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Thank you!

there are no error messages, and no real reason for a screenshot, the browser simply will not connect to google services (gmail, youtube, etc). When I switch to IE there aren't any issues, but I really don't want to use IE. Is there a way to revert to the last iteration of firefox? Before this 'new & improved' version?

Try a new profile to rule out something faulty in your existing one.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles

... oh, and as far as flickr, none of the thumbnail images appear and the size proportions are all askew. I've tried to 'refresh firefox' and also test all plug-ins and such, to no avail.