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[76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id a28sm18131431yha.0.2013.06.29.04.02.21 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 29 Jun 2013 04:02:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3bjBkh5LWFz2CG47 for ; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 07:02:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 07:02:20 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD 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> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2 (GTK+ 2.24.19; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm9uqVPPDOsBUYFgJHEIoxNk6ooAlf3wqoUF0HRAtIJh4y+wBROuKfxIiDl92pVwt7bTJpo X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:02:23 -0000 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. __________________________________________________________________