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Facebook is not working well on Firefox for two days now?

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For two days now, Facebook is not working well on Firefox...all other web sites are fine, Facebook is not loading like it was, prior to yesterday, there were no problems. Facebook is working fine on Internet Explorer, but not on Firefox. What's up?

For two days now, Facebook is not working well on Firefox...all other web sites are fine, Facebook is not loading like it was, prior to yesterday, there were no problems. Facebook is working fine on Internet Explorer, but not on Firefox. What's up?

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Delete your browsing history and cache then try again.

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Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.

  • Clear the Cache and
  • Remove Cookies Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to.

Type about:preferences in the address bar and press enter.

  • Cookies; Select Privacy. Under History, select Firefox will Use Custom Settings. Press the button on the right side called Show Cookies. Use the search bar to look for the site. Note; There may be more than one entry. Remove All of them.
  • Cache; Select Advanced > Network. Across from Cached Web Content, Press Clear Now.

If there is still a problem, Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} While you are in safe mode;

Type about:preferences in the address bar and press enter

Select Advanced > General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?

Then restart.

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Tried these, didn't work. I suspect the latest upgrade of Firefox has screwed up java or flash or whatever ...???

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When the big boys start pointing fingers at each other . . . . . . we lose.

Some added toolbar and anti-virus add-ons are known to cause Firefox issues. Disable All of them.