• website won't display properly except in a private window

    From BillH@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 22 13:13:37 2021
    I have a weird problem that just started today.

    I have a website that won't display properly in a "normal" window, but
    displays just fine in a private window. When I go to the website I see
    where the images should be (there is a blue square where the image
    should be), but there is no text.

    All extensions are disabled in both the "normal" window and the private
    window.

    Does anyone have any idea what might be going on? Is it some setting I
    have that applies only in a "normal" window but not a private window?

    I am completely stumped.

    Thanks,
    Bill

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  • From Jeremy Nicoll@21:1/5 to ML - mozilla-ff-firefox-support on Tue Mar 23 00:25:40 2021
    On Mon, 22 Mar 2021, at 20:13, BillH wrote:
    I have a weird problem that just started today.

    I have a website that won't display properly in a "normal" window, but displays just fine in a private window. When I go to the website I see
    where the images should be (there is a blue square where the image
    should be), but there is no text.

    Presumably the code in the normal window benefits from cached data
    and cookie data maybe set by the site concerned on previous visits,
    but the private window might not do?

    Do you normally clear caches and cookies etc? If your normal window
    works on the first use after everything was cleared that might be a
    better comparison with a private window.

    If of course you're not in the habit of clearing everything, you might
    not want to clear it to test that situation. My preference is to clear everything at least once, most days, & not rely on FF remembering
    anything, but some people would be horrified if it forgot all the
    stuff it remembers.

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  • From BillH@21:1/5 to Jeremy Nicoll on Mon Mar 22 19:12:01 2021
    On 3/22/2021 5:25 PM, Jeremy Nicoll wrote:
    On Mon, 22 Mar 2021, at 20:13, BillH wrote:
    I have a weird problem that just started today.

    I have a website that won't display properly in a "normal" window, but
    displays just fine in a private window. When I go to the website I see
    where the images should be (there is a blue square where the image
    should be), but there is no text.

    Presumably the code in the normal window benefits from cached data
    and cookie data maybe set by the site concerned on previous visits,
    but the private window might not do?

    Do you normally clear caches and cookies etc? If your normal window
    works on the first use after everything was cleared that might be a
    better comparison with a private window.

    If of course you're not in the habit of clearing everything, you might
    not want to clear it to test that situation. My preference is to clear everything at least once, most days, & not rely on FF remembering
    anything, but some people would be horrified if it forgot all the
    stuff it remembers.


    @Jeremy,

    Thanks for the reply. As it turns out the website started working again without my doing anything about an hour after I posted my message. There
    must have been some sort of problem on the website. I'm not sure why it
    was having a problem in a normal window but worked fine in a private
    window.

    Thanks,
    Bill

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  • From TCW@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 23 07:08:23 2021
    On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:13:37 -0700, BillH <bhtemp99@NOSPAMgmail.com>
    wrote:

    I have a weird problem that just started today.

    I have a website that won't display properly in a "normal" window, but >displays just fine in a private window. When I go to the website I see
    where the images should be (there is a blue square where the image
    should be), but there is no text.

    All extensions are disabled in both the "normal" window and the private >window.

    Does anyone have any idea what might be going on? Is it some setting I
    have that applies only in a "normal" window but not a private window?

    I am completely stumped.

    Thanks,
    Bill

    Ah, sorry, I saw just now that you're on 78.8.1 from the message
    header. 78.9.0 will likely be releasing today so maybe try and see if
    you can get it if it's available at the official FF download location
    or wait for it to auto-update if you have it set to do so.

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  • From WaltS48@21:1/5 to TCW on Wed Mar 24 08:10:22 2021
    On 3/23/21 8:08 AM, TCW wrote:
    On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:13:37 -0700, BillH <bhtemp99@NOSPAMgmail.com>
    wrote:

    I have a weird problem that just started today.

    I have a website that won't display properly in a "normal" window, but
    displays just fine in a private window. When I go to the website I see
    where the images should be (there is a blue square where the image
    should be), but there is no text.

    All extensions are disabled in both the "normal" window and the private
    window.

    Does anyone have any idea what might be going on? Is it some setting I
    have that applies only in a "normal" window but not a private window?

    I am completely stumped.

    Thanks,
    Bill
    Ah, sorry, I saw just now that you're on 78.8.1 from the message
    header. 78.9.0 will likely be releasing today so maybe try and see if
    you can get it if it's available at the official FF download location
    or wait for it to auto-update if you have it set to do so.

    Do I have a bug in my Thunderbird?

    His message header for me shows "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64;
    x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.8.1" not Firefox.

    Firefox 78.9.0 ESR should be out.

    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/78.9.0/releasenotes/

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  • From BillH@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 24 08:53:01 2021
    On 3/24/2021 5:10 AM, WaltS48 wrote:
    On 3/23/21 8:08 AM, TCW wrote:
    On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:13:37 -0700, BillH <bhtemp99@NOSPAMgmail.com>
    wrote:

    I have a weird problem that just started today.

    I have a website that won't display properly in a "normal" window, but
    displays just fine in a private window. When I go to the website I see
    where the images should be (there is a blue square where the image
    should be), but there is no text.

    All extensions are disabled in both the "normal" window and the private
    window.

    Does anyone have any idea what might be going on? Is it some setting I
    have that applies only in a "normal" window but not a private window?

    I am completely stumped.

    Thanks,
    Bill
    Ah, sorry, I saw just now that you're on 78.8.1 from the message
    header. 78.9.0 will likely be releasing today so maybe try and see if
    you can get it if it's available at the official FF download location
    or wait for it to auto-update if you have it set to do so.

    Do I have a bug in my Thunderbird?

    His message header for me shows "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64;
    x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.8.1" not Firefox.

    Firefox 78.9.0 ESR should be out.

    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/78.9.0/releasenotes/


    At the time of my original posting I was on Firefox 86.0.1 or 86.1
    (can't remember) and Thunderbird 78.8.1.

    My problem I originally posted about is fixed, it was a website problem.
    Not sure why it displayed in a private window but not in a "normal"
    window.

    Bill

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  • From TCW@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 25 06:21:15 2021
    On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:53:01 -0700, BillH <bhtemp99@NOSPAMgmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 3/24/2021 5:10 AM, WaltS48 wrote:
    On 3/23/21 8:08 AM, TCW wrote:
    On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:13:37 -0700, BillH <bhtemp99@NOSPAMgmail.com>
    wrote:

    I have a weird problem that just started today.

    I have a website that won't display properly in a "normal" window, but >>>> displays just fine in a private window. When I go to the website I see >>>> where the images should be (there is a blue square where the image
    should be), but there is no text.

    All extensions are disabled in both the "normal" window and the private >>>> window.

    Does anyone have any idea what might be going on? Is it some setting I >>>> have that applies only in a "normal" window but not a private window?

    I am completely stumped.

    Thanks,
    Bill
    Ah, sorry, I saw just now that you're on 78.8.1 from the message
    header. 78.9.0 will likely be releasing today so maybe try and see if
    you can get it if it's available at the official FF download location
    or wait for it to auto-update if you have it set to do so.

    Do I have a bug in my Thunderbird?

    His message header for me shows "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64;
    x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.8.1" not Firefox.

    Firefox 78.9.0 ESR should be out.

    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/78.9.0/releasenotes/


    At the time of my original posting I was on Firefox 86.0.1 or 86.1
    (can't remember) and Thunderbird 78.8.1.

    My problem I originally posted about is fixed, it was a website problem.
    Not sure why it displayed in a private window but not in a "normal"
    window.

    Ok, thanks for letting us know.

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