weather . com thinks my firefox is on a tablet/smartphone. 1/3 of the screen is taken up by the forward/back arrows.
Whenever I use weather.com i get the same screens as my friend does on his tablet and smartphone. I no longer get the 'normal' full-scteen loads of the web-site. instead 1/5 or more is the ahead and back arrows for smartphones & tablets.
this is happening in 13, 14, 15, and firefox aurora.
Tried it with the IE browser, and it still loads fine there. What went wrong? and especialy how do I get it back to 'normal'??
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Perhaps a little tweaking is in order. Shockwave and Java were outdated and needed re-installation on mine! Took a couple of efforts with restarts but it is obvious that it solved my problems! Firefox Mozilla Toolbar 'Help' > 'Firefox Help' > lower right side of page displays link to Plugin Update review....
Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache. In order to try to fix these problems, the first step is to clear both cookies and the cache. Note: This will temporarily log you out of all sites you're logged in to. To clear cache and cookies do the following:
- Go to Firefox > History > Clear recent history or (if no Firefox button is shown) go to Tools > Clear recent history.
- Under "Time range to clear", select "Everything".
- Now, click the arrow next to Details to toggle the Details list active.
- From the details list, check Cache and Cookies and uncheck everything else.
- Now click the Clear now button.
Further information can be found in the Clear your cache, history and other personal information in Firefox article.
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ok, checked, applied, issue persists, it is still there,
but thanks for trying.
Modified by Jn_Mrtn
Alright then... If you by some reason are being redirected to their mobile site can you find a link at the bottom of the page saying "View desktop site", if not is it possible that you by mistake has zoomed in at the page? If so can it be resolved by pressing "ctrl" and "0" (zero).
Modified by Gunnar
nope, not it... but...
hunting around in the html and vieving the code displaying the "arrows",
I find code that screens for MSIE 7 and 8 non-touch pad browsers, but no sign of checks for any others...
I'll have to fire up the laptop tomorrow (which has the same issue) and get you folks a print-screen of the code.
Modified by Jn_Mrtn
Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.
"Clear the Cache":
- Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"
"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
- Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
Start Firefox in Safe 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 click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
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