# Viewing SDMB with Mozilla Firefox **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 24, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viewing-sdmb-with-mozilla-firefox/281445 "2004-12-24T05:11:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qwertyasdfg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ecc23a/32.png) [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viewing-sdmb-with-mozilla-firefox/281445/1 "2004-12-24T05:11:50Z")
I can’t seem to load the SDMB with Firefox. It askes me to download a file, and then I don’t even know what program to use to run this file. Anyone else having this problem? SDMB works fine with Internet Explorer, but I don’t like IE. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viewing-sdmb-with-mozilla-firefox/281445/2 "2004-12-24T13:01:39Z")
Loads as fast as it ever has for me and I’m on Firefox as well. Do you have SpyBot or Ad-Aware? You might have some spyware on your computer. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viewing-sdmb-with-mozilla-firefox/281445/3 "2004-12-24T14:25:40Z")
I’m using Firefox right now, no problems and never seen anything like you describe. SDMB doesn’t use any plug ins or anything special you’d need to download. What file does it ask you to download? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viewing-sdmb-with-mozilla-firefox/281445/4 "2004-12-24T14:39:47Z")
No problems here, either…I’ve been using Mozilla exclusively for some months now. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viewing-sdmb-with-mozilla-firefox/281445/5 "2004-12-24T20:09:09Z")
This exact thing happened to me a couple days ago. It kept telling me that it was going to download some .php file. I told it to open in Firefox, just to see what happened, and I got the page source. I cured it by clearing my cache. On a Mac: in the **Firefox** menu, choose **Preferences . . .** (In Windows or 'nix, this is probably under Edit.) Click on the **Privacy** icon at the left. Click an **Cache** on the list at the right. Hit the **Clear** button. I hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viewing-sdmb-with-mozilla-firefox/281445/6 "2004-12-24T20:17:03Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > I cured it by clearing my cache. > > On a Mac: in the **Firefox** menu, choose **Preferences . . .** (In Windows or 'nix, this is probably under Edit.) In Windows (XP) it’s under **Tools** , then **Options**. Follow **Podkayne’s** directions from here. ---
**Author:** ![Qwertyasdfg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ecc23a/32.png) [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viewing-sdmb-with-mozilla-firefox/281445/7 "2004-12-24T21:32:54Z")
Ok that seems to have done the trick. Thanks guys.