help please - can't post on DU using Firefox 1.5

[welshTerrier2]

this post was made from IE ...

i'm receiving the following error when i use Firefox ... this just started happening ... i deleted my DU cookies and logged in again with no problems ... if i click "post" or "edit", i get the usual input form but when i hit "submit", i'm receiving the following error:

The page you requested cannot be displayed.
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1) You have another browser window open, which you either opened while posting and/or browsed around DU while posting and/or posted a different message on DU while composing this message.
2) Your browser and/or security software (such as anti-virus, firewall or anti-spyware) is set to block cookies from DU, or sees cookies from DU as a "threat" and deletes or quarantines them. Check your settings.
3) Your cookies from DU somehow got corrupted. Try deleting your DU cookies, closing your browser, and logging back into DU if this problem persists.

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Subject: posting problems
Message:
why can't i post using Firefox 1.5 ???

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i have no other browser windows open ... i've tried deleting and re-creating my DU cookies ... fwiw, i'm using AVG for anti-virus but have never had any problems or conflicts with it on DU before today ...

what the hell is going on here ??

more testing ... trying to edit this post with Firefox ...

[welshTerrier2]

1. trying to post again using Firefox ...

my edit of the OP worked successfully using Firefox ... now i'm trying a "reply" ...

[welshTerrier2]

2. OK ... problem solved ...

no idea what caused the problem or what fixed it but i seem to be fine now ...

[babylonsister]

3. This happened to me yesterday( w/Firefox) for awhile; I

chalked it off to a DU glitch.

[RoyGBiv]

4. I have this happen with IE ...

I only have IE at work, and sometimes if I'm in the midst of composing a reply and find I need to open a new window to another DU page to check something. I occasionally lose which window was what and will end up trying to finish the reply in a new window, which causes the error.

The same kind of thing can happen with FF with the tabs.

Not sure about your particular case. I'd need more detail about what specifically you did and in what order, but it's not a problem necessarily with the browser itself, either IE or FF, just a quirk of the software that controls the discussion forum and its interaction with the browser.

[welshTerrier2]

6. i'm guessing it was DU-related

thanks for the follow-up ...

i also have had problems posting when i have a second DU window open ... it must have something to do with cookies and the sessionID ...

anyway, all set now ...

[FormerDittoHead]

5. Do you use Adblock?

An Adblock filter gave me problems with DU a while ago. Just a thought.

[welshTerrier2]

7. that's always the first thing i check ...

Adblock is great but it does cause problems on certain websites ... your tip is a good one ... the first thing i do when i have problems is turn-off Adblock ...

the problem i was having seems to have been DU-related ... everything's fine now ...

[unhappycamper]

8. I upgraded to 1.5 and then had to back off the update.

I kept getting all kinds of funky stuff like cookie problems, tab problems, etc., and I went back to 1.0.7. I really can't afford for my browser to start acting up. . .

[welshTerrier2]

9. my upgrade to 1.5 was smooooooth ...

not sure why you had problems ...

might be worth trying the upgrade again if it wasn't too much work going back to 1.0.7 ... i know what you mean though; can't afford to have browser problems ...

[unhappycamper]

10. Things were so bad after the 1.5 upgrade

I almost had to turn in my sheriff's badge. Everything's stable right now - think I'll wait until the next release.