FireFox 18 Users Locked Out

disston · 01-19-2013, 02:44 PM

I thought I was locked out or Banned for something I said. Apparently it's a glitch with the new updates from Mozilla for FireFox called FireFox 18. Mine is already up to 18.0.1. I had no reply button, no main header, no picture in the Subscribed Threads Window (but I did get the threads, just no picture), I could not start a new thread. All this and probably more.

There's talk about a fix by using a different skin or something wrong with Cookies? I couldn't figure a way around with any of that. What I did is just use Safari for Adv Rider. Maybe the problem will get fixed later but if you have been locked out of Airheads and don't know why, if your FireFox was just recently updated this may be it. Try using a different browser.

We weren't banned.

Now I may get banned for posting this here but I thought that our members needed this info and they may not see it any other place.

ignatz72 · 01-19-2013, 03:34 PM

I used to be a firefox guy, but lately Crome seems to be much more stable and forgiving, compatibility-wise.

The trouble with a rapid development process (releases every 6 weeks) means that a browser may lose compatibility with every update. Chrome & FF are liable to this rapid release schedule, but FF seems to break things more often with each update.

disston · 01-19-2013, 05:42 PM

Turns out the problem is not in FireFox at all. It's from AdBlocker. If you have AdBlocker click on the icon in the lower left hand side of the window to bring up your options. Find "Allow Advrider.com" and click on this. End of problem. More discussion in Jo Momma;

http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=856753

Bill Harris · 01-19-2013, 06:07 PM

I see that JM is in good form...

chollo9 · 01-20-2013, 06:06 AM

I'm with Iggy--bailed on Firefox a couple of years ago. Chrome is so nice.

Although I do feel like I'm too much a part of the Google world takeover . . .

100RT · 01-20-2013, 07:37 AM

Disston Thanks for the Fix!

ignatz72 · 01-21-2013, 10:28 AM

Yep, thanks Disston for the detective work - it appears that AdBlock in Chrome causes the same problem.

I wonder if this is a change on ADV's side? Like they block logging in for anyone with AdBlock enabled? This would mean ADV is about to go ad-supported...

disston · 01-23-2013, 01:07 PM

Another site sabotaged by AdBlocker. This time it was my Yahoo mail account. I was able to see my mail but I could not delete it once I had read it. Same solution. So I guess those of us that use AdBlocker can expect this problem to keep showing up.

_cy_ · 01-23-2013, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ignatz72

I used to be a firefox guy, but lately Crome seems to be much more stable and forgiving, compatibility-wise.

The trouble with a rapid development process (releases every 6 weeks) means that a browser may lose compatibility with every update. Chrome & FF are liable to this rapid release schedule, but FF seems to break things more often with each update.

that's due to the massive number of add-ons for Firefox. which is why I'm sticking with firefox... the massive number of add-ons.
for instance scriptmonkey add-on gives option to only see OP's post in a super long thread... or to only show quoted pictures "once" instead of the maddening jillion times.

crazydrummerdude · 01-23-2013, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by disston

Turns out the problem is not in FireFox at all. It's from AdBlocker. If you have AdBlocker click on the icon in the lower left hand side of the window to bring up your options. Find "Allow Advrider.com" and click on this. End of problem.

Hey, you just saved the day!

01-19-2013, 02:44 PM	#1
disston ^OP ShadeTreeExpert Joined: Mar 2011 Location: Silver Spring, Md Oddometer: 5,013	FireFox 18 Users Locked Out I thought I was locked out or Banned for something I said. Apparently it's a glitch with the new updates from Mozilla for FireFox called FireFox 18. Mine is already up to 18.0.1. I had no reply button, no main header, no picture in the Subscribed Threads Window (but I did get the threads, just no picture), I could not start a new thread. All this and probably more. There's talk about a fix by using a different skin or something wrong with Cookies? I couldn't figure a way around with any of that. What I did is just use Safari for Adv Rider. Maybe the problem will get fixed later but if you have been locked out of Airheads and don't know why, if your FireFox was just recently updated this may be it. Try using a different browser. We weren't banned. Now I may get banned for posting this here but I thought that our members needed this info and they may not see it any other place. __________________ Never memorize something you can look up. ---Albert Einstein

01-19-2013, 03:34 PM	#2
ignatz72 call me iggy Joined: Aug 2010 Location: Mid-South, M-town Oddometer: 600	I used to be a firefox guy, but lately Crome seems to be much more stable and forgiving, compatibility-wise. The trouble with a rapid development process (releases every 6 weeks) means that a browser may lose compatibility with every update. Chrome & FF are liable to this rapid release schedule, but FF seems to break things more often with each update. __________________ Current: 93 R100GS, 04 XR650L Prior: 73 CB350, 77 R100/7, 83 R100RT I love every motorcycle I've owned and even some that I haven't.

01-19-2013, 05:42 PM	#3
disston ^OP ShadeTreeExpert Joined: Mar 2011 Location: Silver Spring, Md Oddometer: 5,013	Turns out the problem is not in FireFox at all. It's from AdBlocker. If you have AdBlocker click on the icon in the lower left hand side of the window to bring up your options. Find "Allow Advrider.com" and click on this. End of problem. More discussion in Jo Momma; http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=856753 __________________ Never memorize something you can look up. ---Albert Einstein

01-19-2013, 06:07 PM	#4
Bill Harris Confirmed Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2008 Location: backwoods Alabama Oddometer: 3,892	I see that JM is in good form... __________________ '73 R60/5 Toaster

01-20-2013, 06:06 AM	#5
chollo9 Screwed the Pooch Joined: Jul 2003 Location: Silk Hope, NC Oddometer: 496	I'm with Iggy--bailed on Firefox a couple of years ago. Chrome is so nice. Although I do feel like I'm too much a part of the Google world takeover . . . __________________ If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough When you get knocked down you gotta get back up, I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough, to know, If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough

01-20-2013, 07:37 AM	#6
100RT Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2009 Location: N. E. OHIO Oddometer: 274	Disston Thanks for the Fix!

01-21-2013, 10:28 AM	#7
ignatz72 call me iggy Joined: Aug 2010 Location: Mid-South, M-town Oddometer: 600	Yep, thanks Disston for the detective work - it appears that AdBlock in Chrome causes the same problem. I wonder if this is a change on ADV's side? Like they block logging in for anyone with AdBlock enabled? This would mean ADV is about to go ad-supported... __________________ Current: 93 R100GS, 04 XR650L Prior: 73 CB350, 77 R100/7, 83 R100RT I love every motorcycle I've owned and even some that I haven't.

01-23-2013, 01:07 PM	#8
disston ^OP ShadeTreeExpert Joined: Mar 2011 Location: Silver Spring, Md Oddometer: 5,013	Another site sabotaged by AdBlocker. This time it was my Yahoo mail account. I was able to see my mail but I could not delete it once I had read it. Same solution. So I guess those of us that use AdBlocker can expect this problem to keep showing up. __________________ Never memorize something you can look up. ---Albert Einstein

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