Have to use Backspace on Forums to get to the Reply

When I click on a reply in the EliteTrader forum, it goes to an ad at the top with the rest of the page blank. I have to hit the backspace key to get to the reply. Can this be fixed?

 

I've never heard of this problem. You probably have a corrupted file in your browser, I would upgrade to the latest version and it should take care of it.

 

Browser works fine on all other sites. I use Firefox by the way.

 

No, I don't have the same problem with IE. Don't want to use IE though. Check out the problem in Firefox and you'll see what I'm talking about. I would guess there is some non-standard coding or IE-only coding being used on the website.


Using latest Firefox 3.

 

Mary I had a lot of problems installing Firefox 3 over firefox 2.0.0.17 I had to uninstall firefox 2.0.0.17, reboot, and do a fresh install of 3.0. I still had video anomalies and went back to 2.0.0.17

I have another identical laptop that never had firefox; and I installed 3.0; it worked stunningly. I could not get flawless performance with 3.0 on the laptop that had 2.0,0.17

Of course your mileage may vary... but I bet it is your installation...

 

I've been seeing the same thing for a couple months, also someone else reported this in the 'Firefox bug' thread about the same time I first saw the problem. When you click on certain threads it seems to load the banner ad into a separate page, then you have to hit the back button to get back to the thread. I've only seen this on ET.

I'm using Firefox 3.0.3, I tried disabling various Add-ons including Adblock Plus, to no avail. Interestingly, I do not see this problem on my laptop which has the same Firefox version and similar configuration.

 

I haven't tested my laptop since I rarely use it. Thanks for your feedback. I will try completely removing Firefox, registry and all, and re-installing and see if that fixes it.


Followup: It didn't fix the problem. The flash ads are now hanging. It must be a flash problem.

 

It seems to be related to cookies. I removed all of my elitetrader cookies, and it seems to be working.

UPDATE: No, the problem returned. Will update later if I'm able to figure out how to fix it.

 

Problem finally solved. This is how I did it.

Uninstalled Firefox from Control Panel including settings. Then searched drive C and removed all files and directories with firefox in their name. This time I removed every firefox reference in the registry, including flash references. Emptied recyle bin, rebooted, and reinstalled Firefox.


What a job, but it did the trick.

FWIW, this is the only problem I've ever had with Firefox 3. I love Firefox.