Favorite Not.

August 5, 2008 7:52 AM

Favorite error: Click the '+', go to top of page, instead of marking comment.

Firefox under Ubuntu Hardy. Sometimes happens, sometimes not. Can't seem to identify what makes the difference. Doubt it is Metafilter problem, but figured this was the place to bring it up.

posted by Goofyy to Bugs at 7:52 AM (16 comments total)

You sure this isn't a ploy to get more favorites?

(I kid! I kid!)
posted by katillathehun at 7:55 AM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]

It does this when Javascript is turned off.
posted by orthogonality at 8:04 AM on August 5, 2008

I don't turn Javascript on and off, and it is on. I will note, I have Strange Things happen in Firefox where my configuration of toolbars is apparently changed by some web pages (where it used to be only for a specific page, it stays that way on new windows). Checking in preferences, I see it is set as it should, and such things should not be allowed.
posted by Goofyy at 8:12 AM on August 5, 2008

(I should have added, these Strange Things that happen are entirely new since Hardy. Hardy is entirely new with new computer. But I don't notice this sort of problem anywhere else than Metafilter--Which could be a selection bias, since MeFi is where I am the most).
posted by Goofyy at 8:15 AM on August 5, 2008

1) Stop favoriting
2) Change operating system
3) Change browser
4) Hardy! How the hell do they come up with these names?
5) Sorry I'm not more helpful.
posted by tellurian at 8:30 AM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]

I noticed this recently, too, and I think I know what caused it in my case. After quonsar posted that link about gif files that run scripts to infect your computer, I installed (at the advice of someone in the thread) ScriptBlocker, the firefox extension. Scriptblocker breaks favorites and other metafilter functionality, including posting comments without previewing, until you tell it to allow metafilter. If you only temporarily allow metafilter, instead of permanently allowing it, you'll find that sometimes it works fine and sometimes it does not, depending on whether you've allowed metafilter for that session.

in other words, from one noob to another: way to go, noob.
posted by shmegegge at 9:19 AM on August 5, 2008

If you only temporarily allow metafilter, instead of permanently allowing it, you'll find that sometimes it works fine and sometimes it does not.
Okay, I'll do that then.
posted by tellurian at 10:08 AM on August 5, 2008

Sorry, that needed a 5) in front of it.
posted by tellurian at 10:12 AM on August 5, 2008

My favorite error is this one.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 10:18 AM on August 5, 2008 [2 favorites]

Try it with a clean firefox profile. If the problem persists, it's something screwy in your profile, probably caused by an extension gone awry.

If that's the case, import your bookmarks and histry into the clean profile, and reinstall extenstions one by one until you find the culprit.
posted by chrisamiller at 10:44 AM on August 5, 2008

Is ScriptBlocker the same thing as NoScript?
posted by puke & cry at 10:58 AM on August 5, 2008

My favorite error is when Mr. Crash Davis beats me to my joke.
posted by Navelgazer at 11:23 AM on August 5, 2008

Is ScriptBlocker the same thing as NoScript?

probably. I always get names wrong.
posted by shmegegge at 11:47 AM on August 5, 2008

Oddly I don't get this in FF 3 on Hardy but I do get it rarely on Camino on Tiger.
posted by Skorgu at 2:28 PM on August 5, 2008

I got it on my in-laws computer with IE. That's the only time I've seen it.
posted by BrotherCaine at 10:47 PM on August 5, 2008

I think I might just reinstall, and see what happens. There are other odd issues as well. Hardy is the first version of Ubuntu that has made me seriously unhappy. I do wonder about it being a plug-in, but I don't have many of those (each time they make in update to Firefox, the plug-ins are suddenly invalid).
posted by Goofyy at 9:53 AM on August 6, 2008