Firefox won't display the PF page until I change magnification

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Firefox 59
intermittently displays only part of content on a page
if i click menu bar and change magnification up or down one setting, ie from 100% to 90 or 110 it finishes
but if change back to initial magnification it disappears again

windows 7
firefox 59.0.1

anybody else seen that ?

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doesn't seem to happen with Chrome (yet) .

but about 80% of the time on Firefox. Hate to switch got to find probably twenty passwords...
 
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berkeman said:
Does it still happen if you maximize the window with PF in it?

maximize... with this ?
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yes, it doesn't change missing content.

change the % magnification here and immediately fills the blanks...
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heres an example
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same part of screen after changing magnification from 119 to 100.
Makes no difference what is magnification when load page, takes a change either direction to make it fill.
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.......

curious, eh ?
 

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I am not 100% sure if this will help...

press alt to open up the "old style toolbar"
go to view, go to zoom, ensure "text only" is unchecked.

If you want to see what it does, check and uncheck it and zoom in and out.
 
donpacino said:
I am not 100% sure if this will help...

press alt to open up the "old style toolbar"
go to view, go to zoom, ensure "text only" is unchecked.

If you want to see what it does, check and uncheck it and zoom in and out.
That's really curious. Found it unchecked.
Changing status of 'zoom text only' has same effect as changing magnification. Seems indifferent to whether it's checked or unchecked, missing text appears at random.and changing status of Zoom Text Only toggles whether the page is complete.

I'll leave it unchecked.

Thanks !
 
Uninstall and reinstall. I'm not sure if it'll save all of your cookies and passwords during that procedure though :/ Have you tried simply updating firefox first? It's possible that Windows updated and broke something. Click on your Start Button and type "Windows Update." You'll get a window that'll show you the last time Windows updated itself, does that date correspond to the time this started happening?
 
newjerseyrunner said:
Uninstall and reinstall. I'm not sure if it'll save all of your cookies and passwords during that procedure though :/ Have you tried simply updating firefox first?
My concern exactly, got to find all those passwords , bookmarks, and so on.

It seems to have started after a recent Firefox update.

If i have to drop that 'tail ' of history I've built up I'll just switch to Chrome. Google is going to take over the planet anyway,

I'll give Firefox a while longer. Surely I'm not the only one.

42, y'all, see my signature... .

old jim
 
jim hardy said:
My concern exactly, got to find all those passwords , bookmarks, and so on.
.
im sure you can export those for later
 
There was quite recently a series of posts about FF updates but I don't remember what thread they were in. Anyhow, I recently updated from v18 to v43 and all bookmarks were carried over. However crossing thru v52(?) could be problematic as Mozilla did a major rewrite and a _lot_ of stuff won't work. The Mozilla site at least used to have most or all older versions available so developers could download them to test compatibility. You have to dig a bit to find them though. That's probably your best bet -- and remember to turn off automatic updates! Regardless of the program, they seem to be the major source of problems. Let others do the "New Release" debugging.

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Ahh! Found the thread, FF conversation is somewhat interspersed, here's a place to start:
https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...-to-reach-the-site.941296/page-4#post-5957970
 
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Going back sounds great. Will give it a try.
..............
couldn't find a success path to 'go back'
so tried "REFRESH FIREFOX" to no avail.

Found Chrome quite willing to import bookmarls, passwords, history...
scary that it's that easy to find and read them... that's why i won't enable online banking .

Anyhow Chrome is now my default browser and " ain't misbehavin' ".. Might uninstall firefox., like Windows it's dying from update poisoning.
Thanks guys - old jim
 
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jim hardy said:
like Windows it's dying from update poisoning.
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jim hardy said:
My concern exactly, got to find all those passwords
Jim, I've found a fix for this. I just use the word "incorrect" for my password on everything. That way if I forget it and type the wrong thing, the site will remind me what it is.
 
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phinds said:
I just use the word "incorrect" for my password on everything.
Hmm... do you use it here too?

Just tried it. Apparently not!
 
Tom.G said:
Hmm... do you use it here too?

Just tried it. Apparently not!
You need to work on your sense of humor.
 
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I suggest using a password manager. Remember 1 hard to crack password.
Then let the machine choose crazy long and impossible to remember passwords.

This way you remove 2 problems. Remembing passwords and having weak passwords.