MetaTalk posts tagged with firefox

Nostalgia for blue and green

bad grammar — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:45:57 -0800

What happened to the Mefi blue and the green on my Acer Aspire one netbook? All I see is white. I usually read Metafilter on a 2006 MacBook. On the netbook I find that Metafilter, AskMe and MetaTalk are all black text on white. The backgrounds of other sites are not loading properly either. Is there something I can do to fix this, or is it a consequence of the small size of the netbook display and not fixable? I am using an Acer Aspire one netbook (D250-1905) and Windows XP and Firefox 3.5.6.

Bottom bar on front pages?

Thorzdad — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:03:05 -0800

Odd stationary footer bar on all front pages in Firefox? I've been seeing this footer on all three of the main front pages...blue, green, gray. It's not on the front pages of Projects, Music, Jobs, etc. Nor is it on any interior pages. It's just on the front pages. The oddest bit is that it has appeared only in Firefox. It's not there in Safari. This is, of course, as nitpicky as anything can get, and not a complaint. More like a "Huh. That's weird." thing. And, very possibly, something that's years old that I just now noticed.

New Greasemonkey hack for MeFi and other sites

mathowie — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:02:36 -0800

This is a kinda cool concept applied to MeFi: background bars for posts and comments (based on favorites) I'm not much of a greasemonkey user (I find it makes firefox crashy), but I've tried quite a few MeFi favorites highlighter type hacks, but this one does it in a less obtrusive way -- the longer the background bar on a poster's name, the more favorites it has garnered. It's an easy way to spot the popular/good stuff without the massive highlights some other scripts do.

Bigger is not always better

Effigy2000 — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:41:46 -0800

OK, I've tried fixing this myself, and I give up. Why is AskMe displaying text at a different size font to every other part of Metafilter on my home computer? Here's a screenshot of how AskMe looks on my computer. It looks to be displaying at maybe a size 11 or 12 Arial font, which is different to every other part of Metafilter, which displays at a size 10 Arial font (as per this screenshot). Arial size 10 is also my user preference. It's been doing this for maybe a month now. Over the course of the last month I've tried several different methods of fixing this. * Logging out and back in * Deleting all Metafilter.com cookies * Deleting all cookies and my browsing history. * Using the text zoom-in/out feature Firefox has. One size smaller make the font on AskMe too small (maybe about an 8 size font), and one size bigger makes it way too big (probably around a 14 size font). I've also tried resetting my user preferences. Nothing to date has worked. Also, this is only happening on my main home computer, where I use Firefox 3.0.10. At work, where I'm forced to use IE, and even on my networked home computer (also using Firefox), this isn't happening. It should also be noted that; * When I use IE on my main home computer, AskMe displays the font at the proper size. * When I'm logged out using Firefox, AskMe still displays the larger font size. * No other website I visit is doing this. It's just AskMe. All the other Metafilter subsites and every other website I visit displays at the proper size. I do have Greasemonkey installed, but the only Metafilter related scripts I run are MeFiQuote, Deleted Posts, Asynchronous Flagging and EasyMeMail. I doubt it would be a problem with any of these, right? So the problem would seem to rest with Firefox, but at the same time I'm confused as to why it would only be affecting Ask Metafilter, and no other website. Basically, I'm stumped. Anyone have any other ideas how to fix this? It's a small problem, I grant you, but one that has over time started to drive me nuts.

Tired of signing in

PeterMcDermott — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:22:23 -0800

Whenever I quit Firefox, it loses my authentication so I have to sign into Metafilter again. It didn't always do this, but for some reason, it does now. Internet Explorer doesn't do it. Just Firefox. I don't think it's a bug, I think I've changed a setting but I cant find out what it is for the life of me and its driving me nuts. Options/Privacy/Always clear my private data when I quit Firefox isn't ticked, so it's not that. And it's just Metafilter. Other sites keep me logged in. I've tried deleting my cookies. No joy. Does anyone have a clue what it could be?

I don't know you

megatherium — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:27:49 -0800

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.

NoScript Please

hortense — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:40:41 -0800

If you are not using firefox you may skip this post, because it is about a tool that can help prevent comments like this and this These comments, and the comments that inspired them have taken me completely by surprise because I see none of the offending ads when I open the links. None not even google ads. In this way we can discuss actual content instead of how terrible the ads are .

Twisted pair

Eideteker — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:05:34 -0800

Ctrl-shift-t collision in Firefox. If I hit ctrl-shift-T to unclose a tab in Firefox while I'm on a MeFi page, it transports me to the text-box. Now I've completely lost my place wherever I was reading, and I have some extraneous <em> tags. Similarly, if I go to italicize my text using the keyboard shortcut, I end up opening the last tab I closed. Since more folks use Firefox than MeFi, is it possible to change MeFi's behavior?

