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latest versions of FF won't open Yahoo Home Page
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nubc
 Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 911 Location: USA |
This issue may be specific to Windows (XP, Vista), but since version 13 some users are having a problem with Firefox not opening Yahoo Home Page. Anyone having this problem? I could still get to Yahoo divisions if I knew the URL, but the Yahoo Home Page remained blank and never loaded. These divisions of Yahoo are typically available: http://mail.yahoo.com/ http://sports.yahoo.com/ http://finance.yahoo.com/ The Yahoo Home Page won't load, particularly when signed in: http://www.yahoo.com/ Edited_times_total |
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Barkin
 Joined: 12 Aug 2011 Posts: 594 |
All of the above are working for me (in the UK using FireFox on Vista and Puppy). Unusually I was temporarily prevented from accessing my yahoo mail a few days ago because of Yahoo's "scheduled maintenance". There are websites where you can find out if a website is down for everyone ... http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ http://www.google.com/search?q=website+down+for+everyone |
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Makoto
 Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 1706 Location: Out wandering... maybe. |
I know Yahoo 'revamped' its main page, recently... but not most of the subpages/sites, for all I've seen. Are the users using NoScript? If so, they could try NoScript's "Temporarily allow all this page" feature (it should automatically reload the page), and see if that helps. If all else fails, go to Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled..., and see if the page loads then. (Can't remember if that's equivalent to Firefox's Safe Mode, though.) _________________ [ Puppy 4.3.1 JP, Frugal install | 1GB RAM | 1.3GB swap ] * My Pidgin Builds for Puppy 4.3.1+ In memory of our beloved American Eskimo puppy (1995-2010) and black Lab puppy (1997-2011). |
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James C
 Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 5330 Location: Kentucky |
No problem with any of the links here with Firefox 17.0.1 and Windows 7.I'll try to reboot into XP and check a bit later. Since my Firefox homepage is Yahoo anyway, I was automatically logged in when I checked those links...no problems. |
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Barkin
Joined: 12 Aug 2011 Posts: 594 |
NoScript can't block Yahoo pages entirely, (it can't produce a totally blank page when visiting the Yahoo site). The only other possibility which occurred to me is some sort of browser redirect : a (failed) browser hijack attempting send you to another website when you go to yahoo, which is now simply blocking you from loading the real Yahoo page ...
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Makoto
Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 1706 Location: Out wandering... maybe. |
Actually, if some elements fail to load or are blocked, it can cause a page to come up blank (I've seen it happen, though I'm not one hundred percent sure it was largely due to NoScript's blocking or timeouts that resulted from blocking). I do doubt it's happening with Yahoo's pages, though. ...and I forgot the first thing to try - force-reloading the pages, or emptying the cache and then trying again. 
_________________ [ Puppy 4.3.1 JP, Frugal install | 1GB RAM | 1.3GB swap ] * My Pidgin Builds for Puppy 4.3.1+ In memory of our beloved American Eskimo puppy (1995-2010) and black Lab puppy (1997-2011). |
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James C
Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 5330 Location: Kentucky |
For what it's worth, no problems with Firefox 17 in XP here either.......
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nubc
Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 911 Location: USA |
Mozilla Support: Firefox won't load some Yahoo sites, yet will load others like My Calendar, etc. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/808307 |
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bark_bark_bark
Joined: 05 Jun 2012 Posts: 667 Location: USA |
James C, is that the Royale Visual Style you are using on XP? _________________ Desktop: Intel 945PSN Board, 3.2Ghz P-IV "Prescott 2M", 2GB RAM, 160GB WD HDD (IDE connected as SATA), Slackware 14.1, LMDE, Akita Beta 16 and Puppy Arcade 11 Netbook: Acer AOD257 with 2GB upgrade, Slackware 14.1 and LMDE |
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James C
Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 5330 Location: Kentucky |
Yes. |
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Bruce B
 Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 11032 Location: The Peoples Republic of California |
Here is a quote from the link above.
How convenient, Microsoft lost a customer and got her back. This is not uncommon. Nearly everyone 'reasons' that the application, in this case Firefox is the problem. I've not seen anyone swear their trust and allegiance to Microsoft in this thread. But there certainly isn't any suspicion. The Operating System in this topic are Microsoft's? You all know that Yahoo has at a minimum a strategic ad selling partnership with Microsoft. If you didn't know, you have now been informed. Are any of you having problems visiting web pages known NOT controlled or influenced by Microsoft? And/or an MS OS? For an example: Is it hard to visit murga-linux.com and use its features and controls? How does Google work for you? _________________ New! Puppy Linux Links Page |
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WindUpToy
 Joined: 21 Oct 2008 Posts: 89 Location: melbourne.au Slick525DVD |
MS bought nearly 50% of Yahoo about 15 years ago. As part of the deal, Yahoo had to turf out their Linux servers and put in MS crap. "You have now been informed." |
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JesseP
Joined: 08 Aug 2013 Posts: 1 |
I've had the same issue with win7. You still experiencing this issue? |
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