# Some youtube clips are unresponsive in Firefox **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 19, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692 "2012-07-19T05:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/1 "2012-07-19T05:53:01Z")
I’ve clicked on two Youtube links today, including [an interview of Rumsfeld](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH_34tqxAjA) and get the “A Script on this page is busy…” message, with the script identified as Script: http : [//s.ytimg.com/yt/jsbin/html5player-vflGWJljH.js:58](https://s.ytimg.com/yt/jsbin/html5player-vflGWJljH.js:58) The videos run fine with Chrome. Some Youtubes still work with Firefox. I’ve not noticed this problem before. My Firefox is 13.0.1. My questions are _Why? and Is there a workaround?_ Perhaps it’s time for me to switch completely to Chrome. Still, I am curious … ---
**Author:** ![KingLord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@KingLord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KingLord)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/2 "2012-07-20T00:29:18Z")
Sorry for my bad english!Im from germany and made me only to answer this question an acc 😃 I had the same problem but now i fixed it!You mus go to his page:[http://www.youtube.com/html5](http://www.youtube.com/html5) there you scroll down and you must see:Leave the HTML5 Trial!Click on it and now I hope it will be fixed for you! 🙂 KingLord ---
**Author:** ![steviep24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@steviep24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steviep24)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/3 "2012-07-20T00:53:54Z")
I’ve been having Flash Player issues ever since I updated to Firefox 13. I’m using Google Chrome to watch YouTube videos until Firefox fixes their bugs. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/4 "2012-07-20T02:10:19Z")
> [@KingLord](#): > > I had the same problem but now i fixed it!You mus go to his page:[http://www.youtube.com/html5](http://www.youtube.com/html5) there you scroll down and you must see:Leave the HTML5 Trial!Click on it and now I hope it will be fixed for you! 🙂 Thank you. Your answer has the ring of truth, but I can’t test it because … things are different today! The Youtube works whether I leave or enter the Html 5 Trial. I notice Firefox is at 14.0.1 today instead of 13.0.1, and this may be the reason. (This change, in turn, may result from my downloading a “Tor Bundle” yesterday. These new-fangled computer systems have become quite the tangled web … :dubious: ) PS: I see you created an account just to answer my question. I’m going to add your name to the “Useful New Users” thread! ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/5 "2012-07-20T02:45:13Z")
I won’t start a new thread, but I just noticed another new Firefox problem. :smack: From pages listing threads, placing cursor on thread gives a window with the first sentence or so of OP. _ **But not for me today!** _☹ Why? Chrome still works properly. (Yes, I’ll probably switch to Chrome completely in the not-too-distant future, but meanwhile I’m much more familiar with Firefox.) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/6 "2012-07-20T13:13:43Z")
Yes, your problem is Firefox 14. Re-install Firefox 13, which will play your videos. Then start weaning yourself from Firefox, which has become nothing but a total POS. Firefox 13 will keep on crashing several times a day, but at least it will work until it crashes, and then you just keep restarting it, resisting the temptation to throw something through your perfectly innocent screen each time Firefox tells you “Well, this is embarrassing”. Damned right it is, but Mozilla seems to actually be immune to embarrassment. Simply reconfiguring YouTube won’t help, Firefox 14 will belligerently refuse to run any videos that require Adobe Flash. Imagine, Firefox has “improved” their browser by making it non-supportive of useless bricabrac like Adobe Flash Player. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/7 "2012-07-20T18:14:48Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Yes, your problem is Firefox 14. Re-install Firefox 13, which will play your videos. > > Simply reconfiguring YouTube won’t help, Firefox 14 will belligerently refuse to run any videos that require Adobe Flash. Imagine, Firefox has “improved” their browser by making it non-supportive of useless bricabrac like Adobe Flash Player. Ah, so that’s what happened. I have quite a few addons installed and was dreading figuring out which one was causing the problem. I’ve always been leery of upgrading software that works. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/8 "2012-07-20T18:18:57Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Simply reconfiguring YouTube won’t help, Firefox 14 will belligerently refuse to run any videos that require Adobe Flash. Imagine, Firefox has “improved” their browser by making it non-supportive of useless bricabrac like Adobe Flash Player. What are you going on about? YouTube works fine on Firefox 14.0.1. