Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 07:02:20 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Firefox 21 not proceeding to URL Message-ID: <20130629070220.0057fa6e@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <51CE7649.4050205@eskk.nu> References: <20130628130712.706fc073@scorpio> <51CE7649.4050205@eskk.nu>
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On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 07:53:13 +0200 Leslie Jensen articulated: > > > 2013-06-28 19:07, Jerry skrev: > > Using Firefox 21, if I enter this URL: > > > > http://www.nclawreview.org/documents/91/1/wegner.pdf > > > > nothing happens. The PDF is not displayed nor is there any evidence > > that Firefox did anything at all. > > > > Now, entering the same URL using the same version of Firefox on a > > Windows machine, it works perfectly. No surprise there. Why is it > > failing on the FreeBSD machine? I posted on another forum and was > > told it works under Linux, so it must be a FreeBSD problem. Can > > anyone confirm this or have an idea what the problem is? > > > > It works for me. It turns out the problem was caused by the "PDF Download" add-on I had installed. I disabled it and all is well again. I contacted the author who informed me that it works on *.nix and the problem probably lies with FreeBSD; however, he will look into it. In other words, it isn't gong to be fixed anytime soon, if at all. There is just no urgency is wasting the time to fix a problem for a small niche of users and an even smaller niche who are employing their add-on combined with an infinitesimal number of users actually trying to access a site similar to the one shown above. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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