Firefox and ebay

Firefox won't load www.ebay.com. Internet Exploder has no problem
with it. Now I assume this is due to some evil conspiracy. But
just in case it isn't, can anyone tell me what the trouble might be?
It's Firefox 1.0.4, running under Windows 2000 Pro.

Thin cue very much.

 

Kant hep ya...it works okay here.

 

Works fine here as well.

What do you mean wont load? Do you get an error message? And if so what
does it say?
Do you see anything in the status bar (bottom of the window)?
What happens when you click on http://www.ebay.com ?
Please be specific and note any details (such as status bar messages)
when doing so.

 

I have no problem loading ebay with firefox. I was just there earlier
checking up on my auction..

I have found most problems related to page loading with firefox is
because the user did not have sun java installed..

 

I'm running into 3 or 4 pages a week that just refuse to load - they
either show a complete blank screen or cause an error and Firefox needs
to shut down. Of course, you lose _all_ your tabs when that happens.

This goes on for a couple of hours and the failure mode is repeatable.
Then, inexplicably, all is fine and the page will load. There are no
reboots in between, no log outs, no cache or cookie flushing, it just
starts working again. (This is FF 1.0.4 on XP Pro)

During the time that FF is unable to load them, they load fine in IE.

It seems to be an intermittent FF bug or some sort and it needs to be
fixed, but it'll be very hard to pin down.

 

The behavior: The red X lights up and the page goes blank. The
progress bar at the bottom goes to about 3/4, and then nothing else
happens. Firefox is alive, and if I click the red X, it aborts the
attempt as it should.

 

I have 2000 Pro as a virtual machine. Just loaded it up and installed
Firefox (1.0.4) and was able to go to eBay, view items, feedback, etc.
No problems.
All I can suggest is uninstall and reinstall Firefox.

 

No problems here with FF-1.0.4 on either Win2k or linux.

 

Here are two more that exhibit the same behavior. I'll bet some
guru with too much time on his hands could figure out what they have
in common.

http://www.computerhope.com/htmcolor.htm
http://www.cryer.co.uk/resources/javascript/html2.htm

 

Same behaviour as what?
Please dont edit posts or snip them, doing so reduces the liklihood that
you will receive helpful answers.

The problem may be familiar to you (it is after all, YOUR problem <g>)
but it isnt familiar to others. You may have the time to re-read each
and every message in a thread to find out what the problem is, or whats
been asked, but others dont. I dont have the time available to me to
re-read the thousand posts made in this newgroup in the last week that
refer to ongoing problems.

I did have some time on my hands, that I was willing to donate to assist
with your problem, but since I had to re-read each and every message in
the thread (because of editing), I now no longer have the time do I?

 

I?

The behavior: The red X lights up and the page goes blank. The
progress bar at the bottom goes to about 3/4, and then nothing else
happens. Firefox is alive, and if I click the red X, it aborts the
attempt as it should.

 

Unable to get Firefox 1.0.4 to fail on the two above pages
Try in safe mode to remove any extensions from the mix
Both use javascript, is that enabled?

 

I don't know what that means. Sorry. Can you explain a little?

Yep.

 

See
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/faq#troubeshoot-addons

for how to start up in 'Safe' mode

the parent page
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/faq

is a pretty darn good starter for problems

 

See

I do appreciate your help. Thanks much.

I started it in safe-mode and tried to load www.ebay.com . It
locked up, but this time the progress bar stopped even sooner.

 

This just in! I noticed that at the bottom it says, "transferring
data from include.ebaystatic.com." When I open www.ebay.com with
(shudder) IE, it says, "opening www.ebay.com". (And it works.) Now
then, when I peek at the page source for www.ebay.com, one of the
first things I see is what I presume is the request to load a Java
script from, guess where!

It must the a Java Script problem. So what do I do now? Download
and re-install JavaScript, I would guess. (If that's the answer,
where can I obtain a safe copy?) The question still remains,
though. Why can IE do it and Firefox not? Hmmm.

 

.... and more news. Under Firefox, I can go to java.com and it tells
me, "You've got the latest," and shows an animation.

 

again, you snipped responses, so I have no clue what you are talking
about now
Remember, it isnt my problem, so I have to have the other messages in
the thread to remind me.

 

Javascript is built in to the browser, do you have it enabled?

[Firefox-->Preferences]*-->Web Features
X Enable Javascript

*varies with OS
Windows
Tools-->Options
Linux
Edit-->Preferences

 

Java is NOT Javascript!

Java is Java, a program that requires a seperate program (called Java)
to run applets on your computer.

Javascript, is a scripting utility for the browser itself
Javascript began life as Livescript from Netscape, just as MS promoted
Active X scripting
the Netscape entry gained wide acceptance and was later 'released' to
the public, and re-named Javascript
All modern browsers support it now

Java is not Javascript, they are completely different
You can enable one or both or neither in

[Firefox-->Preferences]*-->Web Features
X Enable Java
X Enable Javascript

*varies with OS
Windows
Tools-->Options
Linux
Edit-->Preferences