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Cannot log in to Twitter on Firefox, but login works in other browsers and in Firefox on other computers?

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mgchessman
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I have contacted Twitter support about this, and so far they are stumped. Firefox is my preferred browser. I tried clearing my cache and clearing my cookies, but the login still does not work. I also experimented with http:// versus https:// for logging in, but it still does not log me in. Here is a screen capture of the issue:

http://www.screenr.com/tkM8

I have contacted Twitter support about this, and so far they are stumped. Firefox is my preferred browser. I tried clearing my cache and clearing my cookies, but the login still does not work. I also experimented with http:// versus https:// for logging in, but it still does not log me in. Here is a screen capture of the issue: http://www.screenr.com/tkM8

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make sure that your cookie settings in preferences > privacy allow twitter.com to create new cookies & that it isn't blocked by the LeechBlock extension that you've installed

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philipp
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make sure that your cookie settings in preferences > privacy allow twitter.com to create new cookies & that it isn't blocked by the LeechBlock extension that you've installed

mgchessman
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Thanks! Yes it turned out that I had blocked cookies from Twitter. Appreciate it!