# Having trouble connecting with firefox **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 10, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817 "2011-04-10T00:03:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/1 "2011-04-10T00:03:31Z")
Anyone else? It’s taking multiple attempts per page. The problems started this afternoon. (Firefox 4, then I tried with 3.6. Safe mode didn’t help. Uninstalling and reinstalling didn’t help. Rebooting the computer and the modem didn’t help. IE has no issues.) ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/2 "2011-04-10T00:21:59Z")
Yeah, it’s been acting weird for me too. The other day I logged in, and [this](http://mimg.ugo.com/200809/16683/www-thug-com.jpg) screen came up instead of the main page. Anyone else having this issue? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/3 "2011-04-10T00:41:30Z")
Been having some minor problems loading Board pages. A few error messages yesterday, each page coming very slowly today. I use IE. All other sites are working normally. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/4 "2011-04-10T01:04:20Z")
Using FF4. No problems. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/5 "2011-04-10T01:50:13Z")
It was loading fine this afternoon, now it is taking several attempts to connect to any page except the main one. Using FF 3.6 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/6 "2011-04-10T01:51:44Z")
Yes, it’s getting worse. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/7 "2011-04-10T02:10:50Z")
The default behavior for FireFox is that it will timeout and give that error screen if a website takes more than a x seconds to respond. IE will keep trying for longer/indefinitely.(?) So the real problem is that the website, or your connection to it, is too slow - it’s not really a problem with the browser. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/8 "2011-04-10T02:28:48Z")
It took well over 20 minutes for this thread to fully load for me. (I left it running in a separate tab – it kept timing out completely in Firefox, so I tried it in IE Tab for Firefox and it finally did load, after an insanely long time.) Not sure what’s going on but the boards were fine for me earlier today, and started timing out/slowing down like this sometime in the past few hours. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/9 "2011-04-10T02:31:47Z")
I don’t know if I’m pleased I’m not alone or feeling like WE’RE ALL DOOMED! DOOOOMED! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/10 "2011-04-10T02:56:51Z")
I’ve been having problems connecting with IE8. Threads won’t open, responses won’t post, icons won’t appear. No other site is giving me any trouble. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/11 "2011-04-10T03:14:15Z")
Now IE doesn’t work reliably either. DOOMED. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/12 "2011-04-10T03:19:14Z")
Having similar problems with IE 8 and Pale Moon 3.6.15. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/13 "2011-04-10T03:25:33Z")
Same here. Very hard to connect for me, taking a long time and multiple tries. This just began this afternoon. Firefox 3.6.16 on Linux. No problems on other sites. I haven’t had any other site pop up like **MOIDALIZE** had. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/14 "2011-04-10T04:24:40Z")
I’ve been having similar problems using Safari - click on the link, it gets hung up, I click to stop, click on the link again, and it opens. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/15 "2011-04-10T04:54:59Z")
Same issue, with Chrome. Have to try 2, 3, even 4 times to get a page to load. Edit - had to reload this thread in a separate window to make sure this post posted so I could avoid double-posting. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/16 "2011-04-10T05:01:31Z")
It’s happening with all browsers, so it must be a server problem. I’m using FF now after no results with IE, but even this is unreliable. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/17 "2011-04-10T09:58:37Z")
I’m using Opera, and having no problems, for what it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/18 "2011-04-10T12:31:32Z")
It seems better this morning. It had been really bad for me. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/19 "2011-04-10T13:49:26Z")
Reported, though everything appears okay today. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817/20 "2011-04-10T16:05:05Z")
I couldn’t connect last night, either. Put a real damper on my Saturday night, it did. It’s fine today. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-connecting-with-firefox/577817.md?page=2)