[aklug] Re: Are Google & Mozilla/Firefox fueding?

From: Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com>
Date: Mon Aug 15 2011 - 22:37:34 AKDT

On 08/15/2011 10:01 PM, Jim Gribbin wrote:
> I don't know what's going on, but all of a sudden I can't access
> anything Google w/ Firefox.
>
> I was in mid-search. Put in some search terms, didn't like the results,
> so I tweaked 'em. Now I can't go to www.google.com nor maps.google.com,
> nor any other Google site as near as I can tell. All I get is a blank
> page and the word "Done" in the status bar. No error messages nor
> spinning hourglasses, nothing.
>
> I can use other browsers on the same computer to go to Google sites.
> Firefox brings up sites other than Google just fine.
>
> I've re-started the browser and the computer. No joy.
>
> Any ideas on what I could have possibly done to cause this? I haven't a
> clue.
>
> Jim G
>
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I'm not having any trouble with those sites in Firefox 5.0. Sounds like
a local issue. And considering that Google puts something like $50 or
$70 million dollars a year into Mozilla, I think we can safely say it
wasn't a feud.

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