I don't know you

January 21, 2009 2:27 PM

Cannot log in to AskMeFi under MacOS with Firefox. Can under Safari.

On the Ask page, I hit Login, and I get the login page. I log in then go back to Ask and it acts as if it does not know me - as if I am not logged in. On the blue, and on the gray, I am greeted by name in the upper right corner. But not on Ask.

Anyone else seeing this? As stated, it works just fine under Safari.

posted by megatherium to bugs at 2:27 PM (12 comments total)

Generally this is a cookie problem or a caching problem. If you go to Firefox and remove all of your MeFi cookies and clear your cache, does it still happen?
posted by jessamyn at 2:30 PM on January 21

It sounds like you might be seeing a cached version of the Ask page. First try a Shift + reload on the page in Firefox and see if you're logged in.

If not, hit this page and MeFi Mail me the results. That might give me some more info to work with.
posted by pb at 2:33 PM on January 21

I'm using MacOS and Firefox and I can't log out, but that has more to do with my pesky internet addiction.
posted by pwally at 3:23 PM on January 21

You all know it's actually called Mac OS X right?

Anyone remember the Extension Manager? Man, troubleshooting that was fun.
posted by Science! at 3:30 PM on January 21 [1 favorite]

pwally - me too!
posted by GuyZero at 3:43 PM on January 21

Anyone remember the Extension Manager?

I just tried to boot into 9.2.2, just to see. It crashed. When I restarted the computer, it froze. Then I rebooted into X and all was right with the world. So yeah, I remember EM, and thats why I'm finally clearing Classic of this machine.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 4:30 PM on January 21

Anyone remember the Extension Manager?

Oh, the horrors....
posted by rtha at 7:58 PM on January 21

Science!: "Anyone remember the Extension Manager? Man, troubleshooting that was fun."

I see your Extensions Manager and raise you Conflict Catcher, for a cool $63 bucks.

And it was worth every freaking penny, too.
posted by Kadin2048 at 8:18 PM on January 21

*has Extension Manager flashback*

*twitches*
posted by brundlefly at 8:37 PM on January 21

Chooser, anyone?

(and now I have networked printers, and don't even need them...because I can print locally while connected to a network!)
posted by niles at 10:19 PM on January 21

STOP PRINTING OVER APPLETALK. I AM TRYING TO PLAY MARATHON.
posted by SpiffyRob at 7:36 AM on January 22 [3 favorites]

NUMPAD IS BETTER THAN MOUSE
posted by mrzarquon at 3:39 PM on January 22