Firefox 3.6.12 Java Problems?

[James Chen]

I'm not sure if this is a Java problem but it's definately related to Firefox
3.6.12 under Windows 7 64 bit.

If I go to YouTube, I cannot comment on any video. The box is gray and when I
type in it the letters are gray as well. Also there is no "Post" button.

Additionally, if I hit the drop down near my name, I get nothing and also
when I try to close the big advertisement box that appears, I cannot do that
either.

I cannot get to my account settings with Firefox either.

Both Opera and Internet Explorer work perfectly.

Does anyone have any ideas?
Is this a Java bug with Firefox?
Java shows enabled.

Help!

J.Chen

 

[Barry OGrady]

I'm not sure if this is a Java problem but it's definately related to Firefox
3.6.12 under Windows 7 64 bit.

If I go to YouTube, I cannot comment on any video. The box is gray and when I
type in it the letters are gray as well. Also there is no "Post" button.

You probably mean grey.

Additionally, if I hit the drop down near my name, I get nothing and also
when I try to close the big advertisement box that appears, I cannot do that
either.

I cannot get to my account settings with Firefox either.

Both Opera and Internet Explorer work perfectly.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Don't use Firefox. Duh!

 

[richard]

I'm not sure if this is a Java problem but it's definately related to Firefox
3.6.12 under Windows 7 64 bit.

If I go to YouTube, I cannot comment on any video. The box is gray and when I
type in it the letters are gray as well. Also there is no "Post" button.

Additionally, if I hit the drop down near my name, I get nothing and also
when I try to close the big advertisement box that appears, I cannot do that
either.

I cannot get to my account settings with Firefox either.

Both Opera and Internet Explorer work perfectly.

Does anyone have any ideas?
Is this a Java bug with Firefox?
Java shows enabled.

Help!

J.Chen

Java is a programming language that creates applications that get displayed
on a website.

Javascript is a programming language used to enhance various features not
associated with html.

There is no internal reference in Firefox to Java. But there is one for
javascript.

I would suspect that it is a page problem. Or you may need to be logged in
properly to access that feature.

 

[Char Jackson]

You probably mean grey.

Grey and gray are both proper spellings.

Don't use Firefox. Duh!

Firefox 3.6.12 works fine for me with Youtube.

 

[LouB]

I'm not sure if this is a Java problem but it's definately related to Firefox
3.6.12 under Windows 7 64 bit.

If I go to YouTube, I cannot comment on any video. The box is gray and when I
type in it the letters are gray as well. Also there is no "Post" button.

Additionally, if I hit the drop down near my name, I get nothing and also
when I try to close the big advertisement box that appears, I cannot do that
either.

I cannot get to my account settings with Firefox either.

Both Opera and Internet Explorer work perfectly.

Does anyone have any ideas?
Is this a Java bug with Firefox?
Java shows enabled.

Help!

J.Chen

Clear your cache for starters.
Also, I received a Java update this AM.

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf (MVP)]

I'm not sure if this is a Java problem but it's definately related to Firefox

3.6.12 under Windows 7 64 bit.

If I go to YouTube, I cannot comment on any video. The box is gray and when I
type in it the letters are gray as well. Also there is no "Post" button.

Additionally, if I hit the drop down near my name, I get nothing and also
when I try to close the big advertisement box that appears, I cannot do that
either.

I cannot get to my account settings with Firefox either.

Both Opera and Internet Explorer work perfectly.

Does anyone have any ideas?
Is this a Java bug with Firefox?
Java shows enabled.

Help!

J.Chen

What version of Java? And no, it's not related. I have no problem with
Firefox.

 

[James Chen]

Clear your cache for starters.
Also, I received a Java update this AM.

Thanks to all for the help!
Safemode or clearing privacy, disabling addons and so forth did not help so I
backed up my Bookmarks, passowrds etc and totally removed firefox, including
personal settings. Then I downloaded a fresh copy, installed it and NOW IT
WORKS !!

Looking at the install date for the original copy, it seems to coincide
approximately to when I started getting the failures so something must have
gone amok with the upgrade.

Thanks again!
Chen

 

[Glenn Hall]

I'm not sure if this is a Java problem but it's definately related to Firefox
3.6.12 under Windows 7 64 bit.

If I go to YouTube, I cannot comment on any video. The box is gray and when I
type in it the letters are gray as well. Also there is no "Post" button.

Additionally, if I hit the drop down near my name, I get nothing and also
when I try to close the big advertisement box that appears, I cannot do that
either.

I cannot get to my account settings with Firefox either.

Both Opera and Internet Explorer work perfectly.

Does anyone have any ideas?
Is this a Java bug with Firefox?
Java shows enabled.

Help!

J.Chen

I've seen this happen if the Firefox "Remember The Passoword For
This Site?" bar is hidden and you don't respond to it because you
don't see it.
I'm not sure what causes it but you will get the exact same
problem with javascript and some sites that use it.

 

[Buffalo]

Thanks to all for the help!
Safemode or clearing privacy, disabling addons and so forth did not
help so I backed up my Bookmarks, passowrds etc and totally removed
firefox, including personal settings. Then I downloaded a fresh copy,
installed it and NOW IT WORKS !!

Looking at the install date for the original copy, it seems to
coincide approximately to when I started getting the failures so
something must have gone amok with the upgrade.

Thanks again!
Chen

Thanks for posting how you solved it.
Buffalo
PS: I've had problems with FF before and it seemed that if I just
uninstalled it (keeping my BMs etc) and reinstalled it, it would work. This
has only happened a couple of times in the last 3 yrs. I use Win2000Pro.