Discourse does not load on Firefox anymore

PetrKryslUCSD · April 25, 2023, 8:30pm

Windows 10, Firefox 112.0.2. This site does not load. Color balls jiggle and no progress ensues.
Any clues?

stevengj · April 25, 2023, 10:06pm

Works fine for me (Firefox 112.0.2, macOS 12.6).

PetrKryslUCSD · April 25, 2023, 10:08pm

Thanks! Anyone on Windows?

joa-quim · April 25, 2023, 10:19pm

Works fine for me (Win 11) Firefox 112.0.2

PetrKryslUCSD · April 25, 2023, 10:25pm

That is weird, I turned off all add ons, and it still wouldn’t load.

mbauman · April 25, 2023, 10:46pm

Does https://meta.discourse.org work?

PetrKryslUCSD · April 25, 2023, 11:05pm

I checked another Win 10 computer with the same Firefox, and that works. So it must be that one particular computer that is giving me trouble. Thanks for helping me to debug.

roflmaostc · April 28, 2023, 2:56pm

I can remember that once I had similar issues.

In my case I changed the browser string and it worked again.

PetrKryslUCSD · April 28, 2023, 3:09pm

Sorry: what is the “browser string”?

roflmaostc · April 28, 2023, 3:19pm

Some Metadata sent by the browser.
I had a plug-in which randomly changes it.

For Firefox there is a couple of plug-ins, try this one. And then you can change the string such that the web page thinls it’s a different browser and OS.