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/9 "2012-07-20T19:18:07Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I’ve clicked on two Youtube links today, including [an interview of Rumsfeld](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH_34tqxAjA) and get the “A Script on this page is busy…” message, with the script identified as > Script: http : [//s.ytimg.com/yt/jsbin/html5player-vflGWJljH.js:58](https://s.ytimg.com/yt/jsbin/html5player-vflGWJljH.js:58) > > The videos run fine with Chrome. Some Youtubes still work with Firefox. I’ve not noticed this problem before. My Firefox is 13.0.1. > > My questions are _Why? and Is there a workaround?_ > > Perhaps it’s time for me to switch completely to Chrome. Still, I am curious … Thank you for drawing my attention to the fact that Donald Rumsfeld cannot bring himself to deny that he is a lizard from outer space. 😃 BTW, it works fine in Firefox for me. > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **jtur88** > Firefox 14 will belligerently refuse to run any videos that require Adobe Flash. Imagine, Firefox has “improved” their browser by making it non-supportive of useless bricabrac like Adobe Flash Player. Nonsense. Are you a lizard from outer space? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/10 "2012-07-21T14:39:18Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > What are you going on about? YouTube works fine on Firefox 14.0.1. I’m going on about MY experience, which is the only one I know about. Youtube does not work at all in MY computer when I have Firefox 14, but it works perfectly after switching back to Firefox 13, with no other adjustments, changes or tweaks. If it works fine in your Firefox 14, I’m happy for you. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/11 "2012-07-21T15:52:39Z")
What worked for me was reverting back to Flash 10.3. This [support page](http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/flash-113-crashes#w_step-1-uninstall-flash-11-3) from Mozilla gives instructions. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/12 "2012-07-21T16:20:24Z")
Well, good to know. I thought it was just me. I’ve since switched to Chrome and haven’t looked back. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/13 "2012-07-21T16:24:28Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > What worked for me was reverting back to Flash 10.3. This [support page](http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/flash-113-crashes#w_step-1-uninstall-flash-11-3) from Mozilla gives instructions. I had this exact same problem, I rolled back to…flash 11.1.102, after uninstalling flash, which fixed the problem. Deleted cache and cookies for good measure. Didn’t need to uninstall Firefox or anything like that. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/14 "2012-07-21T16:26:54Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > From pages listing threads, placing cursor on thread gives a window with the first sentence or so of OP. _ **But not for me today!** _☹ Why? That was yesterday. This is working for me OK today. As is Youtube. I could revert to Firefox 13 and see if Youtube fails again :smack: but don’t intend to. What I really want to do is participate in a BBQ Pit thread lamenting the increasing complexity of today’s software … :smack: :mad: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/15 "2012-07-21T17:16:43Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I’ve clicked on two Youtube links today, including [an interview of Rumsfeld](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH_34tqxAjA) and get the “A Script on this page is busy…” message, with the script identified as > Script: http : [//s.ytimg.com/yt/jsbin/html5player-vflGWJljH.js:58](https://s.ytimg.com/yt/jsbin/html5player-vflGWJljH.js:58) The Rumsfeld video works for me, running Firefox 14.0.1. The other link hauls up a notice saying the URL isn’t valid; not surprising because the URL ends in what appears to be JavaScript, though I’m no coder. Even with the js58 suffix deleted, the link doesn’t work. The entire link may have been copied or typed incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/16 "2012-07-21T19:19:18Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > The other link hauls up a notice saying the URL isn’t valid; not surprising because the URL ends in what appears to be JavaScript, though I’m no coder. > > Even with the js58 suffix deleted, the link doesn’t work. The entire link may have been copied or typed incorrectly. The second “link” you refer to wasn’t intended as a clickable URL. It was part of the error message I got clicking the first link. And it was typed incorrectly _on purpose_. (I added spaces before and after the : in http : ). I did this because my intent was to display the message, not create a clickable link. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/17 "2012-07-21T19:30:44Z")
Eeep. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/18 "2012-07-23T05:45:37Z")
The problem is with Flash, not Firefox. Chrome comes with it’s own version of Flash, so it doesn’t run into the same problem. It’s because Adobe is trying to sandbox Flash so that, if something does trip one of the various vulnerabilities, it won’t be able to touch your computer. Thing is, they didn’t in any way sufficiently test it. There is also a problem with YouTube, in that they now opt you into the HTML5 trial without asking you. While the majority of users don’t run into problems, some do. I personally ran into the problem of some videos not having any audio. This doesn’t surprise me, as, everywhere else, Google always uses Flash for audio–see, for instance, the Google Doodles, or even Swiffy, Google’s Flash to HTML5 converter.