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On 12/16/2020 7:55 AM, rbowman wrote:
On 12/16/2020 07:52 AM, wrote:
ireFox 68.8.0 esr upgraded from a very old version earlier
this year - seems OK so far - I do need to use Chrome for
viewing on Imgur - haven't looked into why - I don't get any
error messages just a blank dark Imgur page ..

CtrlShiftk brings up the developers console in Firefox. You may
see errors in the console or if you go to the network tab it will
show the traffic.

Do you have NoScript or other blockers? Many modern pages are built
on the fly with a JavaScript framework. No script, no page.

In both Firefox and Chrome I use the same extension: "JavaScript Toggle
On and Off". It puts a switch on the browser toolbar that allows you to
turn JavaScript on and off.

Since I mostly read the news, turning JavaScript off usually kills all
the movement (and popups) but leaves the print and still pictures.
Sometimes I do get a blank page or picture, but often I can just switch
JS on for a moment, the page loads, then switch it off again and the
page stays, again without the annoying moving stuff.

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On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:51:55 -0700, AJL wrote:

On 12/16/2020 7:55 AM, rbowman wrote:
On 12/16/2020 07:52 AM, wrote:
ireFox 68.8.0 esr upgraded from a very old version earlier
this year - seems OK so far - I do need to use Chrome for
viewing on Imgur - haven't looked into why - I don't get any
error messages just a blank dark Imgur page ..

CtrlShiftk brings up the developers console in Firefox. You may
see errors in the console or if you go to the network tab it will
show the traffic.

Do you have NoScript or other blockers? Many modern pages are built
on the fly with a JavaScript framework. No script, no page.

In both Firefox and Chrome I use the same extension: "JavaScript Toggle
On and Off". It puts a switch on the browser toolbar that allows you to
turn JavaScript on and off.

Since I mostly read the news, turning JavaScript off usually kills all
the movement (and popups) but leaves the print and still pictures.
Sometimes I do get a blank page or picture, but often I can just switch
JS on for a moment, the page loads, then switch it off again and the
page stays, again without the annoying moving stuff.


I looked at the mumbo-jumble in the developer console -
don't understand much of it - but guessing java issues ?
So I upgraded to FF version 84 Final and Imgur worked OK.
Ta-Da ! ... and I didn't lose my bookmarks this time ! :-)
Thanks guys.
John T.

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On 12/16/2020 11:12 AM, wrote:
I looked at the mumbo-jumble in the developer console -
don't understand much of it - but guessing java issues ?
So I upgraded to FF version 84 Final and Imgur worked OK.
Ta-Da ! ... and I didn't lose my bookmarks this time ! :-)
Thanks guys.

Probably JavaScript, to be pedantic. Despite the name they're two
different animals. Java was used for applets that ran in the browser.
Back in the day they were faster than JavaScript but they had multiple
issues, including security problems.

I think IE 11 may be the last browser that supports them. JavaScript,
otoh, pretty much holds the web together. It turned 25 on 4 Dec and has
vastly outgrown its initial job description. I even use Node.js as the
backend in preference to IIS or Apache.

lowbrowwoman, Birdbrain's eternal senile whore!
 

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:17:09 -0700, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

On 12/16/2020 11:12 AM, wrote:
I looked at the mumbo-jumble in the developer console -
don't understand much of it - but guessing java issues ?
So I upgraded to FF version 84 Final and Imgur worked OK.
Ta-Da ! ... and I didn't lose my bookmarks this time ! :-)
Thanks guys.

Probably JavaScript, to be pedantic. Despite the name they're two
different animals.

No ****, senile wisenheimer! LOL