# I can't get Facebook to load with Firefox.  Any ideas?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-facebook-to-load-with-firefox-any-ideas/565610>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 28, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-facebook-to-load-with-firefox-any-ideas/565610 "2010-12-28T16:17:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-facebook-to-load-with-firefox-any-ideas/565610/1 "2010-12-28T16:17:13Z")

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I use Firefox. On Sunday I was uploading Christmas pics to my Facebook profile and having a helluva time getting the uploads to finish. Eventually I had to use the “simple uploader” and add them five at a time. Monday, when I woke up, I could not get Facebook to load at all. All day long, no matter how many times I tried, it would not load. I went back to IE just to see what everyone was saying about my pictures. I can get to every other webpage just fine with Firefox but not Facebook. Still not working today. Any ideas???

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**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-facebook-to-load-with-firefox-any-ideas/565610/2 "2010-12-28T17:08:43Z")

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Works fine for me. Windows XP, Firefox 3.6.13.

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**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-facebook-to-load-with-firefox-any-ideas/565610/3 "2010-12-28T17:10:41Z")

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Sometimes Facebook itself will throw hissy fits that go away by the time you try switching servers. Try googling “is Facebook down” to check.

EDIT: Switching BROWSERS, even.

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**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-facebook-to-load-with-firefox-any-ideas/565610/4 "2010-12-29T00:56:41Z")

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I use Firefox and Facebook seemed slow Sunday. I was loading pictures and it took a long time, but they did load.

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**Author:** ![ashenRiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@ashenRiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashenRiot)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-facebook-to-load-with-firefox-any-ideas/565610/5 "2010-12-29T01:57:44Z")

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Try clearing your cache…

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**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-facebook-to-load-with-firefox-any-ideas/565610/6 "2010-12-29T03:16:59Z")

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I just switched to Chrome instead. Thanks!