luckily this topic worked, but the other one did not..

my 'view source' problem still stands.

thanks for any help prpvidewd

Although possibly not related to your problem, I have to remind you that the version of Firefox you are using at the moment has been discontinued and is no longer supported. On top of this, it has known unpatched bugs and security problems. I urge you to update to the latest version of Firefox, for maximum security, stability, performance and usability. You can get it for free, as always, at getfirefox.com.

The other topic does work (it's locked now).

Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems and Troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to fix common Firefox problems

If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all your extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.
You can use "Disable all add-ons" on the Safe mode start window to disable all extensions.
You have to close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")

what? seriously? firefox just automatically updated to the latest version.... i didn't you know had to manually update from the website?!

i will try when i get home from work

thanks

You can update Flash and Java as well.

Your plugins list shows outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks.

• Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
• Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_15 for Mozilla browsers

Update the Java plugin to the latest version.

• http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp (Java Platform: Download JRE)

Update the Flash plugin to the latest version.

• http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/