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Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

12/11/2012 12:11:15 PM · #1

I'm experiencing some weirdness and need some help getting things back to normal. I'm using 17.0.1 under Windows 7 Professional.

This is what used to happen:

I would put a link in a post, then click the [Preview] button to test it out. Another smaller browser window would open up, giving me the post preview. If I clicked the link, that link would open up in a new tab in my original Firefox browser.

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This is what is happening now:

When I click the [Preview] button, another smaller browser window opens up, BUT it's content is empty! And it immediately pushes the preview content onto a new tab in my original Firefox browser, leaving the smaller browser sitting there. It has an address of "about:blank"

Any clues? Thanks!

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

12/11/2012 12:15:56 PM · #2

That's very odd... Penny uses FireFox, lemme check.

ETA: She's still on 16.2, and it works as intended, can't help you with 17... By the time she installs that (someday) you'll have figured it out.

Message edited by author 2012-12-11 12:20:28.

HCvE

Fujifilm X-T1

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS

12/11/2012 12:29:06 PM · #3

I have 17 too and it works like a charm.... Maybe check your add-ons etc

Message edited by author 2012-12-11 12:31:19.

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS

12/11/2012 12:35:15 PM · #4

there's got to be a setting somewhere causing this; i just don't know which one(s) :(

i'm plain vanilla boring...no addons.

Message edited by author 2012-12-11 12:35:44.

HCvE

Fujifilm X-T1

12/11/2012 12:42:20 PM · #5

restart computer, who knows what other prog. is fckng with the settings.... sometimes it helps ;p

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

12/11/2012 12:47:57 PM · #6

Originally posted by HCvE:

restart computer, who knows what other prog. is fckng with the settings.... sometimes it helps ;p

Dell Patents "Reboot and See If That Fixes It" Technical Support Process

HCvE

Fujifilm X-T1

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS

12/11/2012 01:04:06 PM · #7

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by HCvE:
restart computer, who knows what other prog. is fckng with the settings.... sometimes it helps ;p

Dell Patents "Reboot and See If That Fixes It" Technical Support Process

LOL

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

12/11/2012 03:36:03 PM · #8

Originally posted by GeneralE:

>:-( that didn't work, either. this sucks.

cowboy221977

Canon EOS-60D

12/11/2012 03:40:40 PM · #9

Have you tried redownloading/installing

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

12/11/2012 03:42:57 PM · #10

I don't have access to FF at the mo, I've migrated to Chrome. I know that in the FF settings, most likely in Advanced, there are choices to control whether pages can generate a pop-up. I suspect that FF is not allowing the site to generate the pop-up page. You may have to scroll through the settings and look for the offending checkbox.
When I get home, I can take a gander. I'll try updating FF to v17 on one of my machines there.

Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Canon Mount

12/11/2012 04:02:57 PM · #11

RESOLVED

i started in safe mode and found that i did have an add-on that was the culprit. i didn't realize it was there, but it was added when i upgraded my dragon naturally speaking (it includes "rich internet application support").

we're all good here, up-to-date, moving on.

thanks for the assistance!

Mike

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

12/11/2012 04:03:15 PM · #12

my washing machine was acting up yesterday so we called a repair man, his solution was to unplug it and see if it fixed the problem. it didn't. he said he didnt know what the problem was so he left.

i swear that's a true story.