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latest versions of FF won't open Yahoo Home Page

#1 Post by nubc »

This issue may be specific to Windows (XP, Vista), but since version 13 some users are having a problem with Firefox not opening Yahoo Home Page. Anyone having this problem? I could still get to Yahoo divisions if I knew the URL, but the Yahoo Home Page remained blank and never loaded.

These divisions of Yahoo are typically available:
http://mail.yahoo.com/
http://sports.yahoo.com/
http://finance.yahoo.com/

The Yahoo Home Page won't load, particularly when signed in:
http://www.yahoo.com/
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#2 Post by Barkin »

All of the above are working for me (in the UK using FireFox on Vista and Puppy).

Unusually I was temporarily prevented from accessing my yahoo mail a few days ago because of Yahoo's "scheduled maintenance".

There are websites where you can find out if a website is down for everyone ... http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

http://www.google.com/search?q=website+down+for+everyone

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#3 Post by Makoto »

I know Yahoo 'revamped' its main page, recently... but not most of the subpages/sites, for all I've seen.

Are the users using NoScript? If so, they could try NoScript's "Temporarily allow all this page" feature (it should automatically reload the page), and see if that helps. If all else fails, go to Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled..., and see if the page loads then. (Can't remember if that's equivalent to Firefox's Safe Mode, though.)
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#4 Post by James C »

No problem with any of the links here with Firefox 17.0.1 and Windows 7.I'll try to reboot into XP and check a bit later.
Since my Firefox homepage is Yahoo anyway, I was automatically logged in when I checked those links...no problems.

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#5 Post by Barkin »

Makoto wrote:Are the users using NoScript?
NoScript can't block Yahoo pages entirely, (it can't produce a totally blank page when visiting the Yahoo site).

The only other possibility which occurred to me is some sort of browser redirect : a (failed) browser hijack attempting send you to another website when you go to yahoo, which is now simply blocking you from loading the real Yahoo page ...
... The exploit allows purveyors to hijack Yahoo! email accounts, redirecting legitimate users to malicious websites when they try to log on.
http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/29543/yahoo-mail-exploit-on-sale-for-700/

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#6 Post by Makoto »

Actually, if some elements fail to load or are blocked, it can cause a page to come up blank (I've seen it happen, though I'm not one hundred percent sure it was largely due to NoScript's blocking or timeouts that resulted from blocking).

I do doubt it's happening with Yahoo's pages, though.

...and I forgot the first thing to try - force-reloading the pages, or emptying the cache and then trying again. :oops:
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#7 Post by James C »

For what it's worth, no problems with Firefox 17 in XP here either.......
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#8 Post by nubc »

Mozilla Support: Firefox won't load some Yahoo sites, yet will load others like My Calendar, etc.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/808307

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#9 Post by bark_bark_bark »

James C, is that the Royale Visual Style you are using on XP?
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#10 Post by James C »

bark_bark_bark wrote:James C, is that the Royale Visual Style you are using on XP?
Yes.

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#11 Post by Bruce B »

peoter wrote:
bark_bark_bark wrote:James C, is that the Royale Visual Style you are using on XP?
Mozilla Support: Firefox won't load some Yahoo sites, yet will load others like My Calendar, etc.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/808307
Anyone having this issue on win7?
Here is a quote from the link above.
  • I have been having the same problem for months and finally gave up and started using IE with no problem.
How convenient, Microsoft lost a customer and got her back. This is not uncommon. Nearly everyone 'reasons' that the application, in this case Firefox is the problem.

I've not seen anyone swear their trust and allegiance to Microsoft in this thread. But there certainly isn't any suspicion.

The Operating System in this topic are Microsoft's?

You all know that Yahoo has at a minimum a strategic ad selling partnership with Microsoft. If you didn't know, you have now been informed.

Are any of you having problems visiting web pages known NOT controlled or influenced by Microsoft? And/or an MS OS?

For an example: Is it hard to visit murga-linux.com and use its features and controls? How does Google work for you?

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#12 Post by WindUpToy »

You all know that Yahoo has at a minimum a strategic ad selling partnership with Microsoft. If you didn't know, you have now been informed.
MS bought nearly 50% of Yahoo about 15 years ago.
As part of the deal, Yahoo had to turf out their Linux servers and put in MS crap.

"You have now been informed."

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#13 Post by JesseP »

I've had the same issue with win7. You still experiencing this issue?

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