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This is weird. My Firefox has suddenly decided to stop following redirects. I think it started yesterday, but I assumed it was a fluke. Apparently it is not.

I'm using FF 1.0.4. I recently (might have been yesterday, or the day before) updated two extensions: Sage to 1.3.5 and Platypus to 0.4. At least I think those were the ones that were updated, I'm just going from memory--there wouldn't happen to be an update history in FF, would there?

Anyway, has anyone else experienced this, or does anyone know what might be causing this?

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[sarkasm] is it just me or is there a rising number of firefox-problem-posts lately? [/sarkasm]

(Edited by GRUMBLE on 07-04-2005 11:55)

One place you can check would be about:config. Type that into the location bar and you'll get to a table which contains an entry called "network.http.redirection-limit" - according to this setting it to 0 instead of the default 20 would stop Firefox from following all header-based redirects.

kuckus

GRUMBLE: Wouldn't know. This has been my only problem...

kuckus: Thanks for the tip. Oddly enough, though, I started up my computer this morning to discover that redirect behavior was back to normal. What makes it even odder is that I didn't update anything since yesterday, so I guess it was a fluke. Still, I didn't know about about:config before, and now I do, so something good has come of this.



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GRUMBLE said:

[sarkasm] is it just me or is there a rising number of firefox-problem-posts lately? [/sarkasm]

(Edited by GRUMBLE on 07-04-2005 11:55)

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Yeah....must be like.....2 whole posts we've had about firefox problems! quick, everyone back to IE!

(Edited by DL-44 on 07-05-2005 02:32)

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quick, everyone back to IE!

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The only way you are getting my FF, is when you pry my cold, stiff fingers from the keyboard!!

Believe it or not, but there are certain sites here in Korea that I have to view with IE (that is, they are not viewable/usable in FF, or any other browser, for that matter). Korean web designers are still under the impression that the entire world uses IE, and screw you if you want to use anything else. Seriously, I don't understand why they don't just make a huge banner (or maybe those sign card thingies they do at football matches--they're good at that) with a middle finger sticking up and leave it there until it shows up on Google Maps. "Screw you, world!" Gah. They are so proud of their precious Flash-based designs and animated GIFs and jam-packed seizure-inducing web pages, and they don't realize that they are five years behind the rest of the world.

Whew, OK. Deep breath. I'm OK, really.

I've just had a rough day, that's all.

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That's ok, Master Suho, I work for Sony, and I can only view some of their websites in IE (try www.sonystyle.de, then click on Zubehör Shop to see what I mean)

*bleh*

It's not just Korea...

(Edited by Jestah on 07-05-2005 17:08)

Hmm... I'm not sure if that makes me feel better or not. On the one hand, there's the whole "at least I'm not alone" consolation, but on the other hand, it does not bode well for the future of international web design.



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Bugger. The behavior is back, and I know for a fact that I didn't update anything this time. It seems to be totally random. No change in network.http.redirection-limit (still at the default of 20). It doesn't even try to follow the redirect, it just sits there like it's done. It's only a minor inconvenience for most sites, but on sites that don't offer a link for the redirection (like Hotmail, for example), I have to open up the source and copy and paste the redirection link.

Anyway, I am stumped. I guess I'll just wait and hopefully it will clear up again.



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Bugger indeed, sorry to hear your foxy has been playing up.
While you're waiting, try clearing the cache or perhaps even consider a complete un-install/re-install, saving your favs and extensions of course.
Perhaps it's the damm rain

::tao:::: ::cell::

Just cleared the cache for the heck of it, and things seem to be back to normal for the time being. Don't know if clearing the cache had anything to do with it (or maybe it was restarting FF), but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. I guess it's just a glitch.

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Tao said:

Perhaps it's the damm rain

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That's no joke. I swear that my connection acts up during the rain. It's most likely one of those "more crazy people/births/deaths/etc. during the full moon" type of things, but the rain sure does seem to wreak havoc on my connection.

And on that note, I guess I should write about inane topics more often. People seem to enjoy those more. Thinking too much apparently drives readers away.

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