cannot view code letters known as captcha using firefox
When accessing certain websites, a method of determining if a person or a computer is accessing the site is used - its known as captcha letters. These are distorted alphabet letters which require interpretation by a human. With the latest version of firefox 8.0 I am unable to see those letters displayed. I just get a blank text box. I am able to see them on Internet Explorer. I'm wondering if there is a setting for FF8.0 that allows me to see these non- standard text letters. I am using windows 7. I have posted the url for the ferret site where the captcha letters are supposed to be displayed - tree 33. The text shows up on IE but not on FF8
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
- Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
- https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
If images are missing then check that you aren't blocking images from some domains.
- Check the permissions for the domain in the current tab in "Tools > Page Info > Permissions"
- Check the permissions for all sites on the about:permissions page, via the location bar
- Check that images are enabled: Tools > Options > Content: [X] Load images automatically
- Check the exceptions in "Tools > Options > Content: Load Images > Exceptions"
- Check the "Tools > Page Info > Media" tab for blocked images (scroll through all the images with the cursor Down key).
If an image in the list is grayed and there is a check-mark in the box "Block Images from..." then remove that mark to unblock the images from that domain.
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
- Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
- https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
If images are missing then check that you aren't blocking images from some domains.
- Check the permissions for the domain in the current tab in "Tools > Page Info > Permissions"
- Check the permissions for all sites on the about:permissions page, via the location bar
- Check that images are enabled: Tools > Options > Content: [X] Load images automatically
- Check the exceptions in "Tools > Options > Content: Load Images > Exceptions"
- Check the "Tools > Page Info > Media" tab for blocked images (scroll through all the images with the cursor Down key).
If an image in the list is grayed and there is a check-mark in the box "Block Images from..." then remove that mark to unblock the images from that domain.
Thank you - this solved my problem. In Checking the "Tools > Page Info > Media" tab for blocked images (scrolled through all the sites/images with the cursor Down key). I found that I had a blocked site - unblocking it allowed the "captcha" images to display on Firefox.