at the new version of Edge and so far it seems very good. One neat thing is they've designed it work without Flash Player, something the Firefox people seem to be struggling with, and one less add on to nag for an update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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