Help computer. Stop all the javascriptin.

cavalier — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:38:26 -0800

FireFox. MetaFilter. A script on this page has stopped responding, do you want to stop the script, debug the script, or cry. Anybody else seeing this on Firefox 2.x? Only started occuring the past few weeks for me. Happens regardless of the site (Ask, MeFi, MeTa). I pulled all my addons out and tried a new profile. Still busted. Any recent changes to the script? I'm not too good at reproducing it yet. It's not happening every time, but it doesn't seem like a memory issue -- I get it sometimes when I have freshly opened the app, and sometimes only after I've had several tabs open.

Bizarre Firefox behavior: MeFi background colors get lighter hue over time.

Cool Papa Bell — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:45:00 -0800

Bizarre Firefox behavior: MeFi background colors get lighter hue over time. As I sit reading a thread, the background colors of the main reading area get lighter and lighter over time -- blue fading to light blue to really light blue to near-white. Latest Firefox, Greasemonkey installed but no MeFi-specific scripts running. Happens to all MeFi pages (mefi, ask, metatalk, etc). Help me, Obi-Wan.

Can't get in to Metafilter with Firefox

tula — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:53:22 -0800

I can't log in with Firefox, Safari's working just fine. Following Jessamyn's suggestions I deleted cookies & disabled greasemonkey, but just get directed back to MeFi homepage as not logged in. Anyone else having trouble? Anyone solved it? I'm feeling a bit thick-headed, so it could be something simple. Promise never to log out again.

Non-foxy Mefite delight?

Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:34:37 -0800

Greasemonkey for non-Firefox browsers? I'd like to take advantage of Greasemonkey to make Mefi browsing more pleasant. However, while Firefox works great on Windows, I don't like Firefox's rampant memory and stability problems on Linux and OS X and would prefer to continue using my current browser on a non-Windows environment. Are there reasonable alternatives available to Mefites?

Crazy like a fox

mathowie — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:10:18 -0800

FYI: it took a while but last month, firefox finally surpassed IE as the most popular browser here (that's data for the month of November).

de-bugs?

quonsar — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:46:56 -0800

does anybody else see this? (Firefox/2.0.0.6 (Ubuntu-feisty))

New Search Box on Blue / Horizontal Scroll Bar

maxwelton — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:13:51 -0800

The "Google Custom Search" box on the blue is causing a horizontal scroll bar to appear in Firefox/Windows. The input box is just too darn large. I'd guess 100 pixels or so too wide?

Metafilter sites not working in Firefox

DetonatedManiac — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:27:49 -0800

I cannot access any of the metafilter sites when using Firefox. It works in IE (what I am using right now) but in firefox I get an error message page that reads as follows: [more inside]

Inline images live!

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:51:43 -0800

A spiffy solution to the inline-images ban (if you use Firefox). [more inside]

Firefox reopen last tab issue

IndigoRain — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:53:44 -0800

In Firefox 2+, if I am on a Meta page and I click ctrl + shift + t to reopen the last tab, it jumps me down to the comment text box and places opening and closing em tags in it. If this is a Meta shortcut, could it perhaps be changed to not interfere with the Firefox shortcut, since I think a lot of MeFites use Firefox?

MetaFilthy hates me

caution live frogs — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:14:49 -0800

Anyone else getting hit with constant error alerts when using MetaFilthy? I have an "NS_ERR_DOM_INDEX_SIZE_ERR" alert popping up on every thread in FireFox 2.0.0.2, for about the last week or so. (Yes, I reported a bug to the author. Yes, I know he doesn't spend all day every day coding MetaFilthy. I'm just wondering if this is an issue with just me, with a Metafilter re-code of some sort, or problems between MetaFilthy and FF 2.0.0.2.)

href... slash... a.... dammit!

nanojath — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:47:31 -0800

Is it just me, or did my autoformatting buttons vanish with my last Firefox update (I assume this is the cause, as the two coincided)? If I have to start hand-coding hyperlinks again I will probably just go into an unresponsive fugue state instead.

Firefox & AskMe problem

IndigoRain — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:33:59 -0800

I can't post on AskMe - on the preview page, hitting Post just reloads the preview page. Firefox 2.0.0.1. Not seeing any error messages either.

bug: can't submit an AskMe question

scarabic — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:14:32 -0800

bug: can't submit an AskMe question. The final "post" button just reloads the page, like the "preview" button. Firefox 2.0.0.1.

Firefox Vulnerability Issue

empath — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:31:59 -0800

New firefox vulnerability leaves people open to password theft:

Proof of concept here

Does metafilter strip out form tags?

MetaFilthy replacement for Firefox 2.0?

Bugbread — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 05:20:40 -0800

Are there any programmers out there who would be interested in making a MetaFilthy clone/replacement for Firefox 2.0? [more inside]

Thread crashing Firefox on Mac

absalom — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:01:35 -0800

I've tried clicking on this thread four or five times using firefox on mac. Every time it borks everything - it doesn't crash, but it becomes totally non-responsive (cannot change tabs, even). Is there something evil in there, or is this just one of those things?