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

I like: http://downorjust.me/

:)

On 08/16/2011 10:47 PM, Jim Gribbin wrote:
> I had never heard of this site. It shows Google down for everyone from
> my computer in both Firefox & Chrome.
>
> Even though in Google Chrome http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com says
> google.com is down for everyone, I can go to Google in Chrome. [insert
> puzzled emoticon here]
>
> I also use a Windows XP computer part of the day at work. I have noticed
> that for at least the last day I cannot open .pdf files in Firefox. I
> end up switching to IE to view my PDFs that are online.
>
> Maybe someone broke Firefox 4.x? Both computers have done automated or
> semi-automated updates recently, but I haven't paid attention to what
> was being updated. The Windows based computer is company owned and I
> have no say in what it runs. Company's IT Dept. takes care of it.
>
> Jim G
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: adam bultman <adamb@glaven.org>
> To: aklug@aklug.org
> Subject: [aklug] Re: Are Google & Mozilla/Firefox fueding?
> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:42:52 -0800
>
> I googled "is it down, or is it just me", and got this:
>
> http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/google.com
>
>
> So, it's not down, it's just you. If there's a conspiracy, it's against
> you or something/someone else, not firefox.
>
>
>
> 